Topic and the Community

When I think about the topic I am writing about, Alex Rodriguez and his mistake of taking steroids, the main way I feel it could effect the community is with the kids. When you're a kid one of the main things you love to do is play sports, in my opinion. As a child you form views about what decisions are right and wrong and by idolizing professional athletes, kids tend to follow in their footsteps, to some extent. If children see superstars like Alex Rodriguez admitting to taking steroids, what is going to stop them from doing it? They might get the idea in their head that its okay, and in turn make a terrible decision.

You can also look at the effect of professional athletes' actions and what the parents of children who look up to them, do in response to those actions. Take the incident that occurred with Kobe Bryant a few years back. No parent want their child idolizing someone who was accused of beating a woman. Just like a parent wouldn't want their child around a smoker because could result in problems later on in life for the child, the same could occur in that situation.