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To: westpacific who wrote (20261)	12/2/2009 2:15:42 PM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	32 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50209

re: Tiger Woods - "Every sponsor should drop him... if they do not; do not support their products." I have to disagree with that. Tiger Woods has been a great role model. He is one of the "class acts" in all of sport. The guy signs autographs all day long, is always polite and professional, and is a great ambassador for his sport. You can not put him in the same group as for example, the NBA players featured in that Sports Illustrated expose` a few years back which featured players with 7 kids by 7 different mothers, in 7 different visiting team cities... Shawn Kemp comes to mind. No comparison. Tiger in my opinion, did not lead the life of a hypocrite, nor is he an arrogant, self-centered, selfish, spoiled brat like many professional athletes are. Mickey Mantle was a drinker and a womanizer. So was Babe Ruth. So are hundreds of other sports legends who haven't been caught, and smeared by the press. America loves to tear down heros and those at the top. Occassionally it's justified, with Tiger it's not. He's human like all of us. He made a big mistake, he's going to pay a big price, and perhaps, so will Nike. Let him work it out with his wife as a private family matter. The media frenzy should end, here and now. The bigger sin would be to give the professional groupie (this wasn't her first celebrity rodeo) 20 minutes of fame, and a chance to cash in. Seeing her lawyered up with Gloria Alred should speak volumes. That's my .02 cents. SOTB PS: And fwiw, I think Tiger handled this right way. In baseball you get three strikes, surely Tiger Woods deserves at least one.