"Players are supposed to be professional athletes and role models (whether they like it or not) for youth. "
They are paid to be athletes, yes. They aren't paid to be role models, nor should they be expected to be so. How many Packer kids see their drunken fans mooning the visiting team after each game? Where's the responsibility there?
This mooning thing was ridiculously blown out of proportion. The fans got what they deserved.
But whatever happened to restraint? To class? To "discretion being the better part of valor"? Just because he can do it doesn't mean he should. He could emulate folks like Barry Sanders, and just flip the ball to the official and walk to the sideline, not even acknowledging the fan's taunts. That bugs fans more than anything in the world. Instead, he has to be a punk, to show the fans "I can be a bigger jackass than you! Watch!".
It's stunts like that that make me hope Randy Moss, like Barry Bonds, will never taste a championship in his entire career. Fortunately, playing for the Vikings, that part seems assured.