Professional Athletes-Good Role Models?

"I AM NOT a role model! I'm a professional basketball player. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models!" Carles Barkley uttered these words a few years back. It is not ever day that you see a high school or college student move on to become a professional in the sport they play. But have you ever wondered why? Some may say that students don't want to continue their sport career because they want to become something rather than, for example, a football or basketball player. Others may say it is because of the misconduct and the illegal activity the professional athletes perform today.

In my opinion, I believe that most young athletes do not want to become professionals because they see what the professional athletes go through no and they do not want to end up in the same position. This problem is not only controversial to the high school and college athletes, but also to the fans watching the professional athletes for entertainment. Someday, the professional athletes system will no longer exist because it will lost most of its high school players, college players, and their fans.

It seems as if athletes are signing their professional contracts and giving away more than a commitment to play for a professional team. They are surrendering their astute and common sense by being busted for acting unintelligently. Professional athletes are becoming worse role models over the years to, not only the people watching, but also to the high school and college athletes that want to be in the position of the professional athletes.