I wrote this for the Washington Post, but I think my readers of BSO needs to read this as well. You can read several different opinions on the Tiger Woods statement at The Washington Post The League site.
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*Clears Allen Iverson’s Voice*
“What are we talking about here? Cheating? Not the game, not the game I’d die for, we talking about cheating? What are we talking about man? Cheating?”
By the time you read this Tiger Woods will have made his statement and everyone in the media will be like a pack wolves that just spotted a sleeping deer.
But what are we talking about here? Cheating?
I have wanted to be a sports journalist since I was in diapers and instead of writing about NBA trades, NFL draft or something you know “sports related”, I am being asked what I think about a grown man cheating on his wife. I’d rather be talking about curling at the Winter Olympics that Tiger Woods’s bedside manner.
You know what I think about Tiger? I think he is normal because most 30+ year-old men have cheated on their significant other at one point in their lifetime. People need to stop acting like we are still living in “Leave it to Beaver” times and deal with reality. Actually even Ward had a lot of “late night meetings” so he is suspect too. Doesn’t matter if you are a “Dollarnaire” like me or a “Billionaire” like Tiger as long there is a continental breakfast available at the Marriott, men are going to cheat. Of course it is wrong, but it is happening.
I am shocked at how many golfers and media are questioning Tiger’s moral fiber. I guarantee if we sent private investigators to spy on all of Tiger’s critics, they would find enough skeletons to fill multiple cemeteries. Tiger’s only mistake is acting like this was a big deal. By going into hiding like he committed an actual crime he allowed his multiple women and the media to take shots at him with no fear of rebuttal. By not taking questions at his “State of Tiger” address he just gives more fuel to the fire who are praying for his downfall.
I absolutely think Tiger should at some point take questions from the media just to tell them how foolish they are for acting like cheating is some sort of felony offense. If it was the majority of the male and female population would be in jail and the orange jump suit industry would be recession proof.
Tiger’s only real apology should be to his wife, and if you are one of those people who are screaming at the top of your lungs: “HE IS A ROLE MODEL,” then you have failed as a parent because athletes shouldn’t carry the burden of trying to be perfect because parents haven’t taken on the responsibility of being the proper role models for their children. Tiger made a personal mistake with emphasis on “personal” and doesn’t owe us anything. If I was crafting Tiger Woods’s statement it would go just like this.
“My name is Tiger Woods I’ve mistakes that have embarrassed myself and more importantly my family. For that I am truly sorry, but I don’t owe anyone in the public an explanation on my private affairs, so unless you live in a glass house be careful who you throw stones at because you might get your window cracked. See you at the Masters. Peace.”