Bullshit. The mere fact that he won games means nothing more than he was a good athelete surrounded by other good atheletes. It does not make him a model of anything, except maybe how to train in the gym.

The other facts about him - a long history of violence, an overblown ego, obvious stupidity - clearly outweigh any athletic prowess he may have had at one point in determining whether or not he's a role model.

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Oh goody! OJ won a Heisman trophy as have 72 other guys and he's in the Hall of fame along with well over 100 others. As exclusive as those things are, they definitely don't make up for the fact that he was a wife beater nor that he was found responsible of wrongful death in civil court and guilty of kidnap and robbery in criminal court. He ceased to be a role model a long time ago and all his football awards prove is that he was great on the football field.

Any awards that I have or haven't won matters not to the topic of this discussion.

But go ahead, cupcake....worship your criminal all you want...just don't expect everyone to think you're sane.

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Charles Barkley once said "I am not a role model", and the media went nuts.

But it was, and is, absolutely true.

I can understand someone admiring Simpson's athletic prowess and trying to emulate that, but that's about it. And, frankly, there have been better running backs...

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It takes more than knowing how to "train in the gym" to be an NFL Hall of Famer.

If someone wants to know how to be a succesful football player, it would make more sense to ask/copy someone like OJ than, say, Mother Theresa.

That's what makes him a role model--someone to be emulated (although Theresa is a role model in another way).

OMG if character was a requirement for being a role model, I doubt anyone in the NFL would qualify. Many of these greats (i. e. Randy Moss, Adam Jones, Michael Vick) have had several run-ins with the law. It's dumb to dismiss them completely because other aspects of their life didn't work out.

What about Rudy Guiliani? By your standards, he would not be a role model as a leader, because of his character (i. e. personal life screwups).

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Bah. If someone wants to be a successful football player, there are far better players to emulate - especially those who possess skill and class.



And, I wouldn't list Giuliani as a role model. Nor Bill Clinton, for that matter.

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Yep, they're pretty exclusive. Now Mrs. M will tell us what she's won in her life. . .

The wrongful death verdict was complete bull!@#$.

The jurors acted purely on emotion since it's impossible for someone who's been found innocent of a murder to be guilty of wrongful death in that same murder

OJ is a wife beater, and even if he were a convicted murderer, that does not exclude him from being a role model. A person can be a role model in one aspect of his/her life even though another aspect of it has been completely botched.

And incidentally, being a role model doesn't imply a being a God, i. e. someone to be worshiped. Mrs. M just appears unable to differentiate between the two.

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You don't seem to understand this but character is a major requirement in a role model. Take Brittney Spears, yep, the Kentwood trash can sing but her character is so lacking that mothers quit letting their little girls listen to her recordings. Randy Moss has decent stats but would I him as a role model for my grandson? Hell no! The guy lacks character.
I can go on and on with a list of NFL bad boys or other famous people who are a less than positive role model but I won't. Those of us that understand what a role model really is don't need the list and those that don't understand will continue to make excuses for the misfits.

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As I said, cupcake, my awards aren't the topic nor do I feel the need to share them with you.




Of course you would say it was bullshit!!! You hate to think that your role model is really a bad person.

I know what a role model is suppose to be. YOU'RE the one that doesn't understand it!

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Back in 1976?


One has to give Guiliani credit for hiring a police chief that reduced crime in NY and for his leadership during 9/11.

Should GWB be the role model instead? After all, he's been faithfully married to his first wife

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1976?

Yeah, ever hear of Franco Harris?

He scored 14 touchdowns for the Steelers in 1976, while OJ Simpson scored only eight for the Bills.

The Steelers also won the Super Bowl that season...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

Uh, yeah, we had great players way back then.


One can give credit where credit is due without believing that the person should be viewed as a role model.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

More evidence that you don't understand the American legal system.

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Yep.

Even all the way back to 1956.


No, one doesn't. Choosing a police chief? Not that big of a deal. Leadership? More like capitalizing on a tragedy.

Clearly not.

But, I think you're misunderstanding the concept of a role model. A role model isn't just a person who is good at one thing, all other things be damned.

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Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Well white folks got their revenge at last. Congrats.

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A Black tried to rob me at gunpoint when I was walking to my residence one night, minding my own business. I used my concealed gun to shoot him. He survived, and is now in prison: Do You Carry A Gun?

How dare you ridicule me for what I went through.