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Athletes should not be role models to anybody as they are being pay to play a sport that they are good at. Only parents and teachers should be role models as they share the responsibilities of the upbringing of our youth. Not that a player can’t serve as an inspiration, on the field, to a kid that plays the same sport as an specific athlete, but on the field is where the line is drawn.