Not to Say I Told You So, but...
By Scott Burks
Before I pat myself on the back from
what I wrote
earlier when the Tiger Woods debacle broke, let me make one thing clear:
I will not be following the Woods drama a la TMZ, US Weekly, and ESPN.
Hell, analyst after analyst has given his/her
two cents on Woods.
Jason Whitlock wrote something.
Gene Wojciechowski wrote something.
Rick Reilly is shocked at Woods' transgressions. Even the
dude that introduced Woods to his wife had something to say!
My point is that everyone is wasting their
time trying to make their hay at the expense of Woods. I'm not about
spreading smut and crap like that. I'll leave that to TMZ.
Instead, I'll end this Tiger pursuit with
this. While this train wreck of a story is indeed fascinating, truth
be told, what happened with Woods and his alleged transgressions is none of
our damn business. That should be between Woods and his family,
period. He didn't even have to talk to the law enforcement in Orlando
shortly after it happened. It's his legal right in the state of
Florida not to do so. In a perfect world, Woods should be entitled to
his privacy.
That said, Woods should have been out in front
of this story soon after it happened. He should have said something
like this:
"I had a misunderstanding with my wife, and as
I was looking to drive away late at night to get some air, I was distracted
to the point where I had a fender-bender. I may drive a golf ball, but
not an SUV (hardy har-har...)."
That way, he would have had a better shot of
salvaging his rep before it gets dragged in the mud by gossip hounds and
other media outlets. People tend to speculate when a celebrity acts as
if he/she has something to hide.
As far as his privacy, let's face it: the
minute that Woods became an icon in golf, he pissed his privacy away.
He is a public figure, and we all know that certain media outlets look to
tear celebrities down as quick as they build them up.
So the lesson of the day is simple: it's best
to put out potential fires before they spread and ruin the neighborhood.
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