Saturday, April 30, 2011

#33 Relevancy

    The fall of Tiger Woods is relevant for many reasons.   First of all, Tiger’s cheating only became known to the public about a year ago, and he is trying to come back right now.   Everyone has heard about what happened with Tiger and his multiple mistresses.   Everyone has formed their own opinion about him and has judged him for his actions.   Golf has become much more popular among teenagers and college students.   Tiger brought a lot of popularity to golf and brought just as much attention to himself.   His cheating was all over the news.   It wasn’t just on SportsCenter like most news stories involving sports stars.   This became the most popular news story in America.   Tiger was a role model for many kids, myself included.   How he handled himself on the golf course was just as pristine as his image off of it.   He seemed to be the perfect athlete.   That image was shattered after the news of him cheating on his wife made it’s way to the general public.   This made people lose faith in him.   Not only that but, as wrong as it could be, people might have lost faith in golfers, black athletes, men, athletes in general or all celebrities in general.   Tiger is back on the PGA tour after some time off to straighten out his life.   He has not been as good as he was before his break, but he almost won the Masters this year and seems to be making strides towards getting back to where he was.

2 comments:

  1. I think that what Tiger is going through is sad. Yeah, he cheated on his wife and that's awful. But, the media blew up something that was personal, something that was only supposed to be between him and his wife. I think the media places a lot of stress on individuals and one wrong thing can ruin a person's image.

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  2. I couldn't agree more. I hate how the media publicizes every little aspect of celebrities lives. All the media wants to do is to find things wrong with people, instead of focusing on all the good they do.

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