1. SOURCE a. “Why Do We Make Athletes Role Models?” Leigh Steinberg, Forbes, January 20th, 2013. 2. Summary a. In this article Steinberg talks about whether athletes make good role models and uses good support to back up his points. He states that a former professional basketball player, Charles Barkley, believes that players should not be role models, it is the parent’s job. The player’s only responsibility is to perform the sport. Then the author discusses how the media in this era plays a big role on fans knowing about athletes and how the media “acts as a magnifying glass, which produces athletic performance and personality in larger than life detail.” (Why Do We Make Athletes Role Models?) The media brings out different perspectives …show more content…
In article one, Steinberg discusses more his points with his beliefs while in article two, Smith uses plenty of quotes from athletes does not really put his opinion into it. Smith focuses more on what the players said. Steinberg put more of his thoughts and opinions into his article. Which makes it feel like he interviewed the players himself. Steinberg’s article was published in 2013 and Smith’s was published in 1993. It may seem like a big difference however they sort of talked about the same things. They both included the Charles Barkley incident in the beginning of their articles, they both used players as examples and also quoted them. Even though Smith used a lot more than Steinberg. Both authors discussed the fact that athletes are popular and should know that they are being watched by children. I feel that Smith talked about that parents should be the role models because the article was from 1993. In Steinberg’s article it is evident that he does not believe in the traditional ways that smith does due to the era difference. Steinberg talks about how media plays a big role in shaping athletes and how they are portrayed to society. However in 1993, media did not have the effect it does now on athletes being exposed to their fans like