Atheletes & Our Society

Athletes play a big role in our society. Athletes are leaders, their someone younger generations look up to.  What they do on and off that field or court reflects on someone else.

A athlete should be a role model because as many people in this world that look up to them and want to be like them they should want to set a good example. No one wants an athlete as a role model and their out here going to jail for drugs, abuse or anything their no supposed to.

A athlete going to jail is not an unusual thing nowadays. For example, “Jayson Williams was recently convicted of accidentally shooting and killing his limo driver. Williams use to play in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets.” When an athlete goes to jail no one really looks up to them anymore. When someone looks up to someone, that means they want to be like them, who wants to look up to someone that killed someone?

These athletes need to step up cause younger and younger generations look up to them , whether they like it or not. They need to start setting a better example to people, their making it seem like going to jail is okay to kids who don’t know any better that look up to them. Every athlete professional or not should set a good example in the school , community and any where else.