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Ever since the ancient years, we have admired athletes and the hard work that they do to achieve their goal of winning. We idolize them and wish we were more like them. What happens though when the realization sinks in that they are human too and that some of them do get greedy and selfish? A lot of athletes are model citizens that you should really look up to, but there are also some bad apples in the bunch that ruin it for everyone. Athletes can inspire young people to work hard so that their efforts can pay off, but no one is pure and flawless. Greed does take a hold of some players, but they shouldn't be the ones we devote all of our attention to. We should look at the positive things that people do. The media does not go around reporting all of the good things that these people do, just the bad things and their mistakes. They are only human just like the rest of us. Are these people safe for our children to idolize to look up to? I think that the answer is YES!If you were! watching the news, would you really want to hear about all of the charities that an athlete has donated money to? It would be interesting at first, but you would get tired of it afterwards. That is why the media never covers anything like this. We all kno
, urging them to stay in school. Vaughn also plans youth centers to keep kids off the streets and signs and sends get-well cards. He also uses the proceeds from formal autograph-signings to fund cultural events that are denied to poor children. I wish I knew why I never heard about this on the news or read about it. It would be different if Mo Vaughn got accused of something. Arthur Ashe was just as influential. He was the only black man to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. He protested apartheid and launched a $5 million fund-raising campaign and questioned the lack of government funding for research of AIDS.It is hard to think that any athlete is good with all of the headlines that you hear about today. The media just covers the athletes that are acting like sports entertainment celebrities. William Bennett, the Bush's administration drug czar, is enlisting pro athletes to help him fight the war on drugs. He assumes that they are held to higher standards of conduct than other! ip at Notre Dame for inner city youths that get accepted to the school, but can't afford it. He plays for our city's football team, and we have not heard of any of his philanthropic efforts. He also has an annual food drive for the needy around Thanksgiving. I read about that in a little column in the newspaper. Would he have been accused of theft or assault, he would have had a front page article and the whole back page of the Chicago Sun- Times to himself. Shaquille O'Neal bought over 1,000 turkeys and gave to needy families all across the nation on Thanksgiving. I did not hear one mention of that in the news. They are making us believe that all athletes are bad people with their propaganda. If they spent half the time covering the good-hearted stories that they do the bad ones, we would have a different opinion on the hard working athlete. Michael Jordan has started a foundation that donates money for research to help physically challenged children. He has been running up t! ked hard for it so let them enjoy it. people because they serve as role models. Everyone is aware of the role that these athletes have. We should not look at the inappropriate actions of few athletes.
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