joining us today to talk about this, steven a. smith, journalist and commentator. e, high school basketball coach at st. vincent st. mary. he also coached a guy you probably heard of, lebron james. and jonathan abrams, sports writer for "the new york times." gentlemen, welcome. greatly appreciate it. steven, you and i have talked about this over the years, publy, privately. let me put that to you. do these athlete have a responsibility to the community? >> i think they definitely do have a responsibility. but even more so, if you want to get paid, the reality is that if you want to be a role model, you want to go out there and get paid, you have to be a role model to the masses. you have to set an example that people would want themselves to follow or people would expect of themselves and expect of their children, et cetera. especially when you are put in the public eye. i don't think it's fair to them, but nevertheless, it's a responsibility that isn't going anywhere. >> coach, if there is a handbook to be written, one can argue michael jordan probably wrote the be