2007-03-01 03:00:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
We are a sports-driven society. With the web and cable TV coverage available, athletes are never far from view while playing or not.
Whether we like the fact or not, the same attention that causes someone to buy a shoe or golf club just because an athlete endorses it will cause them to mimic the athletes behavior as well. Athletes are role models. The real question is whether they are positive or negative influence.
2007-03-01 04:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by TTU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can be, but some of them should not. Just because someone is an athlete does not automatically mean they are a role model.
Hopefully your parents are they best role models and of course there are exceptions to this as well.
2007-03-01 03:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bloodsucker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in spite of the undeniable fact that it extremely is a vicious circle. Althletes act that way on the grounds that's what the followers assume and since the followers assume this manner of habit, that's what they get. Boycotts won't artwork, as there will be a team of followers that like the petulance, the seething resentment and the churlish habit. Barry Bonds and his attitude are evoked. And it is not a sparkling ingredient. memories of Mickey Mantle being rude and insufferable have cropped up for years and Ty Cobb grow to be a real monster, on and rancid the sphere.
2016-11-26 22:02:50 · answer #3 · answered by lacue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can tell which ones try to be. They're the ones not in jail for having illegal Drugs and/or Weapons and/or Murder.
2007-03-01 03:40:05 · answer #4 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋