After watching, reading and listening to media non-stop since the Jaimee Grubbs‘ voicemail of Tiger Woods came out - which prompted Woods’ relatively unapologetic press release - I’ve been a little perplexed as to why there hasn’t been more criticism of Woods’ unbelievably irresponsible behavior.
Until I read Mick Elliott’s AOL FANHOUSE piece on the man who introduced Woods to beleaguered wife Elin Nordegren, Jesper Parnevik, national media personalities have tiptoed around Woods nebuluous regret over his transgressions.
But that absurd deferral came to and end when Parnevik harshly criticized Woods’ for his unthinking treatment of Nordegren, his family, friends and business partners.
Some excerpts of Elliott’s piece on Parnevik:
Jesper Parnevik has some advice for Tiger Woods.
“Maybe not just do it, like Nike says,” Parnevik said Wednesday after finishing first-round play at the PGA Tour’s final-stage of qualifying being held at Bear Lakes Country Club.
“I feel really sorry for Elin … since me and my wife were at fault for hooking her up with him. We probably thought he was a better guy then he is.
I would probably need to apologize to her and hope she uses a driver next time instead of the 3-iron.”
“It’s a private thing of course. But when you are the guy he is, the world’s best athlete, you should think more before you do stuff.”
Finally Parnevik said what everyone in the national media was thinking, but apparently afraid to say for fear of offending Woods or perhaps his sponsors.
If Woods is actually human, and I’m starting to wonder, I would think he would have no problem with someone slamming him for his philandering. But instead, we get outlets like CNN still maintaining that they haven’t confirmed that the voice on Grubbs’ recording was Woods. Never mind that the only reason Woods released his statement was the smoking gun voicemail.
This whole thing is once again an affirmation that if you have enough money and fame, society’s rules don’t apply to you.
That’s the case with Nordegren, who Woods is reportedly paying over a million dollars not to leave him, Nike, which continues to support Woods because its Nike Golf business doesn’t exist without him, and the Florida Highway Patrol, which failed to fully investigate Woods’ car crash.
7:04 pm on December 2nd, 2009
“After watching, reading and listening to media non-stop since the Jaimee Grubbs‘ voicemail of Tiger Woods came out - which prompted Woods’ relatively unapologetic press release.”
The above quote is not a complete sentence. Brooks, I always thought you were immune to the poor writing so frequently penned by your subordinates! Is it contagious?
7:58 pm on December 2nd, 2009
No more tiger coverage please.
8:11 pm on December 2nd, 2009
“After watching, reading and listening to media non-stop since the Jaimee Grubbs‘ voicemail of Tiger Woods came out - which prompted Woods’ relatively unapologetic press release.”
The above quote is not a complete sentence. Brooks, I always thought you were immune to the poor writing so frequently penned by your subordinates! Is it contagious?
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honestly, its sports by brooks, not grammar by brooks. perhaps you visited the incorrect blog.
8:14 pm on December 2nd, 2009
I agree with RunsHouse..Unless a really hot broad comes out and says Woods cranked her…The mediocrity of these skanks is bringing me down. It’s Tiger Woods… I want to see a Russian speed skater come out and say she was with him, or some 6-foot tall Brazilian model, or an Icelandic masseuse, or a Japanese bodybuilder. A bartender from LA? A club whore from Vegas? Skank number 3, who bored me so much that I couldn’t even read her story? Come on Woods, that’s the real crime here. You let your family down? I’d say you let every weekend duffer down who wished he could be you, when all he had to do was spend a few extra bucks in a sleazy Hollywood bar to score the same caliber chicks…depressing.
8:17 pm on December 2nd, 2009
Hay Steve
Tak it essey
8:20 pm on December 2nd, 2009
im boycotting this site until it stops with the tiger posts every 5 minutes
8:47 pm on December 2nd, 2009
The kids as always get the worst of it….Woods is really an ass when it comes to that. I don’t feel as bad for the wife. Something tells me that’s a two to tango issue.
9:51 pm on December 2nd, 2009
every body jump down on woods just like all the other black men that make it in sport jardon was one so who next boult
9:53 pm on December 2nd, 2009
brothers need to leave you all a lone look at that sister that pay over $80.000
10:24 pm on December 2nd, 2009
Money talks. Tiger will stay with Nike. Elin will get ten thousand a week to NOT divorce him.
11:27 pm on December 2nd, 2009
Jesper Parnevik is my new favorite player. Sure he may not win a whole lot of tournaments, but at least he is not afraid to speak the truth. And he’s right, any one of us would feel awful for setting up a family friend with someone we thought was a legitimatly good guy and turned out to be a cheating dick. I’m just trying to figure out how Jesper and his family ever mistook Tiger for a good guy. He’s a total asshole, always has been always will be.
4:58 am on December 3rd, 2009
“every body jump down on woods just like all the other black men that make it in sport ”
Like Rush Limbaugh and Matt Leinart?
Take your racism and shove it.
11:36 am on December 3rd, 2009
what else do you guys want from him!
11:46 am on December 3rd, 2009
Regarding trotter123’s comments: Who says these low-level skanks ARE the best — and only — quarry Woods has snagged? Its quite possible that, in being less than selective about SOME of his dalliance partners, he’s now taking this public hit. The line of hotter, classier (??) ones that may have a lot more going for them than being cocktail waitresses — and therefore don’t NEED to cash in on having been with Woods. I say we’re just witnessing the Titanic hitting the TIP of the iceberg. We will probably never hear how large the big, underwater part is.
1:33 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Jasper…. SHUT UP!!
…that is all.
1:39 pm on December 3rd, 2009
There are a lot of holier-than-thou bloggers on this and other sites who are nothing more than hypocrites. Who of you wouldn’t eat of the fruits if you were bombarded with it daily? We are all human and there is none perfect but the Lord, so why do you allow your own jealousies skewer Tiger like this? You’d do the exact same thing being in his position. Whoever is without sin, cast the first stone. Leave the man alone and deal with your own lives!
-a friend
2:05 pm on December 3rd, 2009
he’s a moron and a total loser to be so self subservient as not to think of anybody but Himself. He’ll get what he deserves, if not in this life, then the next if he even knows where he’s going…
4:15 pm on December 3rd, 2009
As for the voice message - anyone can access the program to leave messages sounding like the person you want it to be from. So until a voice translator actually says it was Tiger I do not believe he would be so stupid to leave a voice message.
5:15 pm on December 3rd, 2009
I’m glad Tiger is tight lipped. It makes me giggle as the press squirms to get a story that is not news.
5:20 pm on December 3rd, 2009
IF Tiger did what he is accused of doing, then he is wrong.
To all of you Tiger bashers:
What a bunch of hypercrites. In a country with an almost 50% devorce rate, who are you to throw the first stone. You have tried convicted and made the devorce decree final.
Are you jealous of his status in life and his ability to play golf?
Get a life!
6:02 pm on December 3rd, 2009
As far as I’m concerned, Tiger doesn’t owe Jesper Parnevik or anyone else an apology for whatever transgressions he committed. The only person he has any obligation to in this matter is his wife. And Jesper, if you’ve committed any adulterous wrongdoing you sure as hell better hope it never comes out, for it will show you to be a bigger hypocrite than Tiger could ever be, with your good self righteous, sanctomonious a$$. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”.
6:08 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Americans are really funny. I just love how everyone knows just the right thing to do or say when it is not affecting them personally. Does anyone remember Chris Brown and Rihana?
It was an uneven boxing match sparked by accusations that led to anger. Chris Brown lost endorsements for being a woman beater, yet Elin chases after Woods with a baseball bat and this is ok. She’s just a woman getting angry at her cheating man.
I deal with issues and never cater to racism, but we as black men need to know that no matter how successful we are in life we will never be seen as equal. When you go after your dreams let it be yours and not what others wish for you. That is the best route to self satisfaction. The Tiger was getting too close to Nicklaus and that would be an embarassment, so here comes the best opportunity. Let’s strike him when he is injured. Let’s take from him what he worked hard for. Let’s destroy his family before he can make ammends. One good thing comes from all of this. We know our friends when we need them most. Those who really care will stand out in the crowd.
6:34 pm on December 3rd, 2009
It certainly seems that Mr. Parnevik speaks with the tongue of a foolish person since I am sure that his former Nanny (Mrs. Tiger Woods) would prefer to be the wife of cheating millionaire than to be babysitting his or someone’s children. This is a case of domestice violence where the wife is the perpetrator and no one seems to care about that. This definitely looks like another case of racism and an attempt to destroy the life and credibility of another successful black man. IT IS TIME FOR OUR BROTHERS (BLACK MEN)TO WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE AND STOP ACTING LIKE A FIELD NEGRO! Hey, we sisters love to spend money and we certainly know how to treat our men.
6:54 pm on December 3rd, 2009
He’s not a tiger….he’s a cheetah.
7:29 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Golfer = Athlete, Get Real Chump!
9:41 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Jasper do you think she would rather be baby sitting for you or married to the world greatest golfer? How many people ever heard of or ever saw Elin face before she married Tiger?
8:37 am on December 4th, 2009
First of all to all you black men and women defending Cheetah I mean Tiger woods thinking this is racism you are racist yourselves and always using that stupid card. Tiger is also half asian not all Black. People dislike him because he is arrogant, stuck up and doesnt give Interviews, he tries to have evrything private but being a famous person does come with responsibilites of that and being a role model for all which he very phoney tried to do. You can see he is a big jerk and paying off his wife to stand by him say’s everything about the low class person he is. His wife is to Beautiful for him, she should dump him and get as much money from him and go with someone else, he is not only ugly but has no personality at all. It must be awaful for Cheetah having these woman be with him only because of money and fame, not for his looks for sure.
10:14 am on December 4th, 2009
This is not a question of whether Tiger did something wrong, he obviously did. It is not a question of what Parnevik thinks or anybody else thinks for that matter. It certainly is not a question of race. I used to tell my children that not getting caught in a lie is not the same as telling the truth and not admitting you made a mistake is not the same thing as being right. As a Tiger Woods fan I am disappointed in his actions but the question should be ” Should we hold a public figure to a higher standard than anyone else?”. I think the answer is yes. Whether Tiger accepts it or not there are millions of young people that idolize him. I am 54 years old and I understand that with the exception of his tremendous talent to play golf he is just a man. If the sponsors elect to overlook this lack of character it will send a signal to those millions of young people that his ability to make money is more important. Children are extremely vunerable because they live what they see. My sympathy to the Wood’s family ,especially his children. There are some things more important than someones ability to play golf and make money. As a matter of fact, everything.
11:34 am on December 4th, 2009
The racism comes in when there is disparity in treatment–i.e,, I certainly do not see anyone tearing down the character of Letterman (however, he is a WHITE MAN). Certainly most of you whites do not like it when you are confronted with the accusation of racisim since it makes you face the reality of the policies and practices of these United States and this one is free for all you Tiger-haters… this country was built on racism and it still exists. I grew up in the ’50s and ’60s in one of the racist states in the U.S., (Mississippi) and I personally experienced racism on a daily basis so I certainly consider myself an expert in identifying same. So, Tiger-haters who would prefer to try to discount this as “playing the race card” –that is a popular cliche with whites when they feel cornered with the truth and you do this as a mean of hoping that we will coward down and act as old “Uncle Tom.” This is a short history in Civil Rights and I would encourage to learn our history before holler “you are playing the race card.” Moreover, for those who want to say that Tiger has Asian roots– most Blacks and Whites are mixed with different nationality. LET PICK UP A BOOK AND READ OUR HISTORY AND STOP REVEALING OUR IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICES.
PEACE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND LETS SHOW PEACE TO TIGER WOODS. . GOD BLESS YOU AND LET US STUDY OUR HISTORY !
12:39 pm on December 4th, 2009
What does race have to do with this? Tiger is a man and apparently unfaithful to his wife,he is not the first nor will he be the last. Race has nothing to do with it. Black ,white,red , brown or yellow –its just a matter of whether he cheated on his wife. You can dismiss it by using the race card,but it still the same thing regardless of color.
1:54 pm on December 4th, 2009
Rodeo, your ridiculous, there are more black people in Music, sports, commentary, shows, movies etc… and the presidnet of the United states is black, so how the hell do you think there is racism prohibiting any race to succeed. Unfortunatley there is racism evrywhere but not only to blacks, also Hispanics Asians and Whites, yes whites. So open your eyes and see that every race has opprotunities here in the untited states. One more thing, ask any Black male what they think when a Black woman marries a white man, RACIST, so there is racism everywhere. Tiger cheating and everyione bashing him is not because he is black, its because he got caught cheating, he is not the person he prtrays and he certainly dont desrve any of thiose woman, but money talks.
2:01 pm on December 4th, 2009
Ooops, meant for Live at 55, I agree with rodeo.
2:19 pm on December 4th, 2009
R. Villanda and Rodeo
Please read my comments carefully because I did not state that anyone has stopped African Americans (Blacks) from succeeding because History will show that we (Blacks) have been able to rise above all the obstacles and racism that have been confronted with or that are continuously placee before us. Moreover, certainly President Obama is Black, but, nevertheless, we have seem disparity in treatment even with the protection that he has received with our Secret Service, i.e, allowing indviduals to attend Town Hall Meeting with weapons. So, I am sorry I will continue to call it the way I see it and until you have walked a mile in my shoes please do not try to attack my credibility.
2:33 pm on December 4th, 2009
Tiger Woods should just pay Elin a boat load of money and be done with it and move on, take care of his kid’s of course. i’m sure she is not going to say no to the $$$. i would surely not want to turn my marriage into a buisnes. He feels guilty now but later that will turn to resentment for having to pay for your marriage. I’m not the biggest golf fan but for all you parnivik fans… MEN are you hearing me parnivik he’s a panzy, Tiger woods got caught cheeting, he will have to pay. you made your bed so on so on. He should call the best lawyer out ther to represent him and play hard ball. He will have to live with this for a while come clean to keep all the sharks from feeding on you. he will survive and prosper. Pay only who you have to.
4:31 pm on December 5th, 2009
people, people, men are men no matter the color, they cheat and lie, so the ones who do not get caught are the ones throwing the stones, i am so disappointed in Tiger though, i agree that he is not handsome but he has money to buy any white woman he so desire yet for the life of me, i cant see why he married a white trash, and continues to have flings with more trash, come on Tiger you could have done better.
11:11 am on December 6th, 2009
Live at 55,
Please try to leave race out of this. You are an unbelievably hypocrite. You tell others not to attack your credibility because they haven’t walked in your shoes. But you are making judgments (incorrect I might add) about their comments when you have never walked in their shoes. David Letterman was given a pass because he is a radical left wing lunatic. Others such as Larry Craig, Mark Sanford and other conservatives get even more negative attention than Tiger because everyone knew who Tiger was before this happened, but nobody had heard of these guys before their infidelity. I have good friends who are black, but they didn’t move here until their 20s and they can’t believe how nonracist this country is. Get over your victimhood!!!!!!!!
7:00 am on December 7th, 2009
Why can’t we look at the good that Tiger Woods has done. It’s much more than you or I. Hypocrits, shame, shame! Everyone knows, but refuses to admit that Elin Woods was a gold digger. Jasper introduced them just for that purpose. If it were not for the money factor, she would not have married him. Now she is asking for more just to stay with him. She had already stopped the sex because she was only going to give him the two kids to set him up to get the fortune. Without kids, no huge payoff. She got what she entered into the marriage for. I really can’t believe that intelligent people can’t see this. If you love a person, why would you charge them to live with them? My only grip with Tiger is that he let them set him up. He needs to put her out, take care of his kids and play the field. If he stays with her, he will still have no sex, and she will find a way to take the rest of his money.
10:03 am on December 7th, 2009
When the blood rushes from his D…Head to is D…he is just another piece od Sh…- “No Excuse for Human Error!
2:49 pm on December 7th, 2009
Since Elin was Jesper’s former nanny, how many times did he XXXX her before recommending her to Tiger.
5:33 pm on December 7th, 2009
you people need to get a life if this is all you people habe to do is talk bad about people when you cannot possibly have all the facts. Nobody will ever have all the facts unless Elin or Tiger comes out and tells the truth. But who gives a sh–, it is Tigers business and NOBODY elses!
5:35 pm on December 7th, 2009
another spoiled celebrity that can’t keep it in his pants. The rules the rest of us live by don’t apply to him. If he was so private, he wouldn’t have taken the risk with so many women. Why did he bother to get married? What is the point of Elin staying in the marriage, he didn’t have a one night stand, he had several affairs at the same time.
7:34 pm on December 7th, 2009
Yes, Tiger screwed up like many other human beings have done, however just remember one thing all you golf fans, players, caddies and hypocrites, without Tiger the game of golf and the enormous paychecks and popularity wouldn’t exist.
7:35 pm on December 7th, 2009
Why is it that whenever a bruta gets in a bind, you all cry racism? Stand up & take it like you belong here.
7:37 pm on December 7th, 2009
greg gordon, you’re an idiot
7:38 pm on December 7th, 2009
The hawk, do you know them that well
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7:41 pm on December 7th, 2009
rodeo,
Are you siding with letterman also?
7:43 pm on December 7th, 2009
you hit the nail on the head, freida miller
9:21 am on December 8th, 2009
It annoys me not that they had a domestic dispute but that he got away with impaired driving. My cousin had a DUI where he hit a tree and a hydrant right here in Central Fl. and the Fl. Highway Patrol took his blood and arrested him for it. Fame shouldn’t buy immunity from the law, period!!
9:33 am on December 8th, 2009
‘Worlds Best Athlete’??? I don’t think so….Sure, he is fit and skilled at hitting a golf ball, but in no instance is he the best athlete…..
10:03 am on December 8th, 2009
Of-course I am desappointed in Tiger. What a let down, but think about it. He is good at golf, cheating or not cheating, he is good at what he does. He sure did not appoint himself a role model, he companies who he advertise for, are doing it for the money, not because he is mr good 2 shoes. Why is everyone so mad at Tiger, he doesn’t even know any of you. Even if you idlelize about someone, it doesn’t mean they have to behave and act a certain way. He is still his own person. Now as to cheating, where was Elin all these times when Tiger was banging other women??? Why doesn’t she travel with him to all these events. If my man had a job that requires travel, hell no, I would travel with him. You know there are valchures out there, like miss grubbs just waiting for some horney little tiger. It’s your fault Erin give your man what he wants. Look at the profile for these women, they all fit Erin’s profile, so why is anyone feeling sorry for her??? I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these afairs took place before Tiger was married. Lets face it, tiger is a sex addict. I still love him for what he does, playing golf. I am disappointed this happened but I hope this doesn’t force him to quit golf. It would be a shame and loss to the sport. Tiger, please get it together and get back to the game. Please don’t get depressed and commit suiside. I am actually afraid of what this is doing to his mentality. It’s done, don’t fret on it. Pick your headup and get back to the golf couse to practice.
12:32 pm on December 8th, 2009
Why is nobody slamming these c grade skanks for being the prostitutes they are? What does each one of these girls have in common?- they are all aspirational wannabees that saw an opportunity and used good old mother natures credit card to get it. Sure, Tiger is wrong for cheating on his family, not to mention that his wife is a 10+, and that if TIger wanted to run over a different girl every night like Derek Jeter or Terrell Owens then he shouldnt have been married in the first place. If i were TIger i wouldnt give these girls a single penny of my money. I would suck it up, take the heat and the kick to nuts and move on. Lesson learned. Giving them money will not silence them as he now is seeing. Tiger you have $1b-you dont need to do another thing for the rest of your life. You dont need sponsors, golf or anything else for that matter. These girls will keep opening their legs for glasses of champagne and a minute in the spotlight. They are far worse despicable human beings
1:51 pm on December 8th, 2009
I’m sick of you people always bringing up blacks vs. whites and this racism card. This topic has absolutely NOTHING to do with black/white/racism, GET OFF OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Tiger Woods is a DOG as is any man or woman after taken vows of marriage and then cheating on their significant other. I REPEAT, this has nothing to do with black/white/racism, get it through your thick head, rodeo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:24 pm on December 8th, 2009
If the mother of his children cannot trust him, how could anyone else? Why hasn’t a single endorser recognized this simple truth and give him the “heave-ho”? We all know why… He gets a mulligan because it would be political incorrect to do so and because the white Madison Avenue Establishment/Corporate America Boards of Directors are dominated with unics who lack the integrity and grit to take on the racist labelers who would most assuredly sprint to CNN and MSNBC to holler “RACIST!!” Let’s reinject a little honor, principle, and self-respect and judge the situation for what it is: an egotistical arrogant man gets caught doing what egotistical arrogant men do who care more about their sexual satisfaction than their honor and duty to their wives and children. Such men have no rightful place among honorable men, and certainly have no place being paid millions dollars to endorse or recommend anything to anyone, lest you are an idiot. Shame on you Nike, Buick, and the rest of the gutless wonders.