1) He Really Wasn't a Role Model - Although many fans believed Barkley's candor made him one of the NBA's most lovable players, his behavior occasionally backed up his claims, like in a game in the 1991-92 season where he spat on a 9-year old girl in Philadelphia, and an incident in Orlando in which he threw a man through a window.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Barkley