Tiger Woods Doesn’t Owe Me or Dan Jenkins an Apology

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Published: February 24, 2010

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So today, Tiger Woods continued his Apology Tour 2010 with a note to his daughter's preschool, apologizing for any inconvenience the media has caused.  Well, fine.  Next, we can expect an apology to anyone who tried his sports drink for the rise in their potassium levels.  Pardon me, but enough is enough already.

I have followed the whole Tiger shenanigans story from the periphery, for this reason: 

I admire sports figures for the feats they perform on the field.  As long as their off-field activities don't violate the rules of their sport, what they do in their free time is of little or no import to me; in the same way that I don't care what actor is in rehab or what singer isn't wearing underwear.  I have been blessed with the ability to separate the personal lives of famous figures from their professional lives. 

Tiger's physical abilities entertain me when I watch golf on TV or read about it in the sports section and in doing so, he provides me with a service, just like my mechanic, mailman and meter reader.  

The bottom line is that if I could not care less who my mailman is sleeping with (provided it's not my wife, of course), why on Earth would I care who Tiger is sleeping with (once again, provided it's not my wife) or if he's sleeping with anybody?  Never mind that it's none of my business.

Now the media is speculating whether his recent rounds of apologies are in preparation of returning to the competitive field and whether he will be able to make his way back to his former stature.  Dan Jenkins, for one, doesn't seem to think so.

First of all, if you aren't aware of him, Jenkins is a venerable writer and novelist whose works include Semi-Tough, which was made into a 1977 movie in which Burt Reynolds' moustache and Kris Kristofferson's chest hair battle ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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