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            Beau Spicer  Mrs. Vore AP Language and Comp  11 October 2010  ﻿ Simply Defying Age As some of you may know, most probably do not ,  the tremendous athlete Herschel Walker has established himself as quite the MMA fighter.

This is most surprising because Herschel is almost fifty years old. Now,  some may argue that the man is too old to fight and only putting himself into immense danger by entering the ring of this gruesome and brutal sport, but if any readers have seen the latest ESPN magazine you can testify that Herschel looks anything but old and out of shape. As far as his conditioning goes, Herschel starts every day by getting up at 5:30 a.m. and busting out 1,500 push-ups and 2,000 crunches. The thing I find most amazing is that on most days of working out for 8-10 hours Walker skips breakfast and lunch, eating only a dinner that consists of a small salad and a slice of bread. Now as unhealthy as that sounds this has been one of his routines since he can remember, and with a tremendous career on and off the football field,  no one should try to change it now. But I guess the point I’m really trying to get at it that its professional athletes like Herschel Walker, which in my mind at least, should be more in the center stage of sports reporting; As opposed to those best known for their criminal records and on field antics. Too often ﻿ today we see small children and young athletes look up to those types of shady characters. Furthermore, in today’s era of sports every professional athlete, coach, and general manager is only in it for the money not the right reasons. It's role models like Walker that through there sacrifices and effort in sports show us more about themselves than any one interview could ever captivate. Herschel shows us that dedication, self-improvement, and love for the game are the right reasons to play for. This is something that we tend to lose sight of today, think back to the first organized sport you ever played or participated in, why did you do it? Because you loved it, that’s why, and it’s not just modern day professional athletes that lose sight of this, it’s everyone in general. As spectators, we have accepted this fact into the current sports society, we have accepted that professional athletes and coaches are only in it for the money anymore and that it’s okay for them to act out in socially unacceptable ways because we idolize them. Don’t get me wrong though, I know that not every sports figure is like this but you show me a professional sports locker room and I bet you can find more than a dozen of these examples. The major issue is that we don’t have enough positive sports figures left today, too many of them are self absorbed and egotistical to realize the negative example they bring to the table of society. Herschel Walker has persevered through more than most athletes and continues to do so ﻿ . Walker is simply defying age and the stereotype of professional athletes. writer's memo: in order to examplify my chosen editor's writing style(paul krugman), i started out my editorial as giving the facts and background information on the topic then shifting it to my opinion and veiws on the topic. when i shifted to my opinion i made it very unsutble and uprupt, shifting the context of the article entirely.