William Rhoden slams Tiger Woods for not coming out and facing us, choosing to speak again through his website and ask for privacy for the grillionth time.
From the article:
“If his representatives think this statement will put out the fire, they are wrong.
They have been wrong for 17 days. Anyone with compassion feels for the Woods family. But this was simply another carefully manicured statement shaped by high-priced image consultants and high-powered lawyers.
Image is everything, and the Woods camp is still trying to control a story that has raged like wildfire since Nov. 27, when Woods crashed his S.U.V. into a fire hydrant and a tree near his Florida home in a gated community. Woods, once so regal in his silence, has become the butt of jokes, the No. 1 topic of gossip. He has remained out of sight….There comes a point when a celebrity athlete whose career has been built on global allure must return to center stage and face the music.
So, what should Woods say to a fan base led to believe — by inference of a sea of brilliant ad campaigns — that Woods is something he is not?
Simple truth delivered in person, scars and all….Woods has no one to fault but himself for his predicament. But he did not do it all by himself. Each of his corporate sponsors and the so-called handlers they hired to attend to Woods shoulder blame as enablers.
They invested too much time and money, making certain no stone was left unturned, no detail overlooked for Woods’s comfort, not to know what he was doing. Woods had to have representatives who looked the other way.
If they say they did not know about his affairs, they probably are not telling the truth. Lying, which is at the core of this story, is a fire that has scorched everything in its path.”
The question is whether the panderers and enablers are gone, and will Woods embrace transparency.
