Do Sports Stars Have a Right to Privacy?

Tiger Woods called his boat after the word.

Sports stars all over the world say the word. Over and over again.

Some fans think a star who is truculent to the media is a bit of an idiot, when doesn't he have a right to privacy?

In fact, don't all sports stars have a right to privacy?

YES

Sports stars are human beings. True, they live in the human zoo called sports—and they came to the game to 'get famous' and then 'get paid,' but the bottom line is this: They are all human beings.

And because they are human beings, we shouldn't be asking more than Tiger Woods gave after crashing his car on Thanksgiving. He wasn't drunk. He wasn't violent. He wrapped his car around a fire hydrant. According to him, his wife, Elin Woods, was a heroine by smashing the back of the car. Can't we leave him to it?

We shouldn't accuse Albert Pujols of being a nasty human being. The guy does more for charities for kids with disabilities—yes, the kids that some of us and our families and friends make fun on a day-to-day basis—than we could ever dream of. OK, so he's not exactly friendly to the media, who permanently hound him.

Why can't we leave them alone?

NO

These guys are paid millions of dollars to play a sport and then act like divas. They may play in the 'sporting zoo,' but let's face the facts: When you're paid that much, your life should belong to the fans and media. After all, after you get injured/jailed/cut/ then you won't matter anyway.

Plus, we the fans and the media are fed up with the double standard: You have no problem lapping up the plaudits when things are going well, but when it all goes wrong, you use the word 'privacy.'

Boo hoo!

WHAT DO YOU THINK?