I still like Tiger Woods.
There, I said it.
Let the clucking of tongues begin.
I know, he's a heel - and a dumbass, if you'll pardon my French - for what he did to his poor wife and kids.
But you know what? I don't care.
Or as 80s blues rocker George Thorogood once sang 'That don't confront me none.'
What do I care if he's so shallow and so twisted that he feels compelled to sleep with anything with humps? As long as he stays away from my wife and my daughter, he's good by me.
I don't need him to be a role model. I don't need him to be perfect. I don't need him to be anything other than what seems to be in his for-public-consumption personae - a great golfer and an oftimes charming chap.
What he does when the cameras are off and the golf clubs are in the trunk is none of my concern and should be none of our business.
But some folks - especially the media - can't get enough of it.
I understand the compulsion - I like car crashes with the best of y'all. But after 5 seconds I look away. I don't need pull the car over and grill the cops, the drivers and the witnesses for every detail. Other people's suffering simply isn't that 'amusing' - and I mean that in the strictest meaning of the word. Look it up.
I'm not judging, I'm just saying.
If you are entertained and amused by watching Tiger twist in the wind, have at it. It's open season. Drink your fill.
But I'm going to take a pass.
Not because I'm offended, per se. I just think it's a non story.
Some married guys - present company excluded, thank you very much - sleep around. So do some married women. It's a fact. But it's not news.
Don't misunderstand, it was news when Tiger crashed his SUV. Big news.
But after the cops failed to do anything about it, the rest of the story became a freakshow. And, to me, a bore.
Now if it turns out that Tiger did HGH, broke some law (and breaking a vow is not breaking the law) or if he goes postal due to the stress, then it's time to report on him again.
Until then, I think Tiger should be given the same treatment that people like A-Rod (an admitted cheater, vow-breaker and all-around shmuck) get - in other words, a free pass.
But that won't happen until Tiger speaks to the media.
The media will poke, probe, castigate and humiliate Tiger until he deigns to speak with them. Then, and only then, can his inevitable redemption begin.
Until then, here's a couple of videos that should remind you of why we liked the guy in the first place and why - once the media lets us - we'll embrace him again.
Who can forget this shot?