My topic for my Commonplace piece is Tiger Woods’s fall from grace and his road back to the top. Before his fall from the pinnacle of of the sporting world, Tiger was the #1 golfer in the world for many years. He was on pace to break Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 majors. Tiger was a role model for kids, he brought an enormous amounts of popularity back to golf, he made golf more exciting, he broke the race barrier in golf and he was my favorite golfer.
What most people didn’t know about Tiger was the enormous amount of pressure on him. The pressure of everyone looking up to him, of being the worlds best golfer for years, of always having everything he did and said analyzed, of being away from his family for extended amounts of time. All that pressure ended up getting to him, and eventually he cheated on his wife with multiple women. I’m not saying that I like what he did, or approve of it, or think that it is a good excuse for cheating. I don’t like what he did, but I do realize that he is human and he does make mistakes. Very few people know what it is like to constantly tempted like Tiger was. Being not only a professional athlete, but being the best athlete in your sport. Women were probably throwing themselves at him. Everyone knows that making the right decision isn’t always the easiest to make. I just wish that people would put themselves in Tiger’s place and just try to imagine how difficult it would be to be faithful. Sure its easy to say that you wouldn’t do it, but unless you are put in the position, you have no idea how tough it would be.
Tiger took time away from golf after the scandal went public to try to get his life back in order. This scandal nearly ruined his life and looked like it may have ended his golf career. However, Tiger is back playing on the PGA and almost won The Masters this year. He is still trying to repair his public image, but there are some people that will never forgive him for his mistakes.
That is a great question Reece. I definitely think there should be a playoff in college football. The current bowl system is flawed because the BCS champion is not necessarily the best team in the nation. For example, Ohio State was not given the chance to play Auburn this past football season, but who is to say we would not have won the game? I think there should be a 16 team playoff. What is your opinion on the matter?
ReplyDeleteI think they should play the bowls, just like they used to before the BCS. Example, Rose Bowl has the Pac 10 versus the Big 10. Then take the top 4 or 8 teams and have a playoff after all the bowls. That would only be an extra 2-3 games for the eventual champion. If you take the top 4 or 8, all the undefeated teams are in there, and all the "1 loss" power conference teams. Seed them 1-8, have the higher seeds play at home (yes in January or February), then the championship game can be someplace warm. BCS needs to go away.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very good solution to everyones's problems and it could be done quite easily! We just need those idiots in charge of the BCS to just accept that their system is flawed and needs to be at least changed.
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