Every child has a hero or wants to look up to someone.Not every child wants to be disappointed by their hero.I'm a huge sports fan, softball being my number one sport. I love softball because I love baseball but after my role model [Mark McGwire] was accused of doing steroids I stopped watching baseball. All athletes want their fans to look up to them. With McGwire, he started hitting so many homeruns which made me want to be a better player. After Mcguire Confessed to using steroids for many years he immediately lost my support as a fan. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4816921 If I could look past his mistake of doing the drugs, maybe he would still be my role model. The only conflict is that he put his life in danger when he decided to do those drugs. I wondered did he know that he could have liver damage from taking steroids. http://www.isteroids.com/steroids/Effects%20of%20Steroids.html Did he understand that steroids can cause psychological effects. http://www.steroidabuse.com/steroid-statistics.html What message was he truely sending to his fans? What if some of his fans started to do steroids because he was? He was no longer a positive influence for my life. Although I continued to play softball for the passion I had left, McGwire was no longer my hero.
