Now that Tiger Woods has done his mea culpa...

...my opinion of him really hasn't changed.

In case anyone has been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, the National Enquirer wrote an actual researched, fact-based story about Tiger having a tryst with someone other than his wife. This was followed by digging more dirt by the Internet media and relative ignoring by traditional sports information sources such as ESPN. Then, the morning after Thanksgiving he is involved in an auto accident and goes to the hospital with facial injuries that could have come from eith the accident or an argument with wife. After days of trying to blow off everyone looking for him to admit that he wasn't Mr. Perfect with his family, smoking-gun evidence shows up and he finally puts out the "I'm sorry I hurt my family, now leave me the f*ck alone" press release.

Now why does this not change anything? Basically, Tiger Woods is four things, in about this order:

1. Probably the best golfer ever known to humankind.
2. Someone who cares very much about his family - first his father and now his children.
3. A corporate shill.
4. A person so hell-bent on being the three things above that he will not let the media or the public get in his way.

None of this affected 1 whatsoever. When Nike said they were behind him no matter what happened, and his other sponsors lined up and took care of 3. That leaves 2 and, people, don't you think the hell he is going through with his wife is a lot worse than anything tabloid journalism can do?