On November 27, a little over a week ago, Tiger Woods’ Escalade was found crashed in the middle of the night. It was later unveiled that he has multiple mistresses, and his wife had been using his own golf clubs violently against him hitting his car.
As Hollywood celebrities tend to frequently make bad impressions of themselves by their actions and poor decisions, it is always more frustrating to me to see professional athletes fall under this category. People all over the world, especially children and aspiring young adults, look to athletes as role models. Of course everyone sees celebrities as stunning and fascinating, but people find athletes to be inspirational and hard-working, as many times these athletes have come so far to stand where they are today. When outstanding Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Michael Phelps was publicly displayed smoking marijuana, it ruined this image of a driven and unwavering young man, who put everything into his career, as most people saw him.
These athletes such as Tiger Woods and Michael Phelps are obviously famous worldwide. In their performance and lifestyle, they know that with fame comes publicity, as well as responsibility. Thousands of people look to them as powerful examples in life, yet they lead lives with drugs and sex scandals, and therefore ruin their reputations. It is an honor to achieve such a high recognition in life, and an honor to be admired so immensely. Therefore I think that professional athletes should be much more careful about the decisions they make and the lives they lead, as they are providing examples to so many.
I completely agree. I'm an athlete myself and I take pride in representing my school and i sometimes I feel as though as an athlete you are obligated to watch the decisions you make more carefully than others. Grant it they are normal people and should be able to live their lives just as any normal person would but things like sexual scandals from a professional golfer who is looked up to by millions of people is a little unacceptable. I'm sure he has reasons behind his actions but it still doesn't make up for them. Athltetes should definantly be more careful about the decisions they make.
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