Professional Athletes Behavior Essay
Professional Athletes’ Behavior
“Children are going to learn from their role models in their life--- including their sports heroes.” That’s what Sports Psychologist, William Gayton featured in ABC News’ article “Study Says Kids Emulate Athletes” by Tracey L. Ziemer, has to say on the relationship between kids and their favorite professional athletes. This statement stands true for on and off the field behavior of professional athletes. Now you may be thinking- well my kids knows right from wrong- but William Gayton states, “observational learning is one of the primary means in which children learn.” When a child sees their sports idle do a celebratory dance move, they are naturally going to want to imitate it because they want to be similar to their …show more content…
When something is normal, you don’t think much of it. So if so many professional athletes create the illusion that felony is typical, everyday people could start committing crimes because they think it is “normal." When professional athletes don’t live to high moral standards they corrupt society and society doesn’t even know it. Today, kids need more positive role models that set a good example. Take MLB player Anthony Rizzo for example. As reported in the article “Anthony Rizzo’s Indelible Impact” by Chris Emma on MLB.com, Rizzo will spend hours at a time visiting kids with cancer in Lurie Children's Hospital. The article states, “He’s (Rizzo) a regular visitor. There are no cameras or reporters allowed to accompany him. Just the 24-year-old and kids in need of a smile.” Emma even writes Rizzo almost never answer his phone while he is spending time with the kids. He gives them an example to live by and makes the kids feel like they are worth Rizzo’s time. There are millions of other activities Rizzo could be doing, but instead he uses his gift of being famous to inspire hope in kids. Since professional athletes are so widely displayed and can influence society so easily they need to
“Children are going to learn from their role models in their life--- including their sports heroes.” That’s what Sports Psychologist, William Gayton featured in ABC News’ article “Study Says Kids Emulate Athletes” by Tracey L. Ziemer, has to say on the relationship between kids and their favorite professional athletes. This statement stands true for on and off the field behavior of professional athletes. Now you may be thinking- well my kids knows right from wrong- but William Gayton states, “observational learning is one of the primary means in which children learn.” When a child sees their sports idle do a celebratory dance move, they are naturally going to want to imitate it because they want to be similar to their …show more content…
When something is normal, you don’t think much of it. So if so many professional athletes create the illusion that felony is typical, everyday people could start committing crimes because they think it is “normal." When professional athletes don’t live to high moral standards they corrupt society and society doesn’t even know it. Today, kids need more positive role models that set a good example. Take MLB player Anthony Rizzo for example. As reported in the article “Anthony Rizzo’s Indelible Impact” by Chris Emma on MLB.com, Rizzo will spend hours at a time visiting kids with cancer in Lurie Children's Hospital. The article states, “He’s (Rizzo) a regular visitor. There are no cameras or reporters allowed to accompany him. Just the 24-year-old and kids in need of a smile.” Emma even writes Rizzo almost never answer his phone while he is spending time with the kids. He gives them an example to live by and makes the kids feel like they are worth Rizzo’s time. There are millions of other activities Rizzo could be doing, but instead he uses his gift of being famous to inspire hope in kids. Since professional athletes are so widely displayed and can influence society so easily they need to