Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Charles Barkley, Professional athletes, Role models
Subjects
Barkley, Charles, 1963-; Professional athletes; Role models
Introduction
Charles Barkley has been in our face now for several weeks with a commercial for one of those tiresome shoe companies in which he announces: "I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model... parents should be role models...I am paid to wreak havoc on a basketball court. Just because I can dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."
Publication Date
5-26-1993
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Sporting Heroes as Role Models" (1993). On Sport and Society. 232.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/232
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