In time Tiger will be back as good as new
Published: February 23, 2010
Updated: February 24, 2010
First a press conference with no questions allowed and now there’s a letter to a preschool?
WFTV, an Orlando television station, reported that Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren wrote a letter to the parents of children who attend school with their 2 year-old daughter, Sam Alexis Woods. According to WFTV, the letter was to ‘apologize for increased media scrutiny around the school.’
Honestly, to save Tiger’s career and fan base he should just let it go. He already admitted to his ‘transgressions’ and addressed issues in his televised press conference last Friday, Feb. 19. Tiger had his fair share of humiliation from his Thanksgiving car accident to the infamous voicemail to his mistresses disclosing racy text messages in magazine spreads.
The press conference was covered by ESPN and was big enough news to be televised on almost all major networks Friday morning. Apparently, Tiger Woods’ personal life is a bigger deal and more important than anything and everything else that was on TV at the time. And talk definitely did not stop after the press conference. Radio, news and television programs all shared the same hot topic of the day: Is Tiger really sorry? Do you accept his apology? Do you even deserve an apology at all?
If you think about it, so many celebrities, whether in sports, movies or politics, have screwed up monumentally. My point is: do you really care? Does it really matter? I bet you may have even forgotten how your favorite celebrity might not be so great after all.
To name a couple in the sports realm: Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Politically: John F. Kennedy. In movies, music and television: Hugh Grant, Meg Ryan, Mario Lopez, Leann Rimes and David Letterman.
Let’s face it. We still love and cheer for our athletes. Kennedy will always be great. We still watch whatever we want to watch. We don’t consider much whether the people we like have had rough pasts. We don’t really care about morals and values when it comes to our entertainment. I for sure don’t care how disgusting and arrogant John Mayer was in his Rolling Stone and Playboy interviews. I will still pay to see him.
All I’m saying is that whether we like it or not, some celebrities sort of have it easy. We are easy to forgive the people we love. We are easy to forget what people have done in the past. All we really take from these celebrities is really what they’re paid for. We are so interested in probing into the personal lives of these people, when in the end, it doesn’t change much of what we think of them.
Tiger doesn’t owe us an apology. His apologies should be to everyone directly affected — his wife, his children.
It all comes down to time. Time will heal Tiger’s personal life and professional life and we will all go back to cheering for him on the golf course, buying his products and oh yeah he cheated…
” I bet you may have even forgotten how your favorite celebrity might not be so great after all.”
Exactly. We don’t need/deserve an apology. I’m sure at this point tiger has apologized to whomever he needed to already. He did nothing to harm us. Furthermore, people need to put into perspective what he did and just how often this happens everywhere on the planet. He didn’t kill anybody. He owes us nothing. In my opinion, perhaps as a fan of a celebrity, people need to just wish them and their loved ones the best and not expect some sort of apology. If you like this star so much, support them getting through their difficult time as vest they can.
“My point is: do you really care? Does it really matter?”
No. So why are you writing about it?
We all saw as Tiger a stand up man and athlete that he was before his transgressions. His press conference, regardless if he was sincere or not, addressed everything that needed to be addressed. He announced apologies to the people, (wife, kids, sponsors, and neighbors) directly involved in his actions. His private reactions to his ‘transgression’ speak louder than his words in front of millions. He is handling the situation like the stand up man and athlete we know, so why should we care what Tiger did? All we should care about is him making his return to the throne atop the PGA.
Exactly. Who cares? Why are you wasting time on this person? He’s a wealth sports star who’s personal life means nothing. He can sleep with dolphins for all I care.
The sooner he moves on the better for everyone. It’s amazing that the news media continue to focus on him. Get back to playing golf and enjoying your yacht. Or just spend time with your family. But please do it privately.