I, like many, have become quite annoyed with the constant berating of Tiger Woods and his personal life. For a few weeks it was much like the Brett Favre retirement, the Mitchell Report, Spygate, etc. They all occupied their own time in each sports news broadcast, and even their own tab on the bottom line.
While watching Sportscenter this afternoon, I decided for some reason or another not to ignore the Tiger Woods spot on the sports ticker. I noticed that EA Sports has announced that they're planning on releasing a Tiger Woods Golf game in 2010. This is big news because he has received so much bad publicity as of late.
I don't have a stance either way on his personal life, but to finally see something good come out and to see some of his "supporters," actually back him was refreshing.
It was much to me like when Kirby Puckett passed away in March of 2006. The news seemed overwhelmingly negative. Instead of mourning the death of one of baseball's greats and celebrating the man's professional accolades, writers and reporters were so quick to belittle him. They focused much more on his alleged groping of a woman in a restaurant than his ten All-Star selections, two World Series rings, six Gold Gloves, or any of his accomplishments that led to his Hall of Fame induction and jersey being retired by the Minnesota Twins.
Tiger Wood's play was a major factor that landed him the gig with EA Sports, and the fact that they are still backing him shows they are more concerned with his successes than his failures.
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