This is about a week late, but I've been busy: In laws' last weekend, running in the evening, one late night at work, and most of all the Vancouver Olympics (i.e. Lindsey Vonn’s butt). But now it's time to weigh in on Tiger Woods' public apology. First of all let me start off by saying, he absolutely did not owe anyone other than his family an apology. And these talking heads on ESPN say how outrageous his acts were, yet cover up any controversy that surrounds any of their famous personalities. When former Mets GM and ESPN analyst Steve Phillips was ousted as having a multi year affair with a co-worker, he was quietly let go and no one on the network was allowed to discuss. Yet it's a mortal sin if Tiger doesn't apologize to some mildly overweight scratch golfer with a 15 handicap in Missouri?
I felt his apology was sincere and I believe he is truly sorry. That still doesn't make what he did right and if his wife leaves him and he is only allowed to see his kids on the weekends, then it serves him right. The way his apology was analyzed was also comical. I probably heard six “experts” give their opinions how sincere he was. Three said it was great and three said it was totally fake. Kobe Bryant may or may not have raped a woman, and he definitely cheated on his wife, but everyone in the sports media (ESPN) quickly forgot about that and fell back in love with him. America loves to pile on those in lofty positions and then loves to give them a second chance. So when Tiger shows up again and starts to light the courses on fire again we’ll all kind of forget about the Sex Rehab in Hattiesburg and love a resurrected champion.
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