What would Tiger Woods have to do to make amends with the public?

[DainBramaged]

Poll question: What would Tiger Woods have to do to make amends with the public?

now that so many sponsors are leaving him because of the philander he is (not that the companies sponsoring him have any scruples)


Congressman in California drops effort to honor Tiger Woods


A U.S. congressman is dropping his effort to honor Tiger Woods with a Congressional Gold Medal.
California Representative Joe Baca proposed legislation in March that called for Woods to be recognized for promoting good sportsmanship and breaking down barriers in golf.

Baca said in a statement on Wednesday that "in light of the recent developments surrounding Tiger Woods and his family," he won't pursue legislation during this session to give him the award.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2009-12-09-tiger-woods-congressional-honor_N.htm?obref=obinsite

[FLDCVADem]

1. I chose nothing although my reason is different

I'm not married to him, he doesn't need to make amends with me.

[RayOfHope]

37. Same response from me n/t

[Cant trust em]

2. Let some time go by and then keep winning.

That's about it.

[AngryAmish]

3. Nothing

He is a monk compared to most baseball players (or NBA).

If anyone was looking to Tiger for advice on how to do anything other than hit a punch shot off the tee (and he has a very nice one of those) then that person is a fool.

[grantcart]

4. make his wife happy

[TransitJohn]

5. Why does he owe amends to the public?

Did he do something to us?

[timeforpeace]

6. I once heard that a person's sexual relations are a private matter no matter who that person is. Is.

[blueworld]

7. I agree with the previous poster

Why should Tiger Woods or anyone else have to make amends to me? I pray for him & his family. I have the log in my own eye, and I can't worry about the speck in his. Why does so-called journalism today worry about this crap which used to be relegated to The Enquirer? The people answerable to me are in this ridiculous body known as "Congress".

One of the geezerfied criteria I recognize in myself in that Walter Cronkite wouldn't waste 10 seconds on this crap or the crotch-bomber's underwear. We lost JFK's brain after "the autopsy", but I swear you all will be looking at this guy's underwear 30 years from now.

The US is a dream & a noble ideal. It seems the only place I can still connect with this ideal is on TCM in movies over 20 years old. Wake up people! Why should Tiger Woods do more penance than Darth Cheney????

[CoffeeCat]

8. I never watched Tiger on tv--because of his family values...

I watched him play golf because he's talented as hell.

Who cares.

He's got nothing to make up to me, or the public, as far as I'm concerned. He
never promised to be faithful to his sports fans. He just tried to play a hell
of a game of golf.

That should be good enough for everyone...everyone except his wife--but that's none of my bidness.

[Edweird]

9. Tiger doesn't owe me shit. Never met the guy. Don't give a crap about golf.

If anything, it's encouraging to know that despite his money and pedestal, I'm a better man than he is. I have never cheated on any of my partners.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. I've got no beef with Tiger Woods

He's never done me any harm, and he doesn't owe me an apology for anything. As for his corporate overlords, however, he's screwed the pooch. No act of contrition can make up for embarrassing corporate sponsors. Only the passage of time can cure his shattered persona, and who's to say that some fresh face won't come along in the meantime? It'd be easier & cheaper to promote some hot-shot newcomer than to attempt rehabilitating the tarnished image of Tiger Woods. When it comes to the sexual dalliances of celebrities, the American public has a long memory; if only it were so where public servants were concerned.

[dhpgetsit]

11. Tiger Woods owes me nothing.

His personal and business life are not my concern.

[undeterred]

12. Tiger Woods is getting exactly what he deserves

after years of getting a lot of stuff he apparently doesn't deserve.

[Mojambo]

13. He doesn't owe anyone shit.

Except his wife. But that's their deal.

I think of him the same way I always have. Pretty talented golfer.

[WatchWhatISay]

14. He should get divorced

Not because that would excuse anything he has done to his wife and children, but because the man obviously does not want to be in a monogamous relationship. I can't imagine that his wife could ever find a way to trust him to be faithful again.

[LostInAnomie]

15. He could start with giving me a few million dollars.

Then, I think I could forgive him for cheating on his wife.

[Pool Hall Ace]

31. I like this answer very much, even though

in the big scheme of things, I have my own problems to concern myself with and don't care about Tiger Woods. I have nothing against him, mind you, but he has no amends to make with me.

[Kingofalldems]

16. AT&T just severed ties with him this A.M.

[kenfrequed]

17. Un rec'd for irrelevance.

sorry I'm tired of hearing about it.

[ZombieHorde]

18. Place $100 dollars in my paypal account and everything will be better for him. nt

[Hard_Work]

19. Who?

Me likey pies!

[Greybnk48]

20. Nothing. He's got work to do with his family though.

I wish him the best and hope he's successful.

[oldtime dfl_er]

21. But there are interesting questions to be pondered

in the whole deal. For example, Tiger Woods DID make something like a billion dollars, not from golf, but from endorsements. Those endorsements relied on him maintaining a "family man" image. Turns out he's anything but a family man. So has the consumer (those who buy the products he is paid to hawk) been in any way bilked, deceived, or been taken advantage of? Or is the real lesson that we consumers ought not to buy a product just because a pretty face, a talented athlete, or a giant corporation told us to?

And to be honest, I could give a hoot about golf, golfing, golfers, holes in one, putting, or nine irons. But I think the guy's a complete nutter in the vein of Michael Jackson -- touted as a prodigy from the age of two, there's no way he could have turned out "normal". And is that another lesson: Parents, let your kids be kids?

So, while I'm not very interested in the original question or poll, I do think there are moral, ethical, and social questions surrounding the guy, that are at least fun to ponder.

[aikoaiko]

22. win major golf tournaments. that's it. winning is redemptive.

[asjr]

23. All Tiger has to do is tell everyone and

his corporate backers that he is a Republican and all will be forgiven.

[ieoeja]

24. Nothing. But the 2 step program I would recommend.

1. Let his lawyers settle the divorce. Then pay child support as required.

2. Start doing beer commercials with lots of bimbos and the tag line, "you didn't think they called me 'Tiger' because of my skill at golf, did you?"

Duffers drink too. Often while golfing.

[johnaries]

25. Isn't "I'm playing golf" a codeword, anyway?

Ya know, like "hiking the Appalacian Trail"?

"Bye, honey! I'm going to go 'play golf'."

[SoCalDem]

26. Admit that his marriage was concocted to "humanize" him, and it was a big mistake

and to apologize to his wife for his insulting behavior... then get a divorce, and compensate her and the kids ..very well..and let it be known how well he's compensating them..

he needs to come clean to the public about all the pressure that was probably put on him to make him more "marketable",,and to just tell everyone he was just a sheltered young guy who wanted to play golf and cat around, but the money swayed him, and his "people" convinced him that he "needed" to be married... that he was "worth" more to advertisers if he was a "family man"..

and then he just goes out and plays golf.and never talks about it again.,

[Blasphemer]

33. You nailed it. Brutal honest is his best bet. nt

[Gwendolyn]

35. Yes, that sounds good. And come clean on 60 Minutes for maximum effect.

Then do some really visible charity appearances and he's back in business.

[Iggo]

27. Win.

Just you watch.

[WI_DEM]

28. Is playing golf really a sport?

[Iggo]

30. If you can play it dressed in "business casual"...

...it's probably not a sport.

[KharmaTrain]

29. The "Comeback" Is Guaranteed...

Tiger is in his early 30s and could continue to compete for at least another 20 years and then off to make big bucks on the Seniors circuit. If there's anything marketers love is a "comeback" story. Be assured that in another year or less the media will find another scandal to fixate on...Tiger will become yet another cad among many. I found it interesting to watch David Letterman make jokes about Tiger and thinking that this should bury his own scandal...at least until it goes to trial. Hell, if people are willing to forgive Michael Vick, Tiger's a cinch. All he's gotta do is win and all is forgotten.

[izquierdista]

32. Endorse Sarah Palin

Then he would be just like Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and David Vitter. The Republican amnesia sauce is strong, and we would be asked to respect his "private life".

[DainBramaged]

39. Yup. what I was thinkin' too (too late to put it in as a choice)

[The Green Manalishi]

34. He is a grown man who hits a ball with a stick

WTF should I care?

Now an interesting poll would be on the question 'would you be more outraged if his wife had been the one cheating and he had smacked the crap out of her with a golf club, than the present situation.

[City Lights]

36. I've never liked him, so nothing.

I don't consider golf a sport, and I don't consider him an athlete.

[Obamanaut]

38. What he does with his private life should be just that, private. He

does not need to make amends to anyone other than those directly affected by his actions.

[Hekate]

40. He just needs to lay low for awhile, but at the rate his franchise is falling to pieces...

... I hope he's got money socked away for his living expenses -- and alimony... and child support... and bribes to his many girlfriends...

Rumor has it his wife clobbered him pretty badly with that golf club, so he may have to stay away for awhile anyway. Not funny at all.

In fact, although he's now the butt of a million late-night tv jokes, this is turning out to be very sad. Tiger was on top of the world, and then it came crashing down around his ears, and is still crashing as we speak. :-(

Hekate

[burrowowl]

41. He needs to make amends to his wife

and get treatment for sex addiction.