Duffy has been following the Tiger Woods saga with both interest and amusement. It's really true that everything happens in either California, Texas or Florida. It is evident that Mr. Woods is in real trouble. And it's not because 12 (or is it now 13) women have claimed to have had sex with him. It's not even if a couple of big sponsors drop him. Duffy thinks that Tiger is in real deep doo-doo when neither Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton have appeared in front of the gated entrance to his posh sub-division with a bullhorn chanting, "free Tiger now!" If you are an important African-American in this country you know Jesse and Al will quickly show up to "help you out" by deflecting attention away from your transgressions. Now, let's face it, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been totally irrelevant to 99% of the American people for some time now and especially since Barack Obama got elected president. But at least they make the effort to show "solidarity" (don't you just love that word?) whenever a "brother or sister" got into trouble. No Jesse, no Al. Oh No!
The problem for Tiger is that he has never embraced the whole African-American Civil Rights thing. Tiger considers himself multi-racial with a father of African heritage and a mother of Asian heritage. Tiger has assiduously kept himself away from controversial topics, events and situations where he would be expected to promote a controversial cause be it civil rights, gays and lesbians, peace, global warming, etc. You name it, if it's a controversial topic or cause you won't find Tiger Woods anywhere near it. And, furthermore he marries a beautiful blond Swedish woman to further drive home the point. Somebody that looks like a Nordic goddess instead of Michelle Obama. Folks, Tiger can't expect any help from the African-American Community, that is, all the movers and shakers and opinion makers. Tough! He's in it by himself.
In fact, so far, Duffy doesn't see anybody really coming to Tiger's aid other than the few golfers who say, "it's his business, let him be." Fact is, Tiger's business is in fact, a MAJOR business in the U.S. and around the world. Thousands of people depend on Tiger Woods either directly or indirectly for their livelihood especially including the PGA tour and everyone who counts on Tiger's participation in the golf tournaments.
Tiger's refusal to show himself and stiffing the Florida Highway Patrol has done him no favors and unfortunately when he does finally show up in public even months from now, the media frenzy will be just as great if not more so than now. Wait for the first book, "My secret life with Tiger" to show up soon. Poor Tiger.
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