michael phelps https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png michael phelps https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:06:25 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:35:00 -0500 Are professional athletes role models? https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/hilly/are-professional-athletes-role-models/4380  By now, everybody has seen the photo of Olympic star Michael Phelps smoking marijuana out of a bong.

Phelps is 22 years old and won a record eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics, propelling him to iconic status. He picked up many many endorsement deals and fans in the process.

But he attended a party at the University of South Carolina with a female student he was seeing when the now-famous photo was snapped. 

Some people think Phelps needs to be role model because he is a professional athlete and should not doing anything like this in public, while many people don't think it is a big deal because he is college age and doing what many kids that age do.

What is your opinion?

Would you want your children to look at professional athletes as role models?
( polls) ]]> https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/hilly/are-professional-athletes-role-models/4380#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/hilly/are-professional-athletes-role-models/4380 Feb 4, 2009, 1:35pm michael phelps Are professional athletes role models? hilly <p>&nbsp;By now, everybody has seen the photo of Olympic star <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/31/michael-phelps-bong-pictu_n_162842.html">Michael Phelps smoking marijuana out of a bong.</a></p> <p>Phelps is 22 years old and won a record eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics, propelling him to iconic status. He picked up many many endorsement deals and fans in the</p>