Editing Role model (section)

==Athlete role models==
There is significant discussion as to whether athletes should be considered role models.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/portfolio/2014/10/17/Storytelling-Can-a-sports-hero-be-a-role-model-Yes-thankfully/stories/201410170009|title=Storytelling: Can a sports hero be a role model? Yes, thankfully}}</ref> Some athletes have been asked to behave as if they were role models for their local communities,<ref name="forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leighsteinberg/2013/01/20/why-do-we-make-athletes-role-models/|title=Why Do We Make Athletes Role Models?|first=Leigh|last=Steinberg|website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> and some such as [[Hank Greenberg]] have deliberately tried to set a good example<ref name="sol">[http://www.solitudecanyon.com/thoughts-from-the-canyon/should-athletes-be-role-models- SHOULD ATHLETES BE ROLE MODELS? HAMMERIN' HANK V CHARLES BARKLEY]</ref> but generally regarding athletes as role models has been criticised due to their appointment often being based solely on sporting ability rather than any morality<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/michael-dobie/athletes-are-not-automatic-role-models-michael-dobie-1.9357371|title=Dobie: Athletes aren't automatic role models}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=6383&mid=14491|title=The New Sports Role Model}}</ref>&nbsp;– it has been suggested that the discipline and control shown continuously by sportspeople on the field leads to a belief from viewers that these same qualities are continuously shown off the field. These and other factors such as the elements of competition, excitement and success are what make people want to emulate them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/op-ed-winning-isnt-everything-the-tiger-woods-brand_b31379 |website=www.mediabistro.com |title=Op-Ed: Winning Isn't Everything – The Tiger Woods Brand |date=April 3, 2012}}</ref> [[Charles Barkley]] has stated that he believes athletes are not the figures that children should be emulating and that it is the parent's responsibility to be role models,<ref name="forbes"/> that the role is deliberately applied by the media out of jealousy in order to make life more difficult for sportspeople, and that it sets up the sportspeople as an unattainable target for most.<ref name="sol"/>