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Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury
Bill
You say that pro athletes are not roll models, I disagree. Ask some teen age boys who they consider to be roll models and they almost certainly will include the names of pro athletes. Isn't a roll model someone that younger people hold in high esteem and want to be like?
As far as supporting pro athletes, I am very proud to say that I have not put one cent in the pocket of a professional athlete in many years. I don't even watch pro sports on TV any more.Wayne
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Wayne-you just hit on the problem-WE(the parents) decide who the role model(s)are.Kids don't get to(shouldn't) decide that.
Back in the day i was a huge Alice Cooper fan.( i still am)But i knew he wasn't a role model.I knew it was his JOB!The fact that parents are letting kids diecide who is a role model and who isn't is mind blowing.
Mike- i am not "apologizing" for anyone.
And the Duke players did NOTHING wrong.And to say that if they hadn't been there this wouldn't have happened is insane.That's like saying if the Archduke Ferdinands driver didn't take a wrong turn,WWI wouldn't have happened.
Screw the final decision.Go read up on "Fatty Arbuckle".
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4RE KLR
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Neverland, TX
Mike I agree,
Stick to your guns buddy! I am with you, ONE screw up they are OUT, for good! What is all this three strikes and your out crap. "Let's go hold up a store and kill someone Bubba, we have two more strikes" WTF?
These guys need to straighten up, shut up or get the Helll out of the public eye. Like you my wife keeps a lid on what our kids can watch on TV, read on the web and listen to on the radio.
These morons are as Jamo said "trash" and should not be allowed into our homes. It is because we let them in that our children act like them.
What I want to know is what in the hell happened to Dad's being the major role model in our sons lives. I know "for one" I take that responsibility very seriously. Listen folks we only get one chance to raise our kids, (as most of you know) if we screw that up, NOTHING we accomplish in life will be worth a damn!
Plain and simple, It's called parenting!
Steve-agree completely.Like i said above-KIDS SHOULD NOT get to decide who is a role model!!!And parents that let them are the problem
Mike-you and i are basically on the same page.But you want to come in with a chaingun and cut everyone down and then if someone who got hit-shouldn't have,you'll apologize to the family.This is where we split.I also agree with your(and others)assessment of the current "pro-athlete" situation and further agree,something needs to be done.