Tiger Woods -- My, My, Myyy, MyMyMy

Since the fiasco a few weeks ago at 2:30 in the morning in Orlando, Florida in front of the residence of Eldridge "Tiger" Woods, there has been a debate on whether to care or not to care about whether Tiger Woods is a proud representative of the African-American community and the international community.

The accident in front of Mr. Woods own house where he back into both a fire hydrant and a tree at 2:30 in the morning was revealed by Tiger Woods to the press as an understandable car accident. However those of us that have been around the rosey a few times knew that this was a 'fabrication'.

In the latter days of the fabricated innocent Tiger Woods car accident story we have learned that there a busted window on the drivers side window. The window directly behind the drivers window was smashed and probably not the cause by running over a fire hydrant. Not yet disputed is that his wife bashed the Cadillac Escalade SUV window out with a golf club at 2:30 in the morning.

Since that dreadful day (overnight) I have spoken to folks in both the Washington DC area and on the road while in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. I have heard opinions on talk radio, TV cable news, social networks, and the like...about the overall Tiger Woods situaton. In all of the adult opinions, Tiger got into a fight about an affair or two or ten. For a man that leaves his own driveway often, you would think he knows where the tree and fire hydrant are. Also the time of 2:30 in the morning, for again those that have been around the block a few times, is normally the time when major issues are bothersome enough not to get the proper rest. Quite frankly at 2:30 in the morning private discussions can turn into public displays of foolishness.

Out of 1000 opinions, about 100 percent of those sampled opinions that I've heard, resulted in Tiger's "oops I hit the fire hydrant and tree story" was NOT true.

Then came the first audio release (before the 911 call) of Woods message to his alledged girlfriend was the that "his wife has his cellphone and is calling everyone". Frankly, that just cracked me up :o). I knew then that the mandate amongst all researched opinions was correct.

Tiger Woods was in some deep sh#t waaay above his "nice guy image" head.

Now I play golf but have never been at a PGA golf event. An associate of mine at a former job said to me one time that he has never seen so many pretty White women at a sporting event than at a PGA golf tournament that he went to in the DC area. Now putting two and two together and think of who would get the most attention from the ladies at a PGA Golf tournament -- the winner or the loser.

You see these PGA tournaments on the television and probably at this moment, cannot remember seeing any Black women at all. This is Tiger Woods circle. The point being that golf is a majority (95% or more) White attended sporting event. So what if Tiger selects the closest pretty woman.

The problem that I have had in hearing Black women (and some Black men -- though fewer) speak on Radio/TV shows or in person, is that the majority of Black women of my own sampling have written off Tiger Woods as the stellar representative of African-Americans that he deserves to be.

Funny because when Tiger wins a nationally televised often difficult PGA golf tournament, both genders of African-Americans are full of pride and dignity as this great "Black man" has won another major tournament in the face of incredible odds and history once again.

Speaking of history, Tiger is the first Black man to ever win a major PGA Golf tournament and has achieved this feat 14 times. Tiger Woods is a far greater contemporary African-American hero than you could possibly think -- rivaling "only" with the first Black President of the United States.

We all know that Tiger Woods married a White women. In Tiger Woods being married to a White woman, African-Americans still viewed Tiger as one of us. And for good reason. Many of our famous African-Americans were married, or dated, White people: the late entertainer Michael Jackson, actor Sidney Potier, comedian Richard Pryor, tennis star Venus Williams, entertainer Sammy Davis, producer Quincy Jones, actress Dianne Carroll, pro football hall of famer OJ Simpson, and more in this link http://www.afieldnegro.com/photos.html.

Even when Tiger Woods personally stated that he considers himself "Multi-Cultural" having a Black father and Asian mother, if Tiger was 'victorious' in a golf tournament then Woods was still considered to be our African-American "HERO". All of America and the world over considers Tiger Woods an African-American champion.

Now that Tiger admitted (two blogs down) to having affairs with other White women, it is high time for many to disown him. In other words: "Only the hero goody two shoes image please."

Like Michael Jordan when Jordan was faced with seemingly endless gambling allegations that went along with the predictable companioned media-frenzy, Tiger Woods has abruptly suspended his play. While Jordan's statement may have been that he has reached the penacle of basketball challenges in winning three championships in a role, most folks felt that Jordan was saying to the NBA, haters, the media, dropped sponsors, that you will no longer enjoy the riches gained from my unique talent.

I would have to say that while Tiger made the statement of needing time off from golf to save his marriage, the un-spoken explanation is that the PGA, the media, and fickle sponsors will no longer benefit from my once-in-a-lifetime heroics ever again. I would not be surprised if he and Jordan spoke privately about this. You won't have Tiger Woods to kick around again.

I predict, like in the Jordan case, that the Tiger's sponsors, the media, the PGA, and golf fans will come begging for Tiger Woods to re-surface as a golfer six months from now (maybe more considering Tiger's circumstance) due to drastically declining profits on the PGA tour "without Tiger", which is 50 percent. Fact: Woods’ absence from the PGA Tour for much of last season because of reconstructive knee surgery led to a drop in television ratings of 50 percent.

Remember before Tiger Woods joined the PGA golf tour, the PGA was near extinction having a tough time to get television coverage of all PGA events, outside of the four major PGA tournaments.

Tiger Woods preferring to date White women should not be viewed as Tiger has no love for African-American women specifically and African-Americans in general. Yes, he categorizes himself as "Cabla-Asian" -- Caucasian, Black and Asian (I did not know Tiger had three parents), and is sexually attracted to White Women. But here in "M'Merica" Tiger will be always be considered as African-American and should be pegged our champion and most of all an inspiration to our children.

When President Barack Obama was Senator Obama he was asked bluntly: "What is your race?" Senator Obama did not answer that question squarely with Black or White. Instead Senator Obama said that "in this country I am considered Black due to this country's definition of Black". OKaaaay!

Senator Barack Obama is now President Obama and my concern is more of what can President Obama do to open up opportunities for the African-Americans that had a great deal putting him into office. My question today to President Obama would be : "Since it was Black people that put you in office, specifically in the pivotal Swing States during the general election against Republican candidate Senator McCain, do you plan on making a cursory attempt to resolve issues important to us?" You have to talk that way in the President's forum. In our circles we'd ask: "Dude, get off yo $#%^ass and do something for da' people. You would not have beaten McCain if it wasn't for us #@^&. And you know this -- maaaaan."

The point is to be loyal to those that have done great things on your and your kids behalf as Tiger Woods. Be loyal especially when things go wrong for these public African-American figures. Tiger Woods needs your support through these tough times and so does Tiger Woods' wife and kids.

Just because Tiger Woods did not pass religion's marriage morality litmus test does not mean Tiger should be ex-communicated. Forgive Tiger Woods and keep him in your prayers. Discarding Tiger Woods because he chooses not to date Black women, cheated on his wife, and because he chooses to respect his Asian heritage, is simply ridiculous. President Obama put it best by stating, "that no matter what President Obama considers himself, all of America and the world defines him as a Black man". Same goes for Eldridge "Tiger" Woods.

Boldly printed on both Tiger Woods' and President Barack Obama's legacy respectively will be the First Black President and the 1sr Black Professional Golfer to win a major PGA Golf tournament. Woods being the greatest golfer of all time remains to be seen as today Jack Nickalaus holds that distinction.

Depending on how we all act (Media, PGA, African-Americans, Sports fans...) will determine if Tiger Woods returns to hold the mantle up for generations to come as the absolute greatest golfer of all time in a world that considers him an African-American, a Black man, and phenomenal. I think that the accomplishment of this certain future feat is important enough for you and your crew to "back up off" Tiger Woods.