Athletes as Role Models

A Passion for the Game

My love for sports drives me to still watch Sportcenter, even when my once favorite television show is no longer about replaying the day's scores and highlights from major sporting competitions, along with commentary and previews for upcoming events.  Instead, Sportcenter has become infested with featured stories regarding professional athletes and scandal after scandal.  Providing, it is too common for me to turn on Sportcenter just to discover another incident with a professional athlete and their disregard for moral integrity.  Drunk driving, theft, cheating, and even murder have all been linked to professional athletes; unfortunately, many of these athletes return to their sport with only a slap on the wrist.  This prompts the question that, "If we do not accept this kind of behavior from our youth, why do allow it from professional athletes?"
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LeBron James mural overlooking downtown Cleveland