by Guest Writer Rob P.

Well maybe with the whole Tiger Woods “apology” facade out of the way Alex Rodriguez may get some credit for being so “honest” during his press conference last year when he admitted his steroid use. After all A-Rod or Roid didn’t need a podium or a script and in fact took questions, albeit probably pre-screened, during his apology/forgiveness speech. Too bad Tiger let a camera into his conference, he had me going for a minute when I was listening to the live stream and I actually told a colleague of mine that he was doing a “pretty good job”. After watching a good portion of the televised speech I realized that Tiger’s apology speech was as bad an idea as a Backstreet Boy reunion tour, he would’ve done a lot better if he’d done a one-on-one interview to apologize for his actions or at least release a tape of a recorded speech from “rehab”. He constant stumbling and robotic approach showed that he wasn’t speaking from the heart and clearly didn’t review his script before he took center stage. The only “from the heart” moment was when he talked about his 2 ½ year old daughter being stalked by the paparazzi, where he actually showed emotion and demanded the attention only be on him and not his family. Note to the wise if you need to apologize for something, do it from the heart and don’t let your publicist write an apology that you truly don’t believe in. That’s my take, Bill Simmons take shots at Tiger’s speech here. If you want an inspirational story read an OTL report here.

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