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Infidelity Is Worse Than Killing Dogs…Or Your Wife?

Saturday, 10 April 2010, 22:07 | Category : Uncategorized
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My friend Trent linked me to a Time Magazine article listing the top ten athletes that have disgraced themselves and tainted their careers.

1. Tiger Woods
2. Mark McGwire
3. O.J. Simpson
4. Jack Molinas
5. Mike Tyson
6. Pete Rose
7. Ben Johnson
8. Michael Vick
9. Tonya Harding
10. Marion Jones

My first reaction to this was: Tiger Woods? Number 1? Ahead of O.J. Simpson, Michael Vick, Tonya Harding, etc. Tiger Woods was (to be blunt) a skank. But how can throwing your married genitalia all over town (to willing participants) compare with killing your wife, operating a massive dog fighting operation, or hiring a guy with a bat to beat up your figure skating competition? How can it compare with throwing a game or taking drugs to enhance performance? Maybe if it was viagra to enhance his cheating performance we could make fun of him…but still? Really? Tiger is the number 1 bad guy?

Maybe they weren’t ordering them from worst to not as bad. Maybe they are random. But then why number them at all? Most likely because Tiger Woods and his infidelity are still a topic of conversation and tabloid humor. Vick, OJ, Tonya, Mike are currently less trendy to talk about. So, they chose Tiger. To me, this says something bleak about our priorities.

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  • Donna

    Tiger Woods’ affair was something that never should have been in the public eye. How unfortunate that our society loves to turn on public figures more if they have had affairs then if they have committed violent acts. Even my 11 year old son who couldn’t help but hear about Tiger Woods since it was everywhere asked – shouldn’t this just be between Tiger and his wife? I feel badly for Tiger’s wife but they are trying to work things out – O.J. Simpson’s wife is dead and the poor victims of Michael Vicks – tortured, dead, traumitized.

  • Donna

    Tiger Woods’ affair was something that never should have been in the public eye. How unfortunate that our society loves to turn on public figures more if they have had affairs then if they have committed violent acts. Even my 11 year old son who couldn’t help but hear about Tiger Woods since it was everywhere asked – shouldn’t this just be between Tiger and his wife? I feel badly for Tiger’s wife but they are trying to work things out – O.J. Simpson’s wife is dead and the poor victims of Michael Vicks – tortured, dead, traumitized.

  • http://popculturevegan.blogspot.com/ Crystal

    I don’t think it’s because what Tiger did was worse, it’s because he had a more family friendly image, and it was a more recent occurrence. Tiger may have tainted his career the most because he had the farthest to fall.

  • http://popculturevegan.blogspot.com Crystal

    I don’t think it’s because what Tiger did was worse, it’s because he had a more family friendly image, and it was a more recent occurrence. Tiger may have tainted his career the most because he had the farthest to fall.

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