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re: Why do people on here HATE Tiger so much?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:25 pm to BeaverPRO
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:25 pm to BeaverPRO
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I will agree with you on this one...His Father was a grade A arse. He reaped the benefits of his son's conduct and prowess. Same as the Williams sisters in tennis; but other than a Book, what does this have to do with your dislike of Eldrick? His father I can understand, but Tiger is not his father, just that his father just happend to be who raised him. Are you saying that Mr. Woods would have done the same thing if he married a white woman and birthed some other sport prodigy (for lack of a better term)?
The answer was in the text you quoted. I'll bold it for you below
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The first reason was his father's behavior. His dad running around talking about how he molded a world class athlete I view as a negative in the same way I view Andre Agassi's father and Todd Marinovich's father as negatives. The height of it was probably when he came out with his "How to Train a Tiger" book. That was just awful. IMO it encouraged countless fathers to satisfy their own urges to compete at a higher level through their children. Which amounts to child abuse in its more extreme forms. In rooting for Tiger you end up also rooting for his father's behavior to be emulated and I think that's a horrible outcome.
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:28 pm to molsusports
I guess I just look at that differently, thinking that His father is a completely different person who just happened to raise and coach a great golfer.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:29 pm to molsusports
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In rooting for Tiger you end up also rooting for his father's behavior to be emulated and I think that's a horrible outcome.
That's reaching a little. I can appreciate him winning and not give two shits about Earl, or his master plan for retiring off his kid.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:36 pm to molsusports
1. Interesting that no one has thrown out the name Nicklaus (or some other previous great) as the reason to be anti Tiger.
2. I do not think there is a lot of HATE Tiger out there, but instead it is a media-drivn perception that you either LOVE or HATE someone. In actuality, Tiger just does not conjure of much LIKE in comparison to DISLIKE of him. That is, the only "universal" like/respect of Tiger is his dominance on the golf course---no one should disagree with that. Other than that, you may like his because he's black or because he can get any number of women (including Elin) but not everyone likes this about Tiger. But the reason(s) to DISLIKE him are so, so many, although none are universal including he's too good, he's black, he cheated on him wife, he does not give good interviews, etc. I think when you add it all up, Tiger does evoke responses of sympathy and thus, people will say HATE instead.
TL; dnr: okay---no pro Jack folks in this thread and it is not Hating Tiger but no one has sympathy for him
2. I do not think there is a lot of HATE Tiger out there, but instead it is a media-drivn perception that you either LOVE or HATE someone. In actuality, Tiger just does not conjure of much LIKE in comparison to DISLIKE of him. That is, the only "universal" like/respect of Tiger is his dominance on the golf course---no one should disagree with that. Other than that, you may like his because he's black or because he can get any number of women (including Elin) but not everyone likes this about Tiger. But the reason(s) to DISLIKE him are so, so many, although none are universal including he's too good, he's black, he cheated on him wife, he does not give good interviews, etc. I think when you add it all up, Tiger does evoke responses of sympathy and thus, people will say HATE instead.
TL; dnr: okay---no pro Jack folks in this thread and it is not Hating Tiger but no one has sympathy for him
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