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Message: [QUOTE="6Nattys4Us, post: 5166181, member: 13819"] If you are a public figure - as most on TV people are (politicians, actors/actresses, athletes) several things change under the law: 1. Expectation of privacy is changed - you have less and are subject to paparazzi taking long zoom lens photos off your property and those get sold to TV shows, online, etc and you wind up there 2. You have a higher burden of proof in defamation lawsuits. Free speech issue where people can debate about public figures. 3. The kicker is public figures have a role in society that is elevated and even passively become a role model; in partiular youths find athletes as role models. So in effect "role model" is not an opt-in decision for athletes. [/QUOTE]