Popular Culture's effect on Sports role models

A role model is a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially younger people. Professional athletes

Sports of old were merely competitive activities rooted in heroism and romanticism. Sports activities today, however, have no such innocence or simplicity. Currently in America, the activities that make up our sports culture is not only the competitive events themselves but the processes and issues that underlie and surround them. Entwined in our sports culture is the giant business of mass broadcasting. Indeed, sports and the media go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly, like Mickey and Minnie, Darth Vader and Luke. They are intertwined and depend on each other to continue to grow. Sports media includes television, radio, magazines, newspapers, books, films, and, now, most importantly, social media devices provided by the

The argument has been made that sports people should not be considered to be role models in our society. The subject is indeed a contentious one considering that people are generally social being and are highly influenced by the actions of other people. While parents have the responsibility of shaping the mentalities of their children, it should be noted that the attitudes of our young ones are easily shaped by what is happening around them. Having

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In today’s society, NFL players and hockey player are the inspiration in the lives of today’s youth. Little boys strive to be the best they can be in football and hockey, because their dream is to one day become a professional athlete. Young boys focus on sports like football and hockey, because they are two of the most populist sports in America. Many young children want to play professional sports for the fame. Some want to be a professional athlete because of all the money they can make each year. They also want to make money to make a better life for themselves and their families. Most children

Becoming a professional football player is always on a toddler’s bucket list, especially if the kid loves sports. During my childhood, I always looked up to Ray Rice because he is one of the best running backs in the NFL. Going to the Ravens’ home game let me experience the exciting atmosphere of a NFL game. My seat looked down at about the fifty yard line, so I had great seats. A rush of adrenaline hit me when they announced Ray Rice’s name on the speaker. However, days later I read a story on Ray Rice beating up his girlfriend in an elevator. This truly changed my perception of him. NFL players are well known as role models for kids, their actions on and off the field affect more then just themselves.

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When someone looks at an professional athlete the only thing that comes to mind is how far the person has gone in order to achieve his or her dream. It has become an instinct for people to just look at the superficial part of the athlete such as fame and riches which blocks out the people that worked the hardest. Behind every athlete there is a parent that is supporting them on their highs and on their lows, which is the reason why the athlete is always thankful for their parents. But the most outstanding parents are the resilient ones because no matter the rough situation they are going through they are able to give their all for their sons or daughters.

A major problem regarding youth sports are overzealous parents. Overzealous parents have is an epidemic that is occurring not just in middle class America but can be witnessed in celebrity parents as well. David Beckham, world famous soccer player, was ejected from his son’s youth soccer game for badgering a referee (Atkinson, 2014). Another example of parents taking youth sports too far is that of a proud hockey father. The Hockey father, who was attending a banquet proudly describing his sons many accomplishments as a hockey player (his son is 6) did not account for the negative effects of being “so successful”. The son of this

Everyday today's youth are asked what they want to be when they grow up. Some say teachers, firemen, police officers and a large response to that question is a professional athlete. Something that all these professions have in common is that they are all role models to children. Firemen, teachers, police officers have an easy job at doing this; they are after all the people that save children, teach children and protect children. But professional athletes on the other hand have a difficult task assigned to them when it comes to being role models. Professional athletes are not given an option as to be a role model or not. Just because they have a special gift does not make them have

Professional athletes have become a major part of American popular culture. Athletes are idolized as heroes and legends that defy all odds and create history. Some of these athletes perform at such a high level that they are considered worthy of induction into the hall of fame for their sport. However, high performance is not the only criteria a professional athlete should have to meet in order to qualify for a spot in the hall of fame. A professional athlete should have been recognized as exhibiting an extraordinary level of performance, be a moral person who follows the rules of the game, and be retired from the sport in order to be inducted into a hall of fame. With these three methods of rating an athlete’s performance, a professional sports organization can deem whether or not the athlete deserves the high honor of becoming an inductee.

Then, of course, the entire "project" collapsed. Drug addiction with its attendant legal and publicity problems arrived, and the NFL career blew up. The kid went through rehab and came back, but relapsed, and relapsed and relapsed again finally leaving sports all together. Tiger Woods, the Williams sisters, and Todd Marinovich are all examples of kids who were mainly edged on by his/her parent. Kids should not have to experience stress because of the pressure parents may put on them, nor should they need to believe that a loss is unacceptable. There's just no reason why sports should have any negative aspects at all. Especially when there are so many positive things that sports can do for a child if introduced and carried out in the right way, specifically at a young age.

Children see these athletes as remarkable people because of the fame and wealth they receive by playing a sport well enough to be a professional. When in reality they don’t see that people can live well by having a good education. People need an education in order to survive in life. Professional athletes are the exception to this in a way because of how much money our society has decided to pay them. Some people claim it is undeserved and should be going to underappreciated citizens with actual

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Everyday there is around 29.4 million people watching National Football League (NFL) and there are over 24.12 million watching National Basketball Association (NBA). With all those people watching at home and wear their favorite players jersey or their role model’s jersey they respect them in many ways because they want to be just like them and grow up to the fame they have. Everyday people tune into watch National Basketball Association NBA and NFL and some players are being looked up too, some people look up to these professional players just to be just like them and some people follow in their footsteps even if they do bad mistakes.