Comments on: Tiger’s performance at Masters worth applauding http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/04/14/tigers-performance-at-masters-worth-applauding/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tede Biondo http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/04/14/tigers-performance-at-masters-worth-applauding/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Tede Biondo Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:43:16 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=23837#comment-746 Any moral victory at the Masters belongs to Phil Mickelson, not only for winning the Masters but for his compassionate consideration of his wife! Tiger Woods and moral victories shouldn't even be mentioned in the same article! Phil was the husband who took time away from the PGA tour after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, not to attend a sex addiction clinic, for cheating on his wife with 11 or more women! Tiger further demonstrated his lack of character at the Masters when congratulations were due Mickelson . All Tiger could say during his interview was that he had entered the Masters and expected to win. Tiger thinking about Tiger again - what an ego! He was just beaten by the better man - literally! I just do not understand how sports, which are supposed to teach players how to cope with life's challenges, fail to teach so many of the great athletes to use their achievements for something other than their own pleasure. That would be bad enough. But what really is unbelievable is the fans and sports writers who believe that Tiger deserves applause for competing in a sporting event, when he should be trying to save his life and marriage! Now that would deserve applause! All I saw was a man protesting too much that he didn't win and the same man who is destined to fail again because he doesn't know the meaning of the word, character or morality - which Mickelson personifies. Samuel, where is your applause for those who live decent lives and still excel, not only in sports but life itself, setting an example for all, rather than one who leads young men astray as a bad role model? Any moral victory at the Masters belongs to Phil Mickelson, not only for winning the Masters but for his compassionate consideration of his wife!

Tiger Woods and moral victories shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same article!

Phil was the husband who took time away from the PGA tour after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, not to attend a sex addiction clinic, for cheating on his wife with 11 or more women!

Tiger further demonstrated his lack of character at the Masters when congratulations were due Mickelson . All Tiger could say during his interview was that he had entered the Masters and expected to win.

Tiger thinking about Tiger again – what an ego! He was just beaten by the better man – literally!

I just do not understand how sports, which are supposed to teach players how to cope with life’s challenges, fail to teach so many of the great athletes to use their achievements for something other than their own pleasure.

That would be bad enough. But what really is unbelievable is the fans and sports writers who believe that Tiger deserves applause for competing in a sporting event, when he should be trying to save his life and marriage! Now that would deserve applause!

All I saw was a man protesting too much that he didn’t win and the same man who is destined to fail again because he doesn’t know the meaning of the word, character or morality – which Mickelson personifies.

Samuel, where is your applause for those who live decent lives and still excel, not only in sports but life itself, setting an example for all, rather than one who leads young men astray as a bad role model?

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