We think we know but we don't.

Oscar Pistorius can be added to that list of athletes we don't really know.

Others that belong on the same list with Oscar Pistorius include O.J. Simpson, Rae Carruth and Ray Lewis, just to name a few. Athletes who have committed less serious crimes, but nonetheless have appeared in police blotters, are Plaxico Burress, Miguel Cabrera, Jason Kidd, Lawrence Taylor, Dwight Gooden and Lenny Dykstra. I'm sure I could go on for hours with this type of list…if I could only find a University of Miami media guide. (cheap shot!!)

The point I'm trying to make, in a nutshell, can be summed up using the words of the immortal Charles Barkley, "athletes are not role models.” Next time you hear your child name an athlete as a role model, have them read a portion of the list above.

Hero? Role model? Those words should be used to describe mom and dad.