The main problem here is the media.

Instead of showing highlights or commentating about sports our media obsesses itself with UsWeekly gossip headlines. Are the trail blazers basketball players or thugs? Did Kobe do it? Who is Tony Romo dating? Can Shaq/Kobe or McNabb/T.O. coexist? NO. None of it matters. Show me highlights. Tell me why Brandon Roy is more important to the blazers than Chris Paul is to his team.

Who cares if they should or shouldn’t be role models? This is sports, not philosophy.

If sports writers would start following sports then this role model question would take care of itself. The role models will rise to the top.

Start covering sports.