Tired of Tiger Tears...
Is anyone tired of seeing Tiger Woods crying yet? When he won the British Open on Sunday, all we saw were pictures and video of him breaking down whilst giving his speech. Am I the only one thinking that this crap is played out? The guy died, like two months ago!
I understand that he took some time off, and that his first time back would be news. But wasn’t his first tournament back on Father’s Day weekend? I’m thinking that someone wanting to purge the emotional demons of his father dying would pick something less public that Father’s Day for God’s sake!
Methinks Tiger (and the networks) knew what he was doing, trying to drum up ratings.
All we hear that weekend was how brave Tiger was for playing, and how he must be constantly thinking of his father. I’m sure he was. Mr. Woods was a big influence in the man’s life. But so are a lot of fathers. No one says anything about the train conductor or airline pilot who go back to their job two months(!) after their father died. (Between you and me, I’d rather know if the pilot of a plane recently had a parent die than a pro golfer.)
Now, Tiger (finally!) wins a tournament and people are saying he won it for his Dad. Bullshit. Do you think he played any harder this week than he did in the past few weeks? I would think that if Tiger could win at will, we woulda won on Father’s Day. Christ, what would that have been like?
How come Chris DeMarco wasn’t on the back page of the New York Daily News? He lost his mother only 2 weeks before the tournament, not 2 days!
Everyone now thinks I’m just an insensitive lout. But, I really am just railing out against the hero worship in sports, and how the lives of celebrities mean more to us than the lives of the people around us (see the pilot bit above).
They say people like to live vicariously through the lives of celebs. Well, tell ya what folks, each and every one of us will have somebody close to us die sometime in our lives. So there is no need to get our virtual kicks (or sobs) via somebody who doesn’t even know our names.
And, lastly, I don’t blame Tiger (mostly). I blame the media and the general public alike. The media says it only puts out this crap because people want to see it. The people say that if it’s news the TV stations will put it on and they’ll watch.
Idiocy makes strange bedfellows, indeed…
I understand that he took some time off, and that his first time back would be news. But wasn’t his first tournament back on Father’s Day weekend? I’m thinking that someone wanting to purge the emotional demons of his father dying would pick something less public that Father’s Day for God’s sake!
Methinks Tiger (and the networks) knew what he was doing, trying to drum up ratings.
All we hear that weekend was how brave Tiger was for playing, and how he must be constantly thinking of his father. I’m sure he was. Mr. Woods was a big influence in the man’s life. But so are a lot of fathers. No one says anything about the train conductor or airline pilot who go back to their job two months(!) after their father died. (Between you and me, I’d rather know if the pilot of a plane recently had a parent die than a pro golfer.)
Now, Tiger (finally!) wins a tournament and people are saying he won it for his Dad. Bullshit. Do you think he played any harder this week than he did in the past few weeks? I would think that if Tiger could win at will, we woulda won on Father’s Day. Christ, what would that have been like?
How come Chris DeMarco wasn’t on the back page of the New York Daily News? He lost his mother only 2 weeks before the tournament, not 2 days!
Everyone now thinks I’m just an insensitive lout. But, I really am just railing out against the hero worship in sports, and how the lives of celebrities mean more to us than the lives of the people around us (see the pilot bit above).
They say people like to live vicariously through the lives of celebs. Well, tell ya what folks, each and every one of us will have somebody close to us die sometime in our lives. So there is no need to get our virtual kicks (or sobs) via somebody who doesn’t even know our names.
And, lastly, I don’t blame Tiger (mostly). I blame the media and the general public alike. The media says it only puts out this crap because people want to see it. The people say that if it’s news the TV stations will put it on and they’ll watch.
Idiocy makes strange bedfellows, indeed…
posted by BG at 13:15
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