Did anyone find Tiger Woods' apology to the world, strange? I mean, why should he have apologized to us? Our name isn't 'Elin' and we're not his wife. The only apology he owes is to his wife. Was it to get his fans and the sponsors who have dumped him to support him once again?
If that was indeed the reason behind his apology, then it's a scathing comment on the maturity levels of his fans. It indicates that they are not mature enough to differentiate his professional achievements from his personal problems. For instance, would you stop believing that Roger Federer is a great player if you found out that he's been cheating on his wife? I wouldn't. I don't think the crystal meth episode made Agassi any less a player either.
Is Tiger Woods' apology real and sincere? I'm not so sure. After all, in an age where even film reviews are paid for, you can't rely on any public figure to show you their real side.
Do you think Tiger owes us an apology?
P.S.: In his apology that was aired on television around the world, he says he felt that "he deserved to give in to the temptations that came with his success". That's the lamest justification for infidelity I have ever heard.
4 comments:
Well, i dont want to hear his excuse, legitimate or not.. what does it matter.. i dont want/ need to know.. i agree with you fully.. why does he need to do all this apologising in the media??? Just to his wife would have been super!!!
There is big money involved.. . ..
media circus? He already apologised to his wife in private... incidentally, there was much in the news abt how to preceive the apology even b4 it aired.
Comparisons were made to previous personalities, including bill clinton, whose wife appeared in their public apologies.... and the apology wd mean smthing only if Erin appeared alongside...
Obviously, once the wife forgives him in front of the media, and the fans, Tiger's would be more markatable, so he gets more sponsorship...
Do I care? Nopes... but apparently, someone in the PR world thinks its important... so it had to be done...
its funny how PR works, isnt it...!
I agree with what Haddock & Eye-in-Sty-in said - it's completely a PR gimmick. There's big money involved. Tiger Woods' sponsors have dumped him following the incident, and his PR team obviously thinks that they will be back with him once his fans are on his side again. Therefore, he is apologizing to his fans. The question is, were his fans upset with him in the first place?
Also, I think the decision to stay away from golf for sometime is not really b/c he wants to make up to his wife & focus on his marriage. It's to give time to the whole thing to settle down...to let some water flow under the bridge, as they say. Public memory is short-lived & soon people will find some other scandal to gossip about. Or so Tiger & his PR team believe.
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