Tiger and the Media

It's been a real long time since I have had the type to post anything, and over that time alot has happened. Somethings have pasted, some haven't. One thing that has been lingering with me for awhile is Tiger Woods and the continued media pressure that has been swirling around him these past few months.

I have heard a number of times what Tiger "owes" the public. He "owed" them a public press conference in which he answered all the questions everyone has about his personal life, starting with the car crash on Thanksgiving. The press had said that his silence was deafening after the crash and how he shunned the media and practically everyone for months. Then when he finally held his press conference, albeit highly control ed, everyone initially said he did well. He didn't offer excuses, he accepted all the blame and defended his family.

Once people had a few days to digest the press conference however, it was like it never happened. People, or should I say the media, said it wasn't enough. And with the media its never enough. Now they are all gearing up fro the first tournament he plays, outside of the controlled environment that is the Masters, so they can pepper him with questions. The circus that will follow will make sports writers more like TMZ writers.

I can say this about the whole situation. Tiger doesn't "owe" me a thing. The only thing I want to see Tiger do is play golf and win majors and beat Jack Nicklaus' record. Now I have to admit, my feelings towards Tiger have changed and I'm not really going to know how I real feel about him until he's leading on the back nine on Sunday at a major tournament and then my gut will tell me how I really feel.

The one thing I hate about the media, and believe me there's more then one thing, is how they circle the wagons when one of them is attacked by the person they cover. Everybody in the media took acception to the comment Tiger made during his press conference which attacked those members of the media aka paparazzi who photographed his daughter going to school. The reaction from the media was, "Well that's the price of fame." But does it really have to be that way? I wonder how some of these media folks would feel if their kids were the subject of stalking by photogs? I bet they wouldn't like it one bit.