Public people, private lives, and Tiger Woods

SacTown Chronic · 12-02-2009, 12:58 PM

From golf . com:

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Tiger earned $100 million last year. $7.7 million on the course -- and approximately $92 million off it.

From Tiger's press release today:

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Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means.

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People should only pay attention to me when I want to sell them something using my carefully crafted image. Or when I'm winning tournaments. Or when I'm giving interviews. Or when I talk about the wonderful psychic connection I had with my Pops. Or when I release photo spreads taken with my family. Other than that, please respect my privacy. Let me have my cake and eat it too. Wah!

Deebs · 12-02-2009, 01:20 PM

I grew up around the game of golf. My dad started teaching me to drive using a golf cart. I was always told that the sportsmanship and good grace (or lack of) shown on the course says more about a person than how they play the game. It's all about honor and integrity. In professional golf, with all the cameras and officials watching the tourneys, I suppose cheating isn't too tempting. But the game really is steeped in tradition, and honesty is a big part of it. Cheating on your partner and cheating on the course are separate issues. Right?

Stan4dSteph · 12-02-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

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People should only pay attention to me when I want to sell them something using my carefully crafted image. Or when I'm winning tournaments. Or when I'm giving interviews. Or when I talk about the wonderful psychic connection I had with my Pops. Or when I release photo spreads taken with my family. Other than that, please respect my privacy. Let me have my cake and eat it too. Wah!

Yeah! We should be able to see every minute of his life, just like every other celebrity. We should be able to just stick cameras inside their houses and whatnot.

Seriously, that is the most simplistic statement.

SacTown Chronic · 12-02-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Yeah! We should be able to see every minute of his life, just like every other celebrity. We should be able to just stick cameras inside their houses and whatnot.

Seriously, that is the most simplistic statement.

I've said nothing of the sort. Personally I don't give two sh*ts for the cult of celebrity culture we live in these days. I don't think we have a right to know what goes on in Tiger's private life. And frankly, I don't want to know. But if Tiger thinks he can earn millions of dollars by doing nothing (my opinion of celebrity endorsements) with no strings attached, he's a fool.

And if I've learned anything from watching Tiger Woods, it's that he's no fool. Which, in my estimation, means he's trying to play the victim with regards to all the negative attention he's receiving. He damn well knows the score - and always has -, but suddenly he doesn't like it.

And seriously, my simplistic statement was simplistic on purpose...it was me being Tiger being a whiny baby. Simplified for effect. See? Simple.

12-02-2009, 01:20 PM	#2
Deebs ... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 961	I grew up around the game of golf. My dad started teaching me to drive using a golf cart. I was always told that the sportsmanship and good grace (or lack of) shown on the course says more about a person than how they play the game. It's all about honor and integrity. In professional golf, with all the cameras and officials watching the tourneys, I suppose cheating isn't too tempting. But the game really is steeped in tradition, and honesty is a big part of it. Cheating on your partner and cheating on the course are separate issues. Right?
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