{"id":1091,"date":"2009-12-04T02:15:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T06:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninarota.com\/tennis\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2009-12-04T02:15:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T06:15:04","slug":"for-tiger-woods-privacy-is-not-the-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ninarota.com\/tennis\/for-tiger-woods-privacy-is-not-the-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"For Tiger Woods Privacy Is Not the Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s the tennis offseason and though there is tennis news today \u2013 notably, Amelie Mauresmo<\/b> has retired \u2013 I\u2019m going off into the world of golf to address the issue of privacy and Tiger Woods<\/b>\u2019s current predicament. After all, if Tiger\u2019s good friend Roger Federer<\/b> were caught in a similar muddle, I\u2019m sure he\u2019d be screaming for privacy too.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the story. Tiger drove his car into a fire hydrant and a neighbor\u2019s tree last Friday night and his wife Elin smashed in the back window of his SUV with a golf club. Tiger\u2019s initial statement made it look like Elin was trying to rescue him by breaking the window but it\u2019s more likely that they were arguing about rumors of an affair between Tiger and a woman named Rachel Uchitel<\/b>.<\/p>\n

In the days after the accident, evidence of two more affairs arose which led Tiger to release a statement on his website admitting to transgressions. While he was at it he made it clear that being a high profile athlete doesn\u2019t mean losing privacy:<\/p>\n

\u2026no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy. \u2026Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn’t have to mean public confessions.<\/i><\/p>\n

To which I have to ask, where has Tiger been hiding for the past few decades? <\/p>\n

Was he chained to the driving range whenBill Clinton<\/b> went to disastrous lengths to deny having had sex with Monica Lewinsky<\/b>? Did he forget that Lewinsky saved the semen-stained blue dress she was wearing when she had sex with Clinton?<\/p>\n

Did he think his text messages and voicemails would vanish into thin air after he sent them to Jaimee Grubbs<\/b>, a Los Angeles cocktail waitress who told US Magazine<\/a> she had a 31 month affair with Tiger?<\/p>\n

Was his television broken when baseball player Roger Clemens<\/b> vehemently denied steroid use only to have his former trainer turn up with steroid tainted syringes with Clemens\u2019 DNA on them? Did he not take note when Clemens\u2019 running buddy Andy Pettite<\/b> avoided similar grief by admitting to using human growth hormone?<\/p>\n

Did he contract amnesia when his close friend Michael Jordan<\/b> was sued by a former mistress for $5 million?<\/p>\n

What does privacy mean in the era of text messages, cellphone cameras and youtube? Not much really. As for public confessions, if you have an extra-marital affair and you don\u2019t confess, the object of your affections will.<\/p>\n

The issue is not privacy; the issue is intelligently adjusting to the flow of cultural and technological change. If you get caught in an indiscretion, you have to know two things: 1. Evidence of your indiscretion exists and someone will take advantage of the notoriety that comes with reporting it. 2. The best strategy is full disclosure.<\/p>\n

When someone tried to extort money from David Letterman<\/b> by threatening to disclose his affairs with female employees on his staff, Letterman went on his show and admitted to the affairs. The only thing I\u2019ve heard about lately is a joking reference to a \u201cDavid Letterman Fidelity Retreat\u201d on a radio commercial.<\/p>\n

One last note. Younger high profile athletes should pay very close attention because how many of these athletes don’t end up having extramarital affairs? Whatever the number is, I guarantee you it\u2019s very low. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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