ESPN/SportsCenter

• baseball4

  

  I'm wondering if anyone else has boycotted ESPN like I have. For the last two weeks I haven't even been able to put it on. This is by far my favorite channel and it's always on when I'm home. Since this whole Tiger Woods scandal came out it has been the most miserable channel on TV. It seems like they have no material to cover other than this story. Same is the case with Brett Favre every time he decides to retire and return to the NFL.
  
  To me, ESPN and our shitty media in America is doing nothing but running the greatest golfer to ever live right out of the game. The man has enough money to live off for the rest of his life easily. He continues to play for the love of the game and the fact that he wants to break all of the records. I'm really hoping, as a fan, that Tiger does not give in to this media bullshit and stop playing the game that most of us enjoy watching him play so much. It's really time to let this whole thing die, IMO.
  
  Do people not recall what the media can do to somebody when they cover them non-stop? Granted the situation isn't the same, but Brittany Spears went through all of this media garbage and everyone knows what happened there. How much can a person really take?
  
  Anyway, I just wanted to say that. This coming from someone who really wants to see Tiger back out on the golf course. His personal life isn't my business. I, in no way condone what he did, but his personal life is his business. I just like watching the guy kick ass on the golf course.
• gorocks99

  

  Who did Tiger sleep with now?
• baseball4

  

  gorocks99 wrote: Who did Tiger sleep with now?

  Exactly the reason the stuff won't die down.
• Nate

  The way it sounds the question should be "Who hasn't Tiger slept with now?"
• gorocks99

  

  He hasn't slept with me yet ..... that I know of.
• Nate

  Me neither but don't be surprised if you see your name on SportsCenter.
• baseball4

  

  You guys are hilarious
• september63

  

  The man made tens of millions of dollars portraying an image. Spokesperson for damn near every product there is. He accepted that money and now he will accept being ridiculed and joked about. He made this mess and I have NO sympathy for him whatsoever. Hypocryte comes to mind when thinking of Tiger Woods.
• gorocks99

  

  I'm goin after the fame if that happens. That one chick had the Three Olives ads, I'm gonna do Schlitz.
• Nate

  He made his bed, he needs to lie in it now or bang some more broads.
• september63

  

  Didnt one do a Rootbeer Vodka ad?
• Strapping Young Lad

  

  I have no pity for a guy who stabs his wife and kids in the back....
• Little Danny

  

  september63 wrote: The man made tens of millions of dollars portraying an image. Spokesperson for damn near every product there is. He accepted that money and now he will accept being ridiculed and joked about. He made this mess and I have NO sympathy for him whatsoever. Hypocryte comes to mind when thinking of Tiger Woods.

  
  Tens of Millions.... like every year. Try $1B.
  
  I agree with your post though.
• insuranceguy

  Tiger obviously has no morals at all. I have lost all respect for him. If he did not want to married anymore then discuss it in private with your wife. But to have 10,12 whatever mistresses on the side. Thats low. I hope he finds the Lord and asks for forgiveness as he needs the Lords guidance right now.
• raiderbuck

  The only time I don't watch SC is when Chris Berman is doing the Blitz. It's bad enough that he has those stupid nicknames, but the fact that they run the Blitz segment at least 10 times during a single broadcast is over the top for me.
• queencitybuckeye

  baseball4 wrote: His personal life isn't my business.

  If being a public figure is great when things are good, one has to live with the consequences of it when things are bad. If he wants privacy like the rest of us, he can live like the rest of us. Simply give back the money, the houses, the private jet, stop playing golf for a living, and get a 9 to 5 job.
• baseball4

  

  queencitybuckeye wrote:

  baseball4 wrote: His personal life isn't my business.

  If being a public figure is great when things are good, one has to live with the consequences of it when things are bad. If he wants privacy like the rest of us, he can live like the rest of us. Simply give back the money, the houses, the private jet, stop playing golf for a living, and get a 9 to 5 job.

  I don't understand what you mean. I said his personal life is none of my or anyone else's business. When things are good OR bad. When things were going well with him we never heard any of his personal matters... and we shouldn't.
  
  I just think it's a shame that quite possibly the most talented sportsman (don't want to say athlete for risk of another heated debate) that we've seen in our lifetimes is being run out of the sport because of our media. It's a joke and I find it pretty disgusting.
• h2thaizzo

  queencitybuckeye wrote:

  baseball4 wrote: His personal life isn't my business.

  If being a public figure is great when things are good, one has to live with the consequences of it when things are bad. If he wants privacy like the rest of us, he can live like the rest of us. Simply give back the money, the houses, the private jet, stop playing golf for a living, and get a 9 to 5 job.

  He did try to live like the rest of us. He banged every chick that dropped her pants for him, and when he wasn't around to bang them, he was "sexting" them. Living like the average person is what got him into this mess. Aside from that shit, Tiger has always been an ass off the course. He did some wonderful things for kids, and I hope the cheating scandal doesn't completely ruin the foundation that he started for children, but aside from that, I've only ever respected Tiger for what he does on the golf course, not off. If Tiger hits a hole in one when I'm up at the Bridgestone Tourney next year, I'm not going to not root for him because he cheated on his wife. Kobe's still got a huge fan base. MJ is still known as the GOAT. Jim Brown is the best RB of all time, and he beat the shit out of women.
• jordo212000

  

  Yeah I have no sympathy for Tiger either. Tiger would have to naive to think that none of this stuff was going to come out, eventually. And the whole notion that everybody should turn a blind eye and disregard what he did because if they don't he may take his ball and go home is just ridiculous. Give me a break
• baseball4

  

  jordo212000 wrote: Yeah I have no sympathy for Tiger either. Tiger would have to naive to think that none of this stuff was going to come out, eventually. And the whole notion that everybody should turn a blind eye and disregard what he did because if they don't he may take his ball and go home is just ridiculous. Give me a break

  I'm not saying that people should turn a blind eye. If that's how it's coming across then I must not be explaining myself correctly.
  
  Yes, I think what Tiger did was wrong. I'm a fan of his golf game. There isn't a golfer out there as exciting as Tiger, IMO. Do I think that he lost a lot of fans because of what he did? I'd be a fool not to believe that because he has.
  
  People should and will always remember this because it's something that is looked down upon in our society. But I would love more than anything for him (if the media and everyone else will allow it) to put all of this crap behind him and get back to doing what he does best.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  "The man made tens of millions of dollars portraying an image."
  
  LOL Little Danny beat me to this....Tiger has done well playing golf, but he made his unimaginable wealth off his endorsements. My uneducated guess is his endorsement returns are about 10X what his golf winning are, especially when he gives Steve Williams a cut of that.
• baseball4

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: First off, what do you want ESPN to do? THe Yankees arent playing.......
  
  
  As for Tiger, he deserves everything the media is giving him right now.

  Good point. And Brett Favre hasn't gotten another chance to retire cause it's still mid-season. Lol
  
  I also wouldn't say that he doesn't deserve it. I mean, should people know about all of this stuff? No, I don't think they should. Just a bunch of money hungry women looking to cash in. I just think that it's time for it all to die. I mean, it's been over two weeks and what has changed? Nothing. People just won't give the guy a break. It's the crappy thing about people. Everyone loves to see the great ones fall. Which is exactly why there is a dumbass fan club on Facebook about Tim Tebow crying after they lost to Alabama. It's just stupid.
• jordo212000

  

  baseball4 wrote: I'm not saying that people should turn a blind eye. If that's how it's coming across then I must not be explaining myself correctly.
  

  below is where I got that idea. You fear that because of the media, Tiger will grow tired of the attention will just quit. The irony here is that if Tiger could have kept it in his pants the media would have nothing to say about him
  

  baseball4 wrote: To me, ESPN and our shitty media in America is doing nothing but running the greatest golfer to ever live right out of the game. The man has enough money to live off for the rest of his life easily. He continues to play for the love of the game and the fact that he wants to break all of the records. I'm really hoping, as a fan, that Tiger does not give in to this media bullshit and stop playing the game that most of us enjoy watching him play so much. It's really time to let this whole thing die, IMO.