I agree with what Charles Barkley is saying. I don't think that athletes should be required to be role models and parents should be the ultimate role model. But at the same time its really unrealistic because of the attention professional athletes receive. Kids are always going to look up to athletes because they are a kind of hero figure and that's how they want to be. So even though it shouldn't be the athletes job to be a good role model they should realize that regardless of what there job is they are going to be looked up to by young kids and should act accordingly. And if a kid is looking up to a bad example athlete than the parent should step in and correct that situation. But in my opinion i don't see why an athlete wouldn't want to be a good role model that sounds pretty stupid to me. I mean what if Charles Barkley has kids he doesn't want them to look up to him just because his job isn't to be a role model that sounds pretty stupid to me.