Talk about a fall from grace. This has got to be one of the worst.
Sure, Kobe was accused of rape and we found out that he'd been porking around, but he was acquitted, the girl was painted as a blackmailer and he skated off to win a championship.
Jordan had his share of peccadilloes exposed, most notably the gambling problem and some uncorroborated affairs, but, again, he remained pretty bulletproof and successful.
Tiger, I don't know.
Here's a guy who was so vanilla he was endorsing Buicks.
He's a guy who everyone thought was beyond reproach.
A guy who everyone thought was upstanding and a perfect role model for kids.
Now it turns out he's far from it. Far, far from it.
Two things really jump out to me in the midst of this scandal.
One: Why do these guys bother getting married? Seriously. You know you're a dog. You know you're going to want to dog around. You know you're not gonna stop. So why bother getting married? If you really want kids come up with some conception contract whereby you find yourself a fine surrogate to have your children, or adopt. Why are you entering into a marriage you know you're going to sabotage? Why not just go the Derek Jeter route, date around and have a private life?
Well, you might say, you fell in love. That's why you got married. Well, if you really love the person you wouldn't be dipping your wick in anything with a pulse, a weave and a pair of fake tits.
Two: Tiger, you are a dumb ass. Really. You are a freaking dumb ass. How? Oh, let me count the ways. We'll start with the serial cheating. We'll go on to the blatant serial cheating in public with women who were obviously a few Gs away from a tabloid tell-all contract. And we'll continue on with such brilliant moves as recording a freakin' voice mail incriminating yourself and move on from there.
So, will Tiger recover?
He'll recover to a certain point if he can maintain his success. If he can get back on the links and play to a high level, people will, to a certain point, put aside the other stuff.
But he'll never recover to any point resembling where he was before in regard to being a role model or anyone to emulate.
So he's lost that.
He's lost all credibility.
And he's going to end up losing a giant chunk of his fortune, probably his marriage, and definitely the respect of his kids, who will get to see just what a giant jackass their father was - courtesy of archive video, print and electronic links, not to mention the ridicule of their classmates.
And all for the chance to bang a few more skanks.
Hope it was worth it, Tiger!
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Sean Leary's recent and current projects include the alt-rock "Spinal Tap" comedy film "Your Favorite Band" (www.yourfavoritebandthefilm.com), the award-winning short story collection "Every Number Is Lucky To Someone" (available in bookstores nationwide and on Amazon.com) and his website: www.getyourgoodnews.com.
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