Why People Die

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not. In a 1993 television commercial Charles Barkley said, “I am not a role model...I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Jut because I can dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids”(Van, The Way to..). Although Barkley is correct that he should not “raise your kids”, he is incorrect in saying that he is not a role model. He may not want to be a role model or think that he should be one, but the fact is that if you are a professional athlete then people will look up to you and you are a role model. Parents are probably a much better role model for their children. However, children are more likely to want a famous, successful, well-known athlete as a role model, rather than their parents. Also in most cases the better athletes have more people that look up to them. That is why athletes must take the responsibility of being a role model for children. It is also why the better professional athle...