- But Tiger isn’t the only one on trial here. No, we are on trial too, right? We are on trial because for the first time, the media — both mainstream and the non-mainstream — has taken down a truly dominant athlete and shattered him not because he’s a criminal, not because he is someone who played the game unfairly or endangered people’s lives or illegally recruited athletes or messed with his or her sport’s integrity. No. Instead, Tiger Woods was exposed as a man who lived a wild life and cheated on his wife.
More of Joe’s great article.