So the acclaimed and quick tempered writer Buzz Bissinger decided to stop yelling at Will Leitch about how much he hates blogs for a moment, and wrote an article for Vanity Fair discussing the rise and ongoing fall of the Goliath of Golf, Eldrick Woods. My disagreement with Buzz's views on blogs aside, as usual Bissinger delivers the goods on a very well written and not too different take on Tiger's downfall than The Beard's.Bissinger accurately points out that the reason the wrath exists has very little to do with Tigers' wandering pinnazio. The wrath exists mainly because Tiger (and IMG) carefully crafted and manufactured his superhuman image over the years of a down to earth, wholesome family man in order to make the Tiger Woods brand as much money as it could possibly make. This approach worked only too well, and unfortunately led to way too many grown-ass (mainly middle aged men) adults to flat out WORSHIP Tiger, when they themselves should have known better. Now that the downfall of Tiger's hero worship has begun, it has served as yet another stark reminder that athletes and sports figures are not heroes. As Cassius says in Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Anyway, I thought you would enjoy reading it.
