Kobe Brant is amount a small select view of people that had the privilege of having such a big impact on the world. His ability to play the game on and off the court enabled him to inspire many people and also enabled him to have such a significant voice in society. Although this may be true, the late Kobe Bryant was also part of another select view. He embarked on a horrid action in 2003 that should have ended his career. In sports this seems to be the case way too often. Player involvement in sexual assault and rape is extremely common, but for whatever reason had low implications for Kobe. Why, you may ask? In sports and frankly in life, people that are in places of power seemed to be viewed as above morality. Since they are “winners” and since Kobe is the star player, he is able to get away with the rape of a young women. This so called immunity that people in power have, from abiding by the rules of society is beyond me. In my opinion, if you are given the spotlight then you should have to act like you deserve it on all fronts.
Kobe’s lack of ethics and morality is one feature that, in my opinion, should discredit his other good features. Even though I truly admire Kobe’s work ethic and killer attitude, it’s extremely significant to understand that he is flawed and even though he is a great basketball players, does not mean he has the right to get away with those flaws. If he was not as good of a basketball player would he still have that immunity? That is the burning question that no one wants to know, but everyone needs too.
I agree with your statement on how people who are very popular and loved by the fans are portrayed to be above morality. People just don’t want to see their favorite player as someone who has done something horrible in the past. People need to stop seeing them as perfect
I think, to answer your final question, that if Kobe was a nobody he would’ve surely been unable to enjoy the same impunity that he had then. His fans, especially the more ravenous ones, would take a bias stance against anyone who would attempt to discredit him.