To think that it's really none of anyone's business what Tiger woods has been doing?

[wannaBe]

The fact he's treated his family like shit is of course not in any doubt.

But I really don't see why it's anyone else's business.

Same with any celeb really.

I keep half-wondering if the story would be getting this much attention if he was white.

See, I don't get that: sports people or pop stars or actors as role models, something to aspire to.
They are often (gross generalisation alert) one-dimensional people, very talented in their chosed field but have trained very hard in it from a very young age, had no real life outside their art/sport and then make loadsa money, get adulation which unsurprisingly goes to their heads. And, hey presto, they misbehave.
Sooooo predictable!!
Don't get me started on people who are famous for being famous...

Sorry for ranting. School run will calm me down .

has he really been portraying this image of a squeaky clean guy though? When he had his "accident," one of the things said was that the media was so interested because he is always so private.

Does being famous really mean that the public should have a right to know what you do in your private life?

pacific I don't get it either.

I watch programmes like x-factor and I see people coming on and saying things like "this is all I've ever wanted, I can't see myself going back to being just a waitress/shop assistant/customer adviser," as if having a real job is somehow demeaning.

I think it's Gillette that have dumped him. I don't think of razers as a cozy family product, thought razer adverts appeared to blokes, many of whom would happily shag a succession of beautiful women given half a chance. Can't see many blokes thinking "Tiger Woods promotes this, he's putting it about a bit, better change my razer!"
I'd never noticed he had a family image either, and agree sportspeople should not have to be moral role models.
I like watching cycling and really don't care who they sleep with, just like them to stay off the drugs to keep the race fair and reduce the chance of them killing themselves.

The two go hand in hand, in the ads he endorses he portrays this hard working, clean as a whistle, family man, holding himself up as the ultimate sporting hero and good family guy.

You just can't behave how he has alledgely behaved in private and be all mr goody 2 shoes sporting super hero to the public.

Ah, but Gillette have not dumped him - they are "resptecting his right to privacy" !
My backside, what nonsense!

I just cannot get that het up about it (I am after all not his wife)...

Sportspeople are role models though, especially for boys. Tiger Woods was held up to young black kids in particular as a positive example of dedication and hard work to aspire to. Footballers in my home town have famously been idolised for years- if Steven Gerrard was discovered to be cheating on his young family, he would go down in the estimation of so many. Sports stars like this are supposed to transmit values of decency, playing fair, trying your best, and being dedicated. That is why brands love to co-opt these values to promote their products. And if firefighters and teachers can be sacked for bringing the profession into disrepute, then a player raking in hundreds of thousands a year on the basis of being adulated by kids, then they should bloody well act in a way which is deserving of that adulation. I don't think that on their wages it is too much to ask that they behave like a decent human being.

Couldn't care less about TW.
I do feel more and more sorry for his wife. She must be mortified.

Oh come off it.

People have always gossiped about the famous/powerful. Before our current "sleb" fixation it was the royals, screen actors and actresses, politicians etc etc. More detail comes out now as that is the way our society has gone, but decades ago high society "scandals" had everyone agog.

Loads of people are very interested in what the famous get up to, and have been I'm sure since Uggg the Invader (you know the really big bloke in the next village, they say he can slay a mammoth with one blow!) took his 6th wife (from over the mountains! one of those with the funny bearskin shoes! whatever next...)

"Sports stars like this are supposed to transmit values of decency, playing fair, trying your best, and being dedicated. That is why brands love to co-opt these values to promote their products. And if firefighters and teachers can be sacked for bringing the profession into disrepute, then a player raking in hundreds of thousands a year on the basis of being adulated by kids, then they should bloody well act in a way which is deserving of that adulation. I don't think that on their wages it is too much to ask that they behave like a decent human being."

I actually could not agree less with most of what you have written. Sports stars are supposed to transmit dedication,fair play,trying your best etc on the sports pitch alone and that's it. Apart from that all they should have to do is exactly the same as any other person. The media and parents might want them to be role models and beacons of virtue but i don't think that burden should be placed on them. They are extremely dedicated and talented people and that's it. What they do in their personal life should have absolutely no effect on their profession, if it starts to affect how they are playing on the field or if it is harming their employers then they will feel the consequences. But if Rooney or Gerrard or any other player decided tomorrow that they wanted to fuck everything that moved behind their wifes back but were still banging in the goals week in week out then why should it have any affect on their employment stsus?

I agree, if you're good at maths you're not expected to be a moral role model so why should you if you're good at sports?
Taking performance enhancing drugs affects your sport and should see your sponsorshi[p removed, sleeping around shouldn't affect anything other than your personal relationships.
Agree that in general if your personal life is chaotic it affects your sports performance, although some sportsmen seem to thrive on a chaotic personal life, unless they turn to drink and totally muck things up.

YANBU

But you don't get to be a celebrity by being good at maths. (Apart from Carol Vorderman, I suppose...)

If you earn millions from exploiting your image, you can hardly complain when your earning power goes down because you are caught behaving very badly indeed. I imagine the sponsors wouldn't have pulled out if it was one mistress, but shagging around was clearly what you might politely call a lifestyle choice.