For better or worse, according to the Chinese calendar 2010 is the year of the tiger. I repeat, 2010 is the year of the tiger.
I don’t know how life could get any more ironic than that. It is so true. Tiger is seriously like Lil’ Wayne in that Lil’ Wayne is featured on EVERY SINGLE rap/hip-hop song on the radio, and Tiger is everywhere. Every day, you hear something on the radio, read something online, or see something on ESPN about Tiger. Like it or not, 2010 is the year of Tiger Woods.
Everyone wants to know how he will perform, especially at the Master’s, which starts Thursday. There is only one way Tiger can put this controversy behind him, and that is to play well and to win (for the record, I am not condoning Tiger’s actions by any means. What he did was wrong, disgusting, etc.).
I consider Tiger’s fall from grace very comparable to Kobe Bryant’s. Both got into trouble for extramarital sex, both lost sponsorships, both lost countless fans. The media surrounding each respective situation was comparable. Look at Kobe now; NBA champion, scoring leader, commercials with Nike, and more. The only way Kobe achieved this was by winning and by getting his life straight.
The only way Tiger can return to grace is by achieving these two goals. It seems like Tiger is trying to get his life straight, but who really knows, because Tiger’s private life is less well known than the launch codes for our nuclear weapons. So maybe there is part one. Like I said, the second part is winning. Everyone loves a winner, and like Kobe, people will forgive Tiger in due time, like it or not.
I don’t know how life could get any more ironic than that. It is so true. Tiger is seriously like Lil’ Wayne in that Lil’ Wayne is featured on EVERY SINGLE rap/hip-hop song on the radio, and Tiger is everywhere. Every day, you hear something on the radio, read something online, or see something on ESPN about Tiger. Like it or not, 2010 is the year of Tiger Woods.
Everyone wants to know how he will perform, especially at the Master’s, which starts Thursday. There is only one way Tiger can put this controversy behind him, and that is to play well and to win (for the record, I am not condoning Tiger’s actions by any means. What he did was wrong, disgusting, etc.).
I consider Tiger’s fall from grace very comparable to Kobe Bryant’s. Both got into trouble for extramarital sex, both lost sponsorships, both lost countless fans. The media surrounding each respective situation was comparable. Look at Kobe now; NBA champion, scoring leader, commercials with Nike, and more. The only way Kobe achieved this was by winning and by getting his life straight.
The only way Tiger can return to grace is by achieving these two goals. It seems like Tiger is trying to get his life straight, but who really knows, because Tiger’s private life is less well known than the launch codes for our nuclear weapons. So maybe there is part one. Like I said, the second part is winning. Everyone loves a winner, and like Kobe, people will forgive Tiger in due time, like it or not.
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