Frankly, despite what appears to be an avalanche of scandals, there are clearly many more sports heroes around today than there were when only “good ole boys” were sports stars: like Babe Ruth in Baseball, Bob Cousy in Basketball and Bronko Nagurski in Football.
And, as far as being better role models is concerned, if the private lives of those good ole boys were subjected to the same 24/7 media scrutiny as that of sports stars today, I have no doubt that there would have been just as many scandals reported back then as are being reported today!
Besides, even with the myopic and overweening standards today’s sports heroes have to live up to, one would have to confess that there’s probably more redeeming value in letting one’s son grow up to be a Dallas Cowboy than a Catholic Priest….
NOTE: I shall have more to write about this notion of bona fide sports heroes after Barry Bonds dethrones Hank Aaron as the home-run king of Baseball, which I expect him to do this week….
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