athletic heroes
Are there any sport heroes left in society today or have they all diminished? There are people who believe that there are sport heroes in todays society and there are people who believe that there is no such thing as sport heroes nowadays. When socie is at two different poles then there are three characteristics of athletes that need to be looked at in order to see from which perspective the pessimistic and optimistic people are coming from. These three characteristics are: shallowness, flawed colexity, and compartmentalization. There is also another controversy of whether antiheroes are heroes or not. For shallowness, pessimists believe that athletes do not have the traditional characteristics of heroes (helping others successfully) and that they are noticed because of their fame, fortune and good looks. They think that athletes should not be consired as athletes but should be seen as celebrities.
There are people who look upto him and who want to be like him. Michael Jordan worked hard getting to the NBA. Maybe if media did not exaggerate every little negative thing an athlete does then maybe there wld be less negative influence on society. I am not saying that every athlete should be considered a hero but an athlete such as Michael Jordan should be considered a hero. " Athletes can be influential towards social change because of their fame which would lead to leership roles beyond athletics and another reason is that if they are active in any leadership roles then they can still give input on social change movements. I agree with the pessimists to some extent, but I agree more so with theptimists. A pessimist named Rader thinks that society before seeked nationalnity and the athletes helped society seek it whereas now athletes fight over salaries and have drug problems and that these things are affecting society. Athletes such as B Johnson can be influential in negative ways because he used steroids (drugs) to excel in sports and some people might think that by using steroids they can get better results in whatever sport they play. Even though he does not play baetball anymore, there are kids who still adore his basketball skills and who want to have strong determination like his. When he was young and even when he got into the NBA, he practised playing basketbaland perfecting his moves day and night. For flawed complexity, pessimists strongly believe that media is used to reveal the athlete. The example about Michael Jordan that I gave eaier on can be used in the positive light. Optimists view athletes as of social variety, flexibility and tolerance of self-criticism. An optimists named Crepeau, believes that heroes change as the society changes and that is why we ve heroes till this day. I also believe that media over emphasizes some things that athletes do and so media also influences the society.
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