Agree. They Are Not Role Models.

Pisses me off when people harp on about how footballers et al are "role models" and that they have to "set a good example" as "kids look up to them".

Bollocks!

People don't need to 'look up' to someone else imitate/ape their actions to define how they are going to behave-thats got a lot more to do than what a footballer/musician/whatever gets up to.

It also seems to provide an excuse-when a kid gets into trouble, there is always the "well, look at the example such-and-such set" brigade as if it was his or her fault!

They are professional sportsmen. Yes, overpaid. Yes, in the public eye far too much. And yes, some of them have their irresponsible moments-but they are not role models, should not be defined as such, nor feel that this is a thing they have to live up to.

Posted By: Martin Peters on February 25th 2007 at 17:35:57

Message Thread

Quality final, eh? (n/m) (Other Football) - Iwan Husarmi, Feb 25, 16:58:48
- Love it when chickens come home to roost, arsenal cheated against wigan (Other Football) - pants, Feb 25, 17:19:03
  - Er, they're still in the CL and FA Cup, pants... (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:22:50
    - How did they cheat in the Wigan game? (n/m) (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Feb 25, 17:29:20
      - Henry goading the Wigan players after their blatantly offside equaliser (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:36:26
        
        Henry dived in that game too, the wigan player ran after the ref asking why he (Other Football) - pants, Feb 25, 17:45:50
        
        Pants: cheers for reminding me! Everyone, look at this (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 18:02:14
        
        "Everyone, look at this" (Other Football) - Tomblander, Feb 25, 19:51:32
        
        Yep, should have been booked... (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Feb 25, 18:12:23
        
        Although this one comes close... (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Feb 25, 18:15:16
        
        That's just c*nty behaviour though... (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Feb 25, 17:43:56
        
        The goading isn't really cheating though, is it? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 25, 17:38:34
        
        True - but I said they disgraced themselves (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:43:47
      - Wigan embarrassed themselves against Arsenal with their timewasting... (Other Football) - tim berry, Feb 25, 17:35:04
  - i'd laughed very hard as they had to pull adebayor off (Other Football) - King, Feb 25, 17:21:39
    - lol Just seen Tim Sheerwood on SSN (Other Football) - Klobo04, Feb 25, 17:29:58
    - Shameful! Disgraceful! What sort of example is THAT to set to kids? (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:24:12
      - I had to laugh at Graham Taylor (Other Football) - Iwan Husarmi, Feb 25, 17:25:36
        
        Agree. They Are Not Role Models. (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Feb 25, 17:35:57
        
        Absolutely (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:40:34
        
        It is truely The Society of the Spectacle (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Feb 25, 17:49:57
        
        My Role Model... (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Feb 25, 17:42:07
        
        Mine: (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:53:12
        
        Now THERE You Have A Hero... (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Feb 25, 17:55:40
        
        the point is that kids do copy them (Other Football) - raretek, Feb 25, 17:37:36
        
        True... (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Feb 25, 17:39:12
        
        Er, shouldn't that be fucking role models, Graham? (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:29:24
        
        Yes Boss...Yes Boss... (n/m) (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Feb 25, 17:39:30
        
        Careful: that pillock was this close to becoming our manager (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:41:18
        
        God Yes, That Was Close! (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Feb 25, 17:44:19
        
        Yep... (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:51:05
        
        Phil Neal - nice guy? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 25, 17:53:39
        
        Maybe he just doesn't want to talk about it? (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 17:58:49
        
        There's a warm tribute to Bob's TV career right here: (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 25, 18:02:18
        
        Cheers Otto! (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 25, 18:09:12
- tip top (Other Football) - King, Feb 25, 17:15:06

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