{"id":1621,"date":"2010-02-20T09:49:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T17:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/20\/tiger-woods-mea-culpa\/"},"modified":"2010-02-21T12:23:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T20:23:39","slug":"tiger-woods-mea-culpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1621\/tiger-woods-mea-culpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods&#8217; Mea Culpa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/tiger_presser_02.jpeg\" alt=\"tiger_presser_02.jpeg\" \/><br \/>\nTiger Woods<\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\">Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 20, 2010<\/p>\n<p>I am not a golfer.  I have never watched a golf tournament live, or on television.  Yet, Tiger Woods became a worldwide phenomenon that transcended any individual&#8217;s lack of interest in golf.  I really don&#8217;t care about the state of his marriage, his past infidelities, or when he will play golf again.  I did not watch Woods&#8217; mea culpa on television, but according to media reports, Woods said, &#8220;I felt entitled,&#8221; to explain his infidelities.<\/p>\n<p>Too many professional athletes think it is justified to break rules not only because they can get away with it, but also because they feel at some intuitive level that they are entitled to take what they want. This sense of entitlement is crucial to understanding why some professional athletes misbehave. &#8220;Privilege&#8221; becomes &#8220;private law.&#8221;  Some of these privileged people genuinely believe that different rules apply to them.<\/p>\n<p>This sense of entitlement may be the price we pay for being awed by alpha males (and, in some cases, alpha females).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Woods By Ralph E. Stone February 20, 2010 I am not a golfer. I have never watched a golf tournament live, or on television. 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