In the last couple days, the volume of unsubstantiated rumors about Tiger Woods has exploded exponentially in the media, main and otherwise. Last 48 hours I’ve been filtering out the improbable and inconsequential, but let’s just say I’m going to let my guard down on this one to prove a point.
FOX NEWS reports today, “a rep from online adult magazine Playgirl (which features men baring it all) confirmed to FoxNews.com that they did indeed receive an offer to purchase naked male photos, purported to be of the controversial sports star.“
Playgirl rep Daniel Nardicio: “We were approached by a third party who wanted to know our ‘interest level’. Our lawyers are currently going over them, the source, the entire package.”
Nardicio also noted the website will only purchase the photos if they can successfully confirm them to be Woods.
There’s been a lot of conjecture in the media that if Woods had been more aggressive in “getting ahead of the story” of his accident and extramarital affairs, he would’ve prevented this sort of thing from being reported. I tend to agree.
Not because a more assertive approach by the golfer would’ve prevented websites like Playgirl from trying to glom onto this story for publicity’s sake only. No, because the main media would’ve taken a different tack in its coverage had Woods made himself vulnerable to the public. Instead of treating Woods like a clown and the story like a cartoon, it would’ve been covered from a more empathetic perspective.
Woods as Howard Hughes has instead intensified the ignominy. Main media is now taking its cue from the tabloids, which can in turn be traced to Woods unwillingness to communicate with the public. Woods can still counter that trend if he comes forward, but we may well reach the point of no return if more material evidence of his sordid behavior soon surfaces.
7:06 pm on December 8th, 2009
The sad fact is if rumors are true that Woods did drugs before having sex , at multiple times, the chances pictures were taken, with or without his knowledge, are very good.
At the time of Vick’s troubles I thought no other American athlete could ever lose more faster. Only in America could I have been wrong.
7:21 pm on December 8th, 2009
OMG! This story is just breaking! A Swedish girl’s school for teen nymphomaniacs claims Tiger had a relationship with the entire dorm one night while he was in Sweden for the Jesper Parnevik Open! Well actually, who assaulted who is still being worked out but Tiger has volunteered to return to the school as much as needed to aid investigators. That’s our man- sacrificing himself to help others!…More at 11…
7:24 pm on December 8th, 2009
Wow, where will this end? No one in his entourage ever had the balls to tell Tiger he was out of line? Money + power + ass kissing yes men = catastrophe. This formula is proven throught history. We are witnessing the biggest fall from grace in modern history.
7:34 pm on December 8th, 2009
Brooks, it’s just so sad - no girls, and then this. Now I have to wait until this post moves outta sight forever….
7:37 pm on December 8th, 2009
I tend to agree. Both the mainstream and tabloid media have been unrelenting because clearly the public interest is there and there’s no way of representing Tiger. At first, I was among those who believed this was a personal matter. Now, the sheer scope of just how falsified this public persona was shakes the foundation of professional athletics so profoundly, one wonders if corporate America or fans in general can ever be so invested in an athlete.
7:42 pm on December 8th, 2009
a different tack, not tact.
Yr. editor.
7:43 pm on December 8th, 2009
If companies are beginning to pull ads with Tiger in them during prime time, then the foundation is beginning to crumble..
9:12 pm on December 8th, 2009
Can we stop the bitching at Brooks? This is a big story. He is a businessman. He wants hits on the site. Enough said.
9:55 pm on December 8th, 2009
Jeez, Tommy….. I just like the SbB Girls page, is that so bad?
3:04 am on December 9th, 2009
With an aroused staff, the serpent seeks to plant his “seed of evil” … do that which you must dear sisters, inorder to thwart his advances … and fear not … for the “forces of decency” are amassing and
will soon be upon this creature, in a way that he could
have never contemplated.
9:11 am on December 9th, 2009
well it might show that not all black men are hung!!
4:58 pm on December 9th, 2009
Is this what they call the wrath of GOD
8:43 am on December 10th, 2009
Jesus! That Blomfeldt dude is more scary than that Le Tigre’s Perkins waitress…yikes!
8:56 am on December 10th, 2009
Where is that Swedish school? I would like to know!
1:10 pm on December 10th, 2009
AttaboyTig!!!!!!!!
He always said—”
Why not put some Tiger in the Tank”!!!!!!
He was my hero—Now he’s my idol!!!!!!
Go get em Tig!!!!!!Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!