What has happened to professional role models? Professional sports has really been on a downward spiral over the last ten years. When I was in elementary school there were tons of professional role models that I looked up to; it’s just not the same anymore. Back in the day you didn’t hear of players fighting fans, yelling profanities or head butting the referees, ending up in jail after a wild weekend, or biting a chunk out of someone’s ear. I realized there is a bad apple or two in every bunch but not at the extent that it is now. I’m not saying every professional athlete is bad, I’m just saying there are a lot more athlete’s in the news anymore because of poor decisions they have made.