As sports scandals go, Tiger Woods is tops.

Ian Case

15 December 2009

It may not have even been his better half, Elin, not that it counts much any more. Maybe you have heard that Woods and his better half, Elin, are having marital issues. There's truly not a huge amount more to the entire thing apart from the size of what occurred and the dimensions of the stage it's been playing out on. The best golfer ever is shown up as maybe one of the best philanderers ever and, naturally, we wish to know all the sordid details. Woods has used all 3 words himself in postings on his internet site owning up to a couple of his actions. If only he had cheated on the golfing course rather than off it.

Marked down a four when it should have been a five, or perhaps kicked a ball from behind a tree when nobody was looking. Lots of baseball players who cheated with steroids definitely have.

"It was just so far prohibited with what anybody considers ordinary behavior.". Indeed, this scandal is more about celebrity than sport. This was not Pete Rose gambling on baseball, Bill Belichick spying on his opponents or Marion Jones bulking up to win Olympic gold. "I have no idea if there had been anybody ever like Tiger Woods," Lapchick said. "We had an African-American sportsman who fully exceeded race and controlled a sport perhaps like nobody else who appeared to have this perfect life. Count Lapchick among people who at first thought Woods would mostly escape much fallout from the accident and early reports of infidelity. That was before each day brought another revelation, and more ladies were linked with Woods. Whatever that few folks understand what Accenture does, the consulting company knows it does not need to be related to Woods any more. Even the sexual attack charges against Kobe Bryant - while potentially more major - did not create virtually this sort of madness.

Bryant has reflected back to a big degree, helped by the passing of time and his dominance on the basketball court. He has his endorsements back, and nobody asks him any more what occurred that night in a Colorado hotel. There are still some who remember the repulsive details of the claims who will never cheer for Bryant again. Like Bryant, what Woods did had zip to do with sports. Still, it'd finish up being the largest scandal ever in sports. "It's so far the exact opposite of what we assumed that it makes it so very much more dramatic," Lapchick expounded.