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A m e r i c a n S p o r t s i s Letting Down America

nNearly 30 years ago, in a 1993 Nike commercial, professional basketball legend Charles Barkley fired the first shot at the “role model” concept popularized by Columbia University sociologist Robert K. Merton in the aftermath of the 1960s counterculture movement. “I am not a role model,” Barkley proclaimed, in the halfminute spot. “I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” Merton’s role model concept undercuts the importance of parents and nuclear families. That was the point of Barkley’s criticism. nTechnology has helped advance the process. Kids shut their bedroom doors and with a mere push of a button they tune out the worldview of their families. nSport has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Nelson Mandela, the South African freedom fighter-turned-statesman, spoke those words in an effort to heal the country he came to lead after spending a quarter century incarcerated for opposing apartheid. nAmerica’s enemies know this, which is why the culture war has moved to our arenas and stadiums. American sports’ partnership with global brands and their desire to build global audiences have given foreign countries a pathway to manipulate American sports and culture n The entire American sports world—a culture that traditionally celebrates victors, meritocracy, colorblindness, and patriotism— has suddenly immersed itself in black victimization and left-wing radicalism. This immersion threatens to do permanent damage to American culture as a whole. It has certainly undermined national pride. A country that no longer believes in its founding ideals cannot prosper and survive. Charles Barkley was right 30 years ago. Parents, not athletes, should be role models. 

[Editor:Excerpted with permission from a speech by Jason Whitlock, sports columnist for Outkick.com, at Hillsdale College, August 19, 2020.]