We all care about our favorite athletes. If no one cared, there would be no press conferences about the scandals. The TV networks wouldn't show it. Mr. Teitelbaum would not have written his book if he had not cared about athletes: he wrote an entire book about their failures and mistakes. At the beginning of the article, the writer states that she has never heard of an adult who claimed that an athlete was their role model. Steven Gerrard says his role model was Kenny Daglish, a former footballer. Kobe Bryant, an NBA superstar, says his role model was Michael Jordan. Unless the writer is indirectly stating that athletes have “a social IQ lower than that of a ten-year-old,” then it is obvious that many young adults and aspiring individuals have looked to athletes as role models because of their drive to succeed and their willingness to help others