It's an immature way to duck responsibility for your situation

This is how I felt then & how I feel now

A pro athlete, entertainer or celebrity IS a role model...period...saying it's not so or putting it all on the parents is willful ignorance of reality

And the SUPREME IRONY is that he said this for a COMMERCIAL ...guess what, Chuck...Nike (or whoever he shills for now) did not pay you money to endorse their product because you have no influence on kids or people...celebs are paid bc celeb endorsements WORK

This is also the reason I laugh when ppl say entertainment doesn't influence people...if it was true all products would be sold on their actual merit as a product...and virtually NO advertising sells product that way, it's all image & girls in bikinis & a bald dude with no rings cracking bad jokes

Amd I was rocking the 14 USA basketball jersey in 92, I was a fan of his