I currently have about 10 choices every day to choose from when it comes to sports radio. I love it, and at the same time I realize that I'm feeding the monster. Appalled is the only word I can think of to describe my feelings about the out of control frenzy to report the private lives of our sports icons. Yesterday I could not avoid being told that Tiger Woods' mom-in-law was rushed to the ER. Can you step back and realize how utterly sick that is? Today on mad dog they were opining that Woods would have to take off several months because the press will make life so miserable for him that he can't possibly appear in these tournaments.
I've heard several shows tell me that because these athletes make a living based on the public "buying" their product, we have a right to know everything about them. Everything. If they don't want to give up their privacy, they need to find another profession! We've got young people buying that crap and growing up thinking they have the "right to know". What a ridiculous line of thought! I'm almost ashamed to watch or listen to sports shows knowing I'm feeding that. Tiger Woods owes us nothing. He performs, we watch, we appreciate, we love or hate. He is still a person. What good or terrible things go on in his house is none of our business. I hope your son doesn't grow up believing these sleazeball reporters that he has a right to know.
S
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You know how I feel about the media's coverage of Woods during the past, but I absolutely do not care about the women and his problems. He was a jerk from day 1 and his best friends have always been trashy.
The only people shocked by this are walking around without making decisions based on what they see.
He is just lucky he was in Fl, if he was in La or Tx he would have been booked for being passed out from drugs and boozed.
I am even shocked he was that bad off from meds and drinks.
I still like the knocked out by his wife, it is more respectable.
j
I removed my nickname for Woods...AC..because my wife and kid thought it was to harsh.
I have told my son more than once that the story the females is irrelevant.
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