Friday February 19,2010 at 11:00 am CNN gave live footage of golfs famous Tiger Woods. Is his apology doing him good or bad for the sport of golf? Did he do it in order to make things better for his wife and family? Should we want our kids to admire someone like him after the things he has done? Do we as the public accept what Tiger has done as far as his apology go’s?
There is so many good and bad things that go on in the world of sports and we let so many of the bad things pass without notice. I think that the apology Tiger gave we good but should not have been toward the critics that have been criticizing him from the start. His apology was mainly for his wife, kids, family, and friends. There was sincere emotion in his speech even though it was done from paper.
Even if he had to read his feelings we should accept as people. His statements were that he never showed harm or violence to his wife or kids. The statement toward the press about them following his kids to school was directed strictly to the press and was done in a firmly matter.
Tigers Words:
“My apology to Elin will not come in words but from my behavor to come.”
Elin whom is Tigers wife was not on site of the event because she chose not to be. She had that right not to be if she so chose to do so.
One of the women of Tigers allegedly affairs even gave statement on national TV about that she should never had this happen to her. My opinion on her statement is this.
Why did you have the affair with him to start with knowing he was married? Did you not know that it takes two to have an affair?
“I think that what ever this woman gets then she deserves all of it. Rather it be good or bad she should not blame everything on him but should also blame herself for getting herself in this trash.” Only one of the ladies whom was 21 at the time did not know that Tiger was married and she was OK with the apology that Tiger had given.
I would say that Tiger is on a start of trying to change his life around after what has taken place here. He has been through a lot but in his rehab he will continue to go through more before it is over all together. Tiger also had mentioned that he was unsure of how long it will be before he will be back to golf on the PGA Tour. There were only about forty people allowed at the news event for this speaking of Tiger Woods. Most of the people there were family and friends and employs of the PGA Tour.
I wish all becomes well for him and his family and hope to see him back on the greens soon no matter what anyone says. When we make as much money as he has done then that’s when we should be able to hold him to a lower standard than we do today. But for now the damage has been done and has been apologize for so we should let it go. Watch the small clip video below.
I tend to agree with you Shannon! I don’t think it excuses what he did but the damage has been done and everyone should move on. I think the constant press over this is somewhat frustrating.
I think it is a beginning – again -he said : “ELIN WILL KNOW FROM MY BEHAVIOUR”
-let us hope , Tiger can turn it around. He could be an inspiration for many and create something incredible. He has shown that already -the capacity to be incredible…
Let us give him another chance and the let us see if Elin knows hw to forgive.
I just don’t get why Tiger has to apologise to the public. He hasn’t hurt us!!
Don’t we just love seeing rich famous people fall from grace? And why is it? Are our lives so miserable that we have to resort to focusing on others problems – not our own.
Only time will tell how sincere Tiger’s apology is.
I agree with your statement pertaining to the woman who blamed herself for allowing herself to succumb to such temptation. She should have known better, and it takes two to do the dirty deed. Tiger Woods didn’t have any real gut-wrenching experience with life until his mishaps. This kind of thing happens on a regular basis to regular people who are not rich like Tiger, and they get up, brush themselves off, and continue on their ways to recovery. So, Tiger will be fine. He just got introduced to the real world in an unfamiliar way, and he didn’t know how to handle himself when confronted with the forbidden fruits of pleasure! So, he got sucked in. Tiger will definitely learn from this; in fact, it is not only he will learn from this, but many other men out there who have the tendency to stray will think twice before they do, just because they saw how hurtful such behaviors can be for families and friends.
I myself still admire Tiger as an athlete, and there for accept his public apology. But to be honest most of us makes mistake by admiring this people and making them as a role model for our kids. Yes you can admire them as an Athlete but not as a person coz we never really knows what their behavior is in close doors.
The cult of celebrity brings pressure and pitfalls which Tiger Woods succumbed to. At least he has apologised and looks as though he is bringing his legendary focus onto sorting his problems. He has severely damaged the Tiger Woods brand though. It will be a while before his business marketing is back on track.
I think Tiger is a great athlete, unfortunately many celebrities don’t realize they are being judged by the media and that millions of people are watching their every move. But they are human beings like the rest of us, subject to commiting mistakes and we all have to understand that.
He had to apologize, he is a public figure and has many followers, he had no other choice.