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Originally Posted by JRutledge
If that is all it takes to make them role models, then this is why this society as a whole has a lot of problems. We have really set the bar very low if athletes are role models instead of parents, teachers and people kids come in contact with every single day.
Peace
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It's not an either/or scenario, Jeff. The problem is too often these guys are role models instead of parents, teachers, etc. It's not right, and it's not ideal. H3ll, I think it's a sure sign of major societal problems. While it may or may not be the way things
should be. It's the way they are. Barkley may bemoan the fact all he wants; it's his right. But his money came from people who looked up to him at one level or another.
I like Barkley, I always have; but I think he was wrong on this.
Last week I had two wide open layups cancelled by shoves from behind. I ruled the first an intentional; and my partner ruled the second one flagrant. Obviously this happened before the brawl in New York; but how much of it is some sort of trickle down effect from kids who see the NBA players as people to emulate?