Tiger Woods and Athlete Apologies

I just got done breezing through Ted Kluck's The Reason for Sports, which was a fun, lighthearted take on sports in light of the gospel. There was a chapter in there on athletes and their (usually non-sincere) apologies when they make mistakes. He talks about how so often they shift the blame or they try to make it sound like they are victims of circumstance who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. The days of being a man and taking responsibility for your actions seem to be long gone in the sports arena. Because of this book, it was with great interest that I came home to read Tiger Woods' apology for the recent fiasco that he got himself into. Woods drove his car into a tree and a fire hydrant near his residence a few days ago in the early hours of the morning, which seemed odd enough on its own, but then rumors started spreading that Woods had been having an affair on his wife. The world's best golfer, and arguably best athlete, is under scrutiny like he has never experienced in the past. While I have always awed at Woods golf game, I have been less then impressed with his attitude. He is constantly caught swearing on camera, throwing clubs, and acting like a five your old throwing a temper tantrum. Because of all this, I didn't have high hopes for a seemingly genuine apology from Woods, but I was actually really impressed with his statement released on his website tigerwoods.com, earlier today. Words that I can't EVER remember hearing an athlete use to describe his/her actions were used by Woods. Words such as "transgression" and "sin". SIN!!! I don't think Tiger Woods is a follower of Jesus Christ, but I have no doubt that the Lord is working mightily in his life right now as he is being humbled in a way that he likely never has been before. Thank you Tiger, for being enough of a man to use accurate words to describe your actions. (I love how I just wrote that to Tiger, like he reads my blog).