A-Rod: Destroying Kids Since 2001

[image title="arodnewyorker" size="full" id="856" align="right" ]I love it when the non-sports media finds it necessary to weigh in on the hot button issue of the week. Apparently Alex Rodriguez is the reason for any young adult’s steroid use. Being that he raised all of them, sees them on a daily basis, and has an opportunity to guide them to the right role models, I can certainly see that it may be his fault. Ohhh, wait. That would be the parents, wouldn’t it?

Steroids in baseball is another convenient excuse, like violence in video games, for parents who do not want to take responsibility for the actions of their children. They cannot understand why their child is acting this way, so they find an explanation that puts the onus on somebody else. To quote Charles Barkley, “I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models…. It’s not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn’t like it, they said, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.” Parents have to take better control.”

Or they can keep blaming it on others. Whatever gets them through the night.

(h/t Baseball Musings)

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