Tiger Woods' Steamy Affair Is the Real "Barely Sports"

I decided recently that I am sick of seeing Facebook posts that say: "My Blackberry Died" or "My IPhone isn't working."

Would you post: "My 256 mg computer crapped out" or "My LG Chocolate *()&&(&)!broke". Nope, so u just B braggin'.

Which gets me to Tiger Woods.

Who cares? Is it really sports?

When will Tiger be back on the golf course? If he gets things straight with his family, that is all that matters. If he takes time off past the Masters to get things right with his family, that is the most positive fallout I could see happening.

I would respect him for that.

So while his wife, Elin Nordegren, gets to hear about the Jaimee Grubbs and Rachel Uchitels (who was apparently paid off not to speak) of the world, the real shame is with the Woods family.

I write this story as one who understands the media.

It has been more than a year that I got paid to write a story for a daily newspaper, so I understand the frenzy. I just don't like it.

A friend of mine, who is a cameraman for a Philadelphia major television news station, said when he worked for a Southern New Jersey television station, he did want to take video of sheet-covered dead people being put in an ambulance.

We all have our stopping points.

For me, it is Bleacher Reports' "Barely Sports." Fortunately, I hid it from my BR profile. I understand why BR does it. The rest of the sports web sites do it, too.

I don't have to like, though.

Sorry, I am trying to live the life that Tiger Woods wishes he had. My transgressions are nowhere near Woods, but I believe a sin is a sin, big or small.

So I will wait for the next news story to come along that squashes the Tiger story, which has tremendous "legs" in the media coverage.

But it has nothing to do with sports and is my choice of "Barely Sports."

Our priorities are way out of whack in this country and the Tiger mess is not nearly as injurious than watching 3/4 of your starting Major League baseball team lineup get put on the Disabled List. (Sorry Mets fans.)

The picture above was sent to me in an email by my relative titled "Tiger Woods Christmas Card."

I got a good chuckle out of Woods' misery.

I respect the way that Woods is handling it. He is asking for privacy while he sorts out his affairs.

I am not trying to be high and mighty, or Holier Than Thou.

I am just asking everyone to step back and appreciate your family.

Sports is a means of escape. Let us keep it that way, on the field.

** Information courtesy of ABC news web site.