Mike I totaly agree that very few sports people do make good role models, but unfortunately too many of them are. So their antics are immitated by many others.
To give a soccer analogy again, Jurgen Klinsman had the reputation for diving (taking a flop i think they say in basketball) to gain an advantage. When he played in England he scored on his debut and ran to the side of the pitch and took a head long dive and slid on his chest. Mimicking a dive but smilling as he did so. Very quickly kids all over were doing a "Klinsman" and diving as a means to cellebrate. Kids copy what they see, how many kids this week will go the pool and try to be Michael Phelps in America, or how many kids in Scotland have got on their bikes and said I am Chris Hoy (3 golds in cycling). Phelps and Hoy are great Athlets I am sure who we do not mind children copying, but many other sportspeople arent.
Mike do you not think regardless of what Goodell says in this case, Henry has had enough chances?
Good point about the kids and how they like to imitate but I also think that with the parents knowing how athletes are today that they should try to get into their kids head that it's okay to imitate a running style in football or a batting stance in baseball but when the players get off the field and start commiting crimes it is NOT what you want them to imitate. Teaching our kids right from wrong and paying attention to them should handle that though.
Henry has had a couple of chances but most of what I read about Henry is he "allegedly" did this or "allegedly" did that with nothing proven.
