The fact that our society is a neoliberal society is not a secret by any means. Individualism and materialism has saturated the professional sports areana. The professional sports leagues should undergo a major facelift if they are looking to try to make role models out of their athletes. No longer is sportsmanship making the headlines. Instead it is filled with headlines concerning athletes who bribe, cheat, and steal. In my opinion it is very sad that these athletes take for granted the fact that they are lucky to be there. They are typically part of only 1% of the athletes that gain admittance to this level. Tiger Woods, Chad "OchoCinco", coachs like Bobby Knight have made a mockery of the professional sport world. The importance of money is prominent and these athletes have shown that money definitely talks in our society and it is screaming at the younger generation that bad actions and moral values are acceptable if you have money. The money and power in these sports is ridiculous and there are less than a handful of athletes that I ca say I look up to.
-C. Carr KIN 332I sec 3
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I do not believe that Tiger Woods made a mockery of being a professional. I believe that what he did was wrong especially since he has a beautiful wife. I do not believe that him cheating has anything to do with sports. This is and should be a personal thing between him and his wife not the media. If the media did not have so much intrest in him then he would not be setting a bad example. I do believe athletes that use steroids should be punished though. This is because steroids directly affect the game and their performance.
J. Cruickshank KIN 332I
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