The Tiger Woods Debate: A Conciliatory Plea To Both Sides

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Published: April 10, 2010

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There has been a fair bit of emotion surrounding the discussions of the Tiger Woods phenomenon in the last few weeks. There are two clearly divided camps; those who believe Tiger has faced enough scrutiny and should be able to get on with his life and those who believe that he is trying to take a shortcut back to prominence.

Despite the fact that the two groups are diametrically opposed, there are a great many things that both groups agree on:

 

1. That adultery—in an abstract and totally non-Tiger Woods related sense—is, by and large, a bad thing.

2. That adultery really is a matter to be handled between a man and his wife; it is not for entertainment of the masses.

3. That Tiger himself has broken no laws that we know of.

4. Tiger Woods owes no-one, outside of his family, any form of apology.

5. That society’s obsession with celebrity gossip is an embarrassment.

6. That paparazzi, TMZ, E-news and celebrity gossip merchants are bottom feeders and the lowest form of life.

7. Tiger is still one of the most amazing golfers that the planet has ever seen.

8. That Tiger’s new ad for Nike is—from a purely marketing perspective—a brilliant piece marketing communication.

But it is the things that the two groups disagree on that cause the problems.

1. That Tiger has treated his comeback from his personal situation as a cynical public relations exercise.

2. That, in deciding to use a PR approach, Tiger has brought a private matter into the public domain.

3. That Tiger would be best served by re-earning our respect through his action and over time, rather than just tell us he’s changed and expecting us to take that at face value.

4. That Tiger is only professing remorse in order to rebuild his lucrative endorsement portfolio.

5. That ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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