Athletes should embrace their influence as role models
The topic of whether professional athletes should be tasked with the responsibility of being role models is a controversial one.If you ask the athletes themselves, they may tell you something similar to what former NBA player Charles Barkley said in a 1993 Nike commercial: “I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”However true that may be, today’s generation of youth are influenced by — and, in a sense, raised by — people other than just their...
