Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Continued
Some athletes might just not understand or over look the fact they are role models. This might be the case for athletes such as Michael Vick or Adam Jones. Often you have to make mistakes in order to learn and find out what is truly right. In there minds they might choose not to be role models, but because there success and failures are public I believe there choice has little significance. Athletes that make these mistakes are still punished by law and there respective leagues and associations depending on the offense. Due to their various punishments they are made examples out of and the people who idolize them are able to see a more normal side to them. These mistakes might even potential make them better role models by showing us they make mistake just like any other person and than responding to those mistake in a successful way such as Michael Vick's current situation.
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I agree that many athletes could care less about being a role model. Children simply have to understand that these are normal people, and that just because they are good at what they do doesn't make them infallible or anything. Lots of these athletes can be good role models however and many help out in the community and set up charities, and donate to charities. The media should focus more on showing the positive side of what Athletes do rather then always making a big deal about the negative. Just because they are in the public eye doesn't mean that the media has to make such a big deal out of their mistakes. They are human just like the rest of us. They should be treated just like us too in court if it comes to that, but the media should focus on the positive.
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