Is it weird that I feel sorry for Tiger?
Last week, news broke out that Tiger Woods, arguably the most recognizable athlete in the world, got into a car accident outside his home in Florida. The first thought that came to mind was, is he ok? The second thought that came into my head was, who get’s into a car accident right outside his home? But I digress. Even though the specifics of the event still haven’t been brought to the public eye, what we do know is that, allegedly he hit a fire extinguisher and then crashed into a tree at 2 in the morning. Then Tiger’s wife had to break the window of their SUV with a golf club to get Tiger out the car who, at that point, was supposedly unconscious. He then was taken to the local medical center and was checked out the next morning, leaving on his own two feet. That is what we knew last week.
As days have passed and speculation continues to grow, more and more alleged stories surface about that, now infamous night. Now we’re hearing that Tiger and his wife got into an alleged physical altercation before he left the house that morning and that cuts and bruises he sustained, weren’t from the accident, but instead from his wife during the alleged fight. Making it even better, is the news that Tiger has been seeing this young lady for a while now while traveling back and forth to California, where she resides. All I’ve heard is that she’s in the nigh club profession and deals a lot with many high-profile people, including movie stars and athletes. Basically what she does, from what I understand, is she’s an attractive female who gets paid to sit with people at the clubs and flirt with them, get them to buy drinks and basically make more money for the nightclub.
With all this coming out in the press and Tiger not coming out himself to address all the speculations (with the exception of one blog on his website), all these crazy stories are surfacing throughout the web and all different media outlets. It’s hard to feel sorry for a man whose worth a billion dollars and has everything and anything a person desires, in a way, I feel that despite his celebrity status and athletic prowess, he deserves his privacy. Him and his family deserve to handle this personal situation privately, but unfortunately for him, we live in a world today where celebrities and athletes and well-profiled people are sought after on every aspect of their lives. It’s the paparazzi, media driven society we live in today where we almost idolize these celebrities to the point where we want to know what they eat for breakfast in the morning. So, in regards to this story, it’s easy not to feel sorry for Tiger Woods, because honestly, he doesn’t feel sorry for our problems, but everybody is entitled to some small piece of privacy.
For more insight on the whole Tiger Woods “controversy,” please read a very perspective article on the situation on Jamie Samuelsen’s blog on freep.com;
http://www.freep.com/article/20091130/sports15/91130030/1354/
