THERE ISN'T ENOUGHT ROOM TO SAY WHAT I FEEL, BUT I WILL TRY. WE ARE SO QUICK TO JUDGE TIGER WOODS, BUT ARE WE ABLE TO JUDGE THE MEDIA WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE. THE LAST TWO TIMES I HAVE SEEN YOU ON TV YOU HAVE BEEN FAIR, BUT IN THE BEGINNING OF TIGER'S ORDEAL YOU WERE NOT ACCURATE IN YOUR STATEMENTS. I WOULD LIKE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS. IF THE MEDIA WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THEM, THEN THEY MUST CONCENTRATE ON PRESENTING THE TRUTH.

I once thought Tiger was fairly bright. His escapades took that opinion down several notches. He then had an opportunity to prove to his wife Elin (and her family) that he really wanted to rebuild the marriage and make an adult commitment to his 'loved ones'. What a real man of conscience would have done is to pass on the Master's, to show his family that they mean more than beating Jack's record. But no, he gave in to avarice once again, and made no sacrifice for his family.

To top it off, he has given the big OK to Nike to air one of the most pathetic, putrid, puerile ads in the history of Television, one that boldly pronounces 'Tiger Still Has Bad Judgement and Will Try Anything To Get His Fame Back!'.

And Linda, you don't have to SHOUT, we can hear you.

This ad is unspeakably crass. A new low watermark for even Nike. As well the B&W perspective apes the successful Gatorade `G' campaign from some months ago. This all makes me think TW's fall and immediate redemption (he missed no serious Golf, as the season had ended) was staged - a ploy for the jaded and desensitized consumer.

Hey, maybe TW even got to screw a few hookers as part of the scheme,

The ad is particulalry dehumanizing because it asks us to sympathize with someone for losing their father and falling by the wayside in the name of commerce. It carries a level of manipulation that is problematic and hurtful.

The only thing that could have made this commercial tackier is if the camera pulled back to show his wife and kids and his mother having a picnic on his father's grave. A real man would have said I don't want to involve my father in this b.s. this is on me alone.

Of course the best response would be to write a great article about how the supremecy of UCONN's women's basketball juggernaut has pulled the women's NCAA b-ball tournament into the mainstream media. Ya know . . . instead of letting yourself be "dehumanised" by writing TWO articles yammering and whining about stuff that's best ignored (especially if you want it to go away).

For a right-on and well-directed rant.

Lets be frank - i have absolutely no idea how this ad pitch and its creator weren't laughed out of the room. it's a very foolish and crude idea. however, i do not feel personally insulted by this ad (or any part of the tiger ordeal for that matter). i knew tiger was as much a brand as a person. but his actions are his choices, and this ad doesn't hurt me personally. we need to all get off our high horses and stop pretending that tiger has a moral obligation to us to be some sort of saintly figure and oblige all of our petty demands.

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I didn't interpret the Tiger Woods ad as a plea for sympathy, so I don't feel as "dehumanized" as others may feel. It may have been more of a plea for forgiveness and an attempt to show that he will work to make amends.

Maybe it's that I'm not as morally outraged by a sports figure who cheats on his wife, as Tiger certainly has not set a precedent in that regard. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, Bill Russell, Charles Barkley, Chipper Jones and Rick Pitino are just a few examples of such sports figures. Ruth (according to his daughter) and Jones actually fathered children outside of their marriage (and Pitino may have as well, if he had not paid for his mistress' abortion).

As I would not want to be defined solely by my worst actions or words, I choose to let Tiger attempt to show that he is and can be more than just a guy who cheated on his wife, no matter how clumsy it may come across to many.