Why aren't today's young professional sports stars better citizens?

I was reading the news that The Tennessee Titans first round pick Adam "Pac Man" Jones (who BTW has the second dumbest nickname in sports ever, behind only "He Hate Me") was arrested on assault and vandalism charges. The charges were leveled after a nightclub fight. Okay, we've all been a little too rowdy in a bar once or twice. The guy is a young man, and it happens.

Then I read the reason the fight broke out. The owner of the bar testified that he asked two of Jones' friends to leave because "they were smoking drugs". WHAT?!? You were just drafted by an NFL team in the first round. That means HUGE money for playing a game that you probably love, and at the very least beats a 9-5 somewhere in the "real world". Yet you would jeopardize that by hanging out with people who would be brazen enough to smoke pot (I'm assuming it was marijuana) in a semi public place. Then instead of thanking the man for not calling the cops to arrest their dumb asses, you grab the man by the shirt and punch him and break his necklace. Wow. Just Wow. What a role model. What a citizen. What an ass.

To Mr. Jones and all the other athletes who aren't living up to the expectations placed on public figures: Please realize that you are one of a very few privileged people who get paid anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to play a game. With that privilege comes responsibility. You have to play that game in front of the public, and that's not a bad thing. Without that public you have no career. You have a responsibility to live better than your friends who may not be in the public eye. At the very least you owe that sports franchise, they've paid you to not only play a game to the best of your ability, but to not become a liability to them on or off the field.

Take a good look around and look at all your peers (and their are many) who are starting organizations to help children, or golf tournaments with proceeds going to charity, even simple visits to a hospital or fan event. For that matter the guys who are starting companies and employing people are being much better citizens than those who would flaunt their money and perceived position by acting like a common street thug.