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Drugs…Rape…Violence… Does this sound like a message that should be given out to kids? Do these sound like the type of traits you would expect to see from a role model? Every story has two sides, but the bottom line is that the athletes in today’s society are considering themselves at higher standards than the rest of us. Some of the athletes deserve every bit of praise they receive and some should be banished, but our society sees things very differently.

"I am not a role model," said Charles Barkley in a 1993 Nike advertising campaign. This statement was so strong that it had people scratching their heads all over the country. He is a professional basketball player, rich, and a public figure. Sounds great doesn’t it? But an Iowa state basketball player (Jackson Vroman) states how it is hard to be in the public eye. Everything you do seems to be on camera or is being watched. When an athlete gets arrested for drinking it is not only in the paper but it is on national......

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