Tiger Woods is the New OJ...But Not For "THAT" Reason

General Motors. General Mills. Nike. American Express. Gatorade.

These are just a few of the high-profile companies that are endorsed by Tiger Woods. Not only is he the richest athelete in the world, he is also one of the most marketable.

At least until he crashed his car that night. Now the advertisers are pulling his ads and dropping him like a bad habit because of the crash investigation and alleged "transgressions" (in Tiger's own words).

The same could have been said about OJ Simpson, who @ the height of his career was a high-profile spokesman for Hertz rental car company, Pioneer Chicken, Honeybaked Hams, the pX Corporation, the Calistoga Water Company's line of Napa Naturals soft drinks. He was at the height of his popularity and just off a Hall-of-Fame NFL career when he was charged with the double homicide of his ex-wife and her friend.

Although Tiger has not committed murder, he has played this situation BADLY. First of all, he should have taken the responsibilty and owned up to his wrongdoing instead of hiding while it only gets worse. All of his alleged "mistresses" have been coming out of the woodwork trying to cash in on their affairs with him. The only one that is being smart about it is the 1st one, Rachel Uchitel, who lawyered-up real quick and has since been paid some "hush money" from Woods, which is more than the others will get from talking.

His "squeaky-clean' image is all but shattered because of this, and people are never going to look at him in the same light. Of course he will continue to be a great golfer, but he will never get his image of a family man back, especially since it is so many "alleged" mistresses. We thought that we knew Tiger Woods, and this situation along with OJ's, shows that we didn't.

I watched videos of people's reactions and opinions during the "trial of the century", and some people felt that the OJ that they knew would never do something like that. Apparently, that is what we thought of Woods too...That he would NEVER do something like this.

But guess what; WE WERE WRONG. I think that his celebrity had brought a sense of makes him forfeit his personal life and privacy, even though I feel that everyone makes mistakes, he is a BIG part of our culture, especially in sports, and people are gonna have an interest in this, especially if it is SO JUICY ;-)

When I heard that Tiger Woods was in the hosptial in serious condition, I remember saying a little prayer, thinking that we might lose one of the most popular black atheletes ever. I am not a golf fan, but I will watch if Tiger is in it. That's why it shocked me to learn that he might be slipping away.

And then...came...the DRAMA!!!!! I knew EXACTLY what happened after I heard that he had been arguing with his wife over an alleged affair and all he got from his car crashing into a TREE was some "facial lacerations". I knew right then that Ms. Elin had either slapped him in the mouth or punched him in the jaw. (We don't know what Mrs. Woods is like so we cannot say whether she did or not but that's what I thought happened).

Tiger needs to just MAN UP and take responsibility, before he loses his wife, his endorsements (90% of his total income comes from ads), and his already tarnished image.

Does this look familiar???