Hybrid Gojira
January 9th, 2008, 12:11 AM
The link and story arew about Kelly Tilghman and her comment concerning Tiger Woods being "lynched." The comment was made, reportedly, in jest that Tiger basically owns everyone at golf. No doubt something is brewing with the young lady's career probably being in jeopardy, Read on.
http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3186158
Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman has apologized after saying during Friday's telecast of the PGA Tour's opening event that today's young players should "lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley."
"On Friday during our golf broadcast, Nick Faldo and I were discussing Tiger's dominance in the golf world and I used some poorly chosen words," Tilghman said in a statement. "I have known Tiger for 12 years and I have apologized directly to him. I also apologize to our viewers who may have been offended by my comments."
The story was first reported by New York Newsday.
The Golf Channel also responded to the situation.
"We regret the unfortunate choice of words that Kelly used during the broadcast and apologize to anyone who was offended by her remarks," the network said in its statement. "We take this matter very seriously. She has apologized privately to Tiger and publicly on the air."
Tilghman, who played college golf at Duke, works as the main play-by-play announcer during The Golf Channel's PGA Tour telecasts.
She obviously made an idiotic comment, at least to be an announcer. Still, announcers should know better, especially since they um ANNOUNCE everything going on and are paid for commentary. Not smart for her. My verdict? Depending on the intent of her comment, she should either be 1) fired or 2) punished but not terminated. People who know her within her company would also know the type of person she is and thus have a better insight about her comment being pointedly racist. Either way it was out of line.
http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3186158
Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman has apologized after saying during Friday's telecast of the PGA Tour's opening event that today's young players should "lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley."
"On Friday during our golf broadcast, Nick Faldo and I were discussing Tiger's dominance in the golf world and I used some poorly chosen words," Tilghman said in a statement. "I have known Tiger for 12 years and I have apologized directly to him. I also apologize to our viewers who may have been offended by my comments."
The story was first reported by New York Newsday.
The Golf Channel also responded to the situation.
"We regret the unfortunate choice of words that Kelly used during the broadcast and apologize to anyone who was offended by her remarks," the network said in its statement. "We take this matter very seriously. She has apologized privately to Tiger and publicly on the air."
Tilghman, who played college golf at Duke, works as the main play-by-play announcer during The Golf Channel's PGA Tour telecasts.
She obviously made an idiotic comment, at least to be an announcer. Still, announcers should know better, especially since they um ANNOUNCE everything going on and are paid for commentary. Not smart for her. My verdict? Depending on the intent of her comment, she should either be 1) fired or 2) punished but not terminated. People who know her within her company would also know the type of person she is and thus have a better insight about her comment being pointedly racist. Either way it was out of line.