Sunday, April 17, 2011

STILL #1
by Sean Roman, OTSL Analyst

Time is our most valuable commodity. For once we give it up, there is never anything we can do to get it back. This is the precise reason why I try to be judicious in choosing what sporting events I honor through viewing.

I tend to prefer events with grand traditions. The World Series, the World Cup, and Olympic Hockey are my favorites.

In my humble opinion, The Masters Golf Tournament was the event most worthy of our recent attention. However, I have come to acknowledge that I am interested in the event for the wrong reason. I am fascinated with the fame of that one athlete.

I then reflect for a moment. It was just one year ago that we experienced His return to Augusta.
This was one of the strangest returns in the history of sports given He did not miss a major golf event by reason of His overwhelming love of vagina.

He brought the bizarre to the “tradition unlike any other.” Organizers feared fans would try to bring blow up dolls to the course and heckle the golf great. Additionally, one of his liaisons decided to cash in and book “appearances” at a local gentlemen’s club.

How quickly another year has passed me by. As I continue to pray for a retreat from a harsh Northeastern Winter, Augusta has awarded another Green Jacket to a young man from South Africa whose name I have nearly forgotten.

Still, as I discussed the exciting climax with my friends and colleagues, it dawned on me, at this point in time, The Masters - and the Game at large - has not been able to transcend the Monster that has hovered over the sport since 1997.

It is a fact – the population at large, including myself, was more interested in how He was doing than any other topic, including the lead changes and how so many different players were within striking distance of a historic win.

Whether I think He is deserving of our focus, I have just confronted the reality that He gets it.
Tiger is an idol, and most of us, idolaters. No matter how much of a failure this guy can be painted as, He still sits atop of the throne of popularity.

This fact is a great reason for immediate self-examination.