Ok, we get it already. Tiger Woods, the best golfer ever to set foot on the fairway, is living a life teeming with infidelity, but should that really be grounds for him to lose sponsorships, have his personal life displayed on the front page of every newspaper and have to resort to taking a brake from the sport he essentially helped make so popular. Tiger alone accounts for a major portion (somewhere around 40%) of the PGA's yearly revenue. He achieved god-like status and brought much needed diversity and excitement to a sport that before him got very little attention. Sure it is popular, but the ratings soared once Tiger clinched his first tournament win. The emotian he displayed on the course touched people. His trademark fist pump has been mimicked on the links for years, and now that is gone because he couldn't keep it in his pants until he got home to his wife and kids. Ok, ok, I know that it is wrong what he did, but it happens everyday. He didnt kill anyone, he didnt cheat on the course, so why should he take a break? Do people remember that we fell in love with him for his skills on the course, not for his skills with the ladies? Nike is the only one who has stood behind him through all of this, and they stand to lose an estimated 400 million dollars in the 2010 calendar year because of all this. Tiger isn't the only on with something to lose here...and if something doesn't change fast, the golfing world could fall into obscurity...Can't we talk about something more important now...like health care or the super bowl?
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