Should Professional Athletes Be Held To Higher Moral Standards?

Should professional athlete's be held to higher moral standards?

Did you have a favorite athlete growing up? If so, did you try to act like them, or even try to talk like them? Perhaps you wore their jersey, and often were present at every single game they played in. Many children as well as young adults adore an athlete, but moreover aspire to resemble them one day. Athletes are role models for children and young adults especially. If they do something that is not acceptable, what example will it set for the children and young adults of this generation? Also, what name does that create for the team they play on? The American Capitol of sports claims, “Athletes are starting to lose respect for their coaches and teammates. If this keeps continuing it could lead to the destruction of the team.” They not only have the power to destroy their team’s reputation, but they also can lead a child down a dark
The teammates they have laughed and cried with, the coaches who have done everything in their power to make sure they succeed. Once a name is made for a player, the team adopts it too. It is not fair for one athlete to determine the reputation for the whole team. Abby Wambach, who played professional soccer for the United States women’s team states, “I regret receiving my DUI because of the way it affected my team as a whole. I also want to make it clear that I will pay the consequences for what I did.” Right before Abby Wambach received her DUI, she retired from playing soccer. Even though she wasn’t on the team anymore, people began to see her soccer team differently. People started to wonder what the rest of the team might be doing without getting caught. It also made all the wins at the Olympics seem compromised in a way. When one athlete makes a mistake it affects their team’s reputation just as much as it affects their