Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tiger Woods

Now most of us are away of the ongoing Tiger Woods saga. My personal opinion is that his personal life and his decisions should be his and his family's alone. Obviously, that's not going to happen in this age of media combined with his exorbitant celebrity. But he is now being vilified in the media for his transgressions, especially in the sports world. People are saying "Well he has always been a jerk so this is karma." People don't know him. When he yells at a fan who is taking a picture while he is swinging, that's not him being a jerk. It's him being an ultra-competitive athlete. The point is we can't act like we know someone like Tiger when we hurl insults his way. Sometimes I wish that we remembered that athletes, no matter their popularity are still human and are entitled to a small piece of privacy still.

1 comment:

  1. I tottaly agree with you. I feel that it shouldnt be blown up to this level and that he deserves some privacy as long as hes not hurting anyone. Let him do what he wants. The media makes a three course meal out this dumb story. isnt there anyone out there dying, can the news cover that?

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