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Owen Halberstadt Sports Contributor

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I hopped o the plane at L.AX, with a dream and my cardigan. Welcome to the land of fame excess (woah). Am I gonna t in? Jumped in the cab, here I am for the rst time, look to my right, and I see the Hollywood sign. is is all so crazy! Everybody seems so famous!

Whether it’s wanting the newest LeBron’s or seeing your favorite athlete appear in TV commercials, big-named athletes nd a place in your everyday life. e in uence athletes have can inspire in a positive way, but when that athlete ips the switch and sets an example of unethical or unhealthy behavior, it makes you question your morals.

mal punishment, this incident brings questions to the role athletes play and the impact both their nega tive and positive actions have on fans across the world.

My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick. Too much pressure and I'm nervous – at's when the taxi man turned on the radio, and a Jay-Z song was on! And a Jay-Z song was on. And a Jay-Z song was on.

In his fourth season in the league, Ja Morant is currently one of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) brightest stars.

e Memphis Grizzlies’ point guard has taken the league by storm and entranced fans with his high- ying dunks and spectacular no-look passes. Arenas throughout the league are lled with Morant’s number 12 jerseys, the sixth most popular jersey sold this season.

So I put my hands up, they're playing my song, the butter ies y away. I'm noddin' my head like, yeah. Movin' my hips like, yeah. I got my hands up, they're playing my song, they know I'm gonna be okay. Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.

At just 23 years old, Morant joined elite company as he became the 23rd player in NBA history to receive his own signature shoe with Nike. Morant has gained a signi cant following with young fans across the league — videos of young fans crying in joy and disbelief as Morant gifts them his worn Ja 1’s have gone viral on social media.

Young players across the country have embraced Morant’s swagger and con dence by celebrating after drilling threes and not shying away from trash talk.

Morant has recently been under re for ashing a gun in a strip club after a March 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets. He received an eightgame suspension for his actions and issued an apology, in which he took full responsibility sponsibility and negligence for his career sets a bad image to children on what hard work and being a respon sible adult really means. When kids see an adult who has worked to be come one of the NBA’s best basketball players risk it all by being reck less, it diminishes all it has taken for Morant to reach the level he is now on and shines a bad light on the NBA as a whole. burgh Steelers fan, An tonio Brown was one of my favorite players growing up. Since I was nine, I sported Brown’s jersey at all times and watched him kill de fenses and dominate the National Football

However, my admiration for him ipped over as Brown began to assault women, punch his team’s general manager and became such a toxic individual in the locker room that no team wanted to keep him. It was hard to see one of my favorite players in the league tarnish his reputation and set a bad example for fans everywhere. A lifelong football fan, I have been watching JJ Watt since I was young. While he is best known for his five year dominance in