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AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Last edited by NobodyBeatsCy; 12-16-2009 at 10:30 AM.
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Kind of unfortunate I suppose, but he still probably is, regardless of the off the course stuff.
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
 Originally Posted by 3TrueFans  Kind of unfortunate I suppose, but he still probably is, regardless of the off the course stuff. Unless the performance enhancing drug story is true.
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Wrong Pick / Wrong Timing.
Roger Federer is a bigger stud, with perhaps as worthy accomplishments than Tiger, a dedicated athlete and loves his game (did you see his reaction after winning gold - in doubles - at the olympics).
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Hard to argue with the pick. Who else has dominated their sport to a greater degree over this decade than Tiger Woods? No one that I can think of.
Clearly, Tiger is not the man many believed him to be and he is not a positive role model any longer but he is without question (IMO) the most dominant athlete in the world in his sport.
As I write this I do think of Michael Phelps as well being in this discussion. But again, a dominant athlete with some "issues" outside of his sport.
I cheer for two teams, Iowa State and whoever is playing the hawkeyes.
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Originally Posted by NobodyBeatsCy Per MSNBC. Unfortunate timing! Tiger's latest 'activities' are more like a badge of honor to the AP, so no question who they'd vote for.
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Originally Posted by cyclonenum1 Hard to argue with the pick. Who else has dominated their sport to a greater degree over this decade than Tiger Woods? No one that I can think of.
Clearly, Tiger is not the man many believed him to be and he is not a positive role model any longer but he is without question (IMO) the most dominant athlete in the world in his sport.
As I write this I do think of Michael Phelps as well being in this discussion. But again, a dominant athlete with some "issues" outside of his sport. Phelps or Federer would have been tamer choices. Woods is just on fire right now and not in a good way - I'm suprised this wasn't delayed just a bit.
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It's hard to argue with Federer or Phelps, but it is hard to argue with Woods as well.
I'm on Twitter too: Tre4ISU
Or so I have read.
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Originally Posted by yaman3 It's hard to argue with Federer or Phelps, but it is hard to argue with Woods as well.
I'll add Lance Armstrong to the debate as well.
Originally Posted by Stumpy Unless the performance enhancing drug story is true.
But this could be said about him too.
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Why not? He is totally deserving. If they named him husband and father of the decade, then you could take issue with it.
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Originally Posted by CyPride Tiger's latest 'activities' are more like a badge of honor to the AP, so no question who they'd vote for. seriously?
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My argument against Phelps is his performance was basically for 1-year (the Olympic year). Ok maybe two years as he did well in the '04 olympics too.
Roger Federer / Woods / P Manning would get my vote for the Decade because of year-after-year consistent performance.
"We are first and foremost an educational institution that values integrity, honesty and treating others with fairness and respect".
-ISU President Gregory Geoffroy; circa May 2003.
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Re: AP editors vote Tiger Woods ‘athlete of the decade’
Hard to argue against Tiger...but had they chosen Federer I would thought that was fair as well!
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