Don’t Apologize to me!!!
Posted By: The Abstract Analyst
Filed Under: News, Sports on February 20, 2010
So today at 11 am EST, the world stopped. Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration – only the US stopped. Thankfully it wasn’t due to a tragedy…well actually, it kind of was a tragedy, just that there were no lives lost, thankfully…
Well let me get to it…as we all know, a few weeks back Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods was outted due to his infidelities. Note this didn’t impact most of America unless you were Elin, his children, family, business partners and possibly friends. Everyone else… not at all. Yet for some reason, because Tiger is a role model (more on that in a sec) – he owed the public at large an apology. BULLSHIT. For various reasons, the aforementioned parties were certainly owed an apology and an explanation. Beyond that, he owed everyone else 2 fingers
(on the same hand for peace) and that’s about it. The only thing funnier than the unnecessary staged apology was the pre and post apology outrage and analysis. I’m pissed because not only was this not necessary, but it also ruined a day of sports radio during a slow sports new cycle.
First, you had the Golf writers of America association who boycotted the event due to an inability to ask questions. And there was the post game analysis looking at his body language and analyzing his sincerity. Why does it matter? This is again an issue of the public putting its faith in public figures simply because they have a unique talent. And more times than not, the talent isn’t leadership, but something athletic. Role models should be parents, mentors, community figures, people who actually have a vested interest in your success and can really give you a good example for how to pattern your self. Beyond that, if we have to place these public figures on a pedestal, model a certain part of yourself after the ‘public portion’ of them. In Tiger’s case, his determination and focus on the golf course can be applied else where in the lives of others. But he isn’t nor was he ever (before the infidelity came out) a role model. He didn’t ask to be, nor should he have been.
Like I said, Eldrick owed me nothing and everyone who thinks he does, should really look in the mirror….
The one bright side is waiting to see how he gets roasted over the next few days by late night / sketch shows…
Tiger WOOOOOO (skip to 2:55…)
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Don’t think he’ll be roasted. There’s not a lot of material to draw from that boring ass speech. MF had to apologize, fans mad pissed and he’s losing all kinds of money now. MF stupid gives wrong description of buddhism too. It’s not about restraint, it’s about freedom. freedom from desiring to bang a grip of ugly biddies. not desiring it and restraining from it. in my opinion he had to apologize for being horny if he’s been acting like he’s mr perfect this entire time. shouldve married a chick thats open to him banging other wimmin tho, like kobe did.
my point is the sprite commercial is wrong, thirst (for fornication with multiple women uglier than your wife in this case) is nothing, image is everything.
Its true he had to apologize, to those impacted by his actions. I guess there was need to do it publicly simply cause of these business relationships. Either way according to many in sports media they personally felt he owed them apologies for the image he portrayed. The image was built by the media, he just went out and tried to be a good golfer. I think the real problem is that he was a ‘hero’ or a ‘role model’ who didn’t live up to peoples unrealistic expectations….