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I think that Jim Rome staged the accident so that he'd have something to talk about all week.

Nothing good happens when you leave your driveway at 225am while trying ot get away from your golf club weilding wife when she finds out that youve been cheating on her.

He should just come clean and then he will be forgiven. If people can forgive A Fraud, then they will forgive him

I don't think he needs to apologize. But he's certainly giving a great seminar in how not to handle a pr mess.

Short of actually killing someone I don't know how he could of made more mistakes.

Come clean with what, though? All we know is he crashed his car into a tree in his front yard in the middle of the night. We're buying into National Inquirer speculation and letting our imaginations run wild. Maybe the guy has a sleepwalking problem and is embarrassed that he wound up behind the wheel while dreaming about driving up Magnolia Lane? Who the [bleep] knows? And more importantly, who the [bleep] cares?

Being rich and famous means sacrificing a lot of your privacy. You can compensate for that by living a quiet life and staying out of trouble. I don't care, but it's like watching a car wreck.

Actually it is a car wreck that started all of this
I bet she beat him with a 7 iron.

If she had a decent caddy, she would've known to go with the wedge.

Seriously, though, I'm ALREADY sick of this story, and we don't even know all the details yet.

I agree with RedHawk...when did the National Enquirer become the bible of factual news? Yes there is obviously more to the story than what Tiger has revealed, but why do we need to know? I could care less to be honest. I'll keep my anonymity and he can keep his money and fame.

Uh, since I was abducted by aliens and wanted to see if anyone else had been anally probed that month.

This is such a big story for the press obviously because of Woods' squeaky clean image. I could care less about what happened. I could not believe that I heard a news pundit say that if this is a domestic violence issue it should be public news. Really? Since when did we want to discourage women from coming forward about such issues for fear that it is a news worthy topic?

although in this case if anything it appears that the "perp" might have been the woman. i don't think tiger owes anyone an explanation even if his relative silence seems to fan the flames. he also did make those statements on his website where he did place all the blame on himself and spoke of his wife as a "hero" which my guess is she really wasn't.

on the other hand, his "rumoured mistress" has no problem talking:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_night_that_my_life_spun_o5oYvhdiiYINolBBteiOFL/0

what a motor mouth. does she seem like tiger's type to anyone (although she does appear to have quite the figure)?

I would not even pretend to know what Tigers' type is. He is so robotic in his media appearances I would think his type is somewhere between a printer and a fax machine.

Her story seemed pretty convincing. And BTW Elin's figure isn't too shabby either...

and she definitely does not fall into that category. a "quote machine" maybe in that that four page article was simply one long quote from her...

Like a stenogropher (sp?) machine. The machine that is used in the courts that can be read back to the public with out emotion.

Though it is my opinion that anyone who is paid by the public to play a sport or game is not entitiled to the same privacy as other people as they assume the limelight good and bad. If they decide to have an affair or to do something that can be taken as bad publicity, they know who they are and what those concenquences might bring. There is no special handling that will protect them. Tiger asking for privacy is a facade and he knows that there are people out there who will dig and dig to get something on him

i don't think he "asked for privacy" per se. he's just trying to exercise it. he clearly knows that any police report goes straight to the smoking gun, tmz, and 40 million other media outlets and that is why he didn't give a statement to the police. the latest wave of rumors appears to indicate he does have an arod like tendency for philandering, although it is all rumors and speculation at this point. so the guy's a multi-multi-millionaire, he's got a model for a wife and he still likes to play the field. do i care? no. apparently his wife might have and went after his car with a golf club. in the end, to me, i have to say so what. does tiger owe me anything? no. but i'd happily take one of his extra hotties off his hands. too bad i'm not a rich celebrity...but at least i've got my privacy! nobody cares what i do...

What's the difference between a golf ball and an SUV?








Tiger can drive a golf ball 400 yards.

I can't say I agree with that. "Paid by the public" is a relative term. We don't pay them directly. We pay to watch them play, but their compensation is based, generally, on their performance on the field of play. Winning tournaments earns a golfer more money. Hitting more HRs earns a baseball player more money. Our investment is into the "general fund", as it were. Their performance is what attracts us to the arenas to spend that money, no?

I don't think these athletes, be it Tiger Woods or Alex Rodriguez or Nick Green, all make an implicit decision to welcome any and all limelight, good or bad. They choose to play the game. A game that of course puts them in the limelight when they're on the field. But when they walk off the course or out of the stadium/arena, why aren't they entitled to the exact same expectations of privacy as any other person?

Now there are plenty of athletes that choose to seek more of a spotlight than the game gives by parading for the media by showing up at hot night spots frequently; by attending publicity-driven events like movie premieres, award shows, or whatever other things entirely unrelated to their specific profession; or by doing countless "look at me" interviews in magazines/TV/radio. But I still don't think that those choices should lead to every detail of their lives being available for public scrutiny 24/7/365.

He doesnt hit trees with golf balls

I feel that when anyone becomes famous. They give up the right to be Anonymous thats why they are celebrities. No one forced them to be who they are. Everyone has the free will to do what they want and I am sure that they know that no matter what they do it will be scrutinized at all times. Some people dont care about but obviously there are enough people in the world who cares enough to see a train wreck like this one or it would not be a story.

I don't deny that there are people who want to watch the train wreck, nor that that is the reason that this or any other scandal is a story. However, I don't believe that because one is famous for what they do for a living that that obligates them to indulge the rubberneckers looking for train wrecks in their personal lives.

I can see why people think that this should be private. I'm not a golf fan and I still know all about Tiger, and I've still seen hundreds of his endorsement related commercials. He inserted himself into the spotlight to the extent that there was no way to avoid him, that was his choice. He put a lot of effort into creating a brand, and he made a lot of money.

I'm not going out of my way to follow the scandal that started last week, but like his career I can't avoid it. If you want to maintain a private life then you should minimize your public exposure when things are good. Or perhaps you should at least avoid cheating on your wife with multiple partners.

As I have gotten older I have taken the outlook that while these athletes have a physical gift, make a lot of money, and are famous they are human beings not immune to succumbing to temptations and making mistakes. I can admire their athletic prowess but I do not put them on a moral pedestal nor do I look up to them or consider them a role model. I may admire someone like Curt Schilling who does countless acts of charity, but I can guarantee he has probably made mistakes in his life that we just never heard about. What it does is confirm that money, fame, and athletic prowess doesn’t fulfill these athletes. It actually gives them bravado that they can do what they want and to heck with the consequences until they get caught. They will then use their wealth to make it “okay” with their spouse or whomever it affected and use their influence to disappear from public scrutiny. Of course this is disappointing because Tiger’s whole packaged-up persona since he took golf’s leading role was the polar opposite of what we now know him to be…a cheater and philanderer. They only want the public spotlight when it is to their benefit. They should be prepared for the onslaught when they commit scandalous acts.

personally, i don't consider this a "scandal" or a "train wreck". its a guy who fooled around on his wife. it happens all the time. we are just a ravenous country with a love/hate relationship with our celebrities/heroes and when some juicy gossip like this pops up it starts a ridiculous feeding frenzy that far exceeds the magnitude of the actual incident. obama announces he's sending 30,000 soldiers off to war and all anyone cares about is tiger. its really pretty stupid.

Oh my god I could [bleep] care less about this whole story. I mean really, a man with a ton of money sleeps with a woman not his wife...that is so odd--for retards and the idiotic media maybe.

At least the story has faded away quickly...

i have to admit i am looking forward to the soon to be released naked pictures of rachel uchitel (or however you spell it). of the three rumored mistresses she is really the only one i find attractive...

There is now 4 reported mistresses...

the blonde's story comes out tomorrow. clearly, tiger would have been better off going with a service like heidi fliess rather than nailing all these vegas cocktail waitresses and hostesses. while i don't hold tiger in "moral judgement" i am a little surprised he traveled in these circles. he never seemed like the type.

I think that the drug angle is going to explode.

Now a Doc that has treated Tiger is in a PED Probe.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?s ... &type=lgns

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