>What a shame. Guy makes 100 million bucks, is SUPPOSED to be a role model for kids, and then goes and does something this STUPID.
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How and when did we decide that pro athletes are supposed to be role models for kids? Babe Ruth sure as heck wasn't, as he went out drinking every night. Ty Cobb was said to be the nastiest SOB anyone would ever meet.

We pay these guys to be athletes, to give their best for their team. Now some of them turn out to be great human beings as well (Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente come to mind), but who says they all have to be?

Interestingly, we don't expect our entertainers to be role models, at least not positive ones. Why not?

Tamar