Comments on: We Shouldn’t Expect Our Sporting Heroes To Be ‘Role Models’ http://www.platform10.org/2009/12/we-shouldnt-expect-our-sporting-heroes-to-be-role-models/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-shouldnt-expect-our-sporting-heroes-to-be-role-models Campaigning for a modern liberal Conservative Party Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gav http://www.platform10.org/2009/12/we-shouldnt-expect-our-sporting-heroes-to-be-role-models/comment-page-1/#comment-24493 Gav Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:21 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=797#comment-24493 The reason Tiger Woods has been judged so harshly by the press is because he has made a considerable proportion of his fortune by peddling a clean cut family man image to advertisers. This has not been imposed on him; it is his own construct and he has been happy to reap the enormous financial rewards associated with it. Now that this facade has been demonstrated to be a lie, he bleats that he should be left alone with his family to come to terms with his "transgressions" in private. He is a fully fledged hypocrite. This is the issue here, not whether sportsmen should be forced to assume the mantle of being role models. Golf is a notoriously conservative game and it should come as no surprise to Mr Woods that his advertisers, the press and enthusiasts of the game in general are disillusioned with him and wish to hold him to account in the public eye. The reason Tiger Woods has been judged so harshly by the press is because he has made a considerable proportion of his fortune by peddling a clean cut family man image to advertisers. This has not been imposed on him; it is his own construct and he has been happy to reap the enormous financial rewards associated with it. Now that this facade has been demonstrated to be a lie, he bleats that he should be left alone with his family to come to terms with his “transgressions” in private. He is a fully fledged hypocrite. This is the issue here, not whether sportsmen should be forced to assume the mantle of being role models.

Golf is a notoriously conservative game and it should come as no surprise to Mr Woods that his advertisers, the press and enthusiasts of the game in general are disillusioned with him and wish to hold him to account in the public eye.

]]> By: kinglear http://www.platform10.org/2009/12/we-shouldnt-expect-our-sporting-heroes-to-be-role-models/comment-page-1/#comment-24291 kinglear Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:27:38 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=797#comment-24291 I've always believed that it is in fact the quirk/flaw that makes for the genius. The list is endless - Paul Gascoigne is the one that springs most readily to mind I’ve always believed that it is in fact the quirk/flaw that makes for the genius. The list is endless – Paul Gascoigne is the one that springs most readily to mind

]]> By: Frugal Dougal http://www.platform10.org/2009/12/we-shouldnt-expect-our-sporting-heroes-to-be-role-models/comment-page-1/#comment-24287 Frugal Dougal Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:36:40 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=797#comment-24287 Hear hear! As Terry Wogan said the other morning, "Tiger Woods - none of our business!" Hear hear! As Terry Wogan said the other morning, “Tiger Woods – none of our business!”

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