From the Globe and Mail's Lorne Rubenstein, who passes along a story from a recent Woods press conference at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Mich., site of the PGA Championship in August:“We're joined by about 75 of your closest friends,” (the PGA of America's Julius) Mason said to Woods to open up the discussion with him, “and I think off the top of their head they have one burning question for you, Detroit or Pittsburgh tonight? In the Stanley Cup finals.”
“That's pretty good,” Woods answered, to laughter in the background. “I don' t really care. Let's talk about the Dodgers.”
Mason followed up. “Politically correct as always and that's what we.” Woods cut him off as the good-natured laughter continued.
“I don't think anybody really watches hockey any more,” Woods said.
I may not be the world's biggest hockey fan, but I do live in Canada. What Tiger Woods said the other day rubbed me the wrong way. Could you sound anymore obnoxious? Especially when you consider Tiger Woods plays in a "sport" that features fat guys and old guys. A sport where the competitors get pissed off if someone takes their picture before they swing. Gimmie a break!
When Woods says people don't watch hockey, well, that's just not right. Just yesterday TSN signed a six-year deal with the NHL. In the U.S., Games 1 to 3 have been the highest-rated and most-watched opening games of a Stanley Cup final since 2002. The rating for Game 3 represented an 87% increase over last year's Game 3 between Anaheim and Ottawa.
If Tiger wants to talk about people not watching sports maybe he should check out the TV ratings of this year's Masters. Despite Woods being in contention, the Neilsen Ratings listed an 8% drop in viewership for the final two rounds.
courtesy of http://www.torontosun.com
Stick that in your Nike cap!
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