There appears to have been a vibrant spotlight shown on expert athletics this year as quite a few of it is brightest stars have been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons! From the mishandling of the Ray Rice case, that shook the NFL upside down, all the way to Tony Stewart hitting and killing Tony Ward Jr on the race track. With the millions of dollars that the leagues bring in yearly by way of their athletes performances, how are they to keep a good image when these athletes have put a black eye on the brand? Millions of dollars, fans telling you how wonderful you are daily, and access to the most luxurious of items can make anybody feel a small much less than grounded and above the law. I’ve decided to make a list of public mistakes of expert athletes previous and present who produced national news for the wrong motives.

Tony Stewart’s Public Error: In a sprint automobile race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Aug. 9. Tony Ward had climbed from his car or truck and walked toward Stewart’s auto on the track under a caution period and was hit and killed by Stewart. It was later located through autopsy that Ward had amounts of marijuana in his program at the time of death.

Stewart’s response:

“This has been one particular of the toughest tragedies I’ve ever had to deal with both professionally and personally. This is something that will unquestionably influence my life forever. This is a sadness and a discomfort that I hope no one particular ever has to knowledge in their life.

With that becoming said, I know that the discomfort and the mourning that Kevin Ward’s family members and mates are experiencing is a thing that I cannot possibly visualize.


I want Kevin’s father, Kevin Sr., and his mother Pam, and his sisters Christi, Kayla, Katelyn, to know that every day I am pondering about them and praying for them.

Outcome: No chargers have been filled against Tony Stewart, but a civil suit possibly brought up from Ward’s household.

Trafford 10k running Race : Tiger Woods crashed his automobile into a tree following an argument with his then wife over allegations of infidelity. As the days and weeks passed numerous ladies stepped up and told how they had affairs with the golf superstar even though he was married.

Tigers famous response:

“Hey, it is, uh. . . it really is Tiger,” he stated. “Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and, uh, might be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. And, um… just have it as a number on the voice mail. OK? You got to do this for me. Enormous. Rapidly. All ideal, bye.”

Outcome: Tiger lost his wife and millions of dollars during this hard time. Seems as although a bit of his game left because he has not been the similar given that. Tiger might be eligible for the massive dummy award if they ever make 1.

Adrian Peterson Public Mistake: Peterson made the news for the wrongs reasons when he was charged with beating his 4 year old son with the switch. You can read up on that story here. Though awaiting trail it seems as even though Adrian has failed a drug test for admitting to smoking weeds, and has severely burned bridges with his NFL group the Minnesota Vikings.

Adrian’s Response:

My lawyer has asked me not to discuss the details of my pending case. I hope you can respect that request and assistance me honor it. I pretty a great deal want the public to hear from me but I understand that it is not acceptable to talk about the details in detail at this time. Nonetheless, I want everybody to have an understanding of how sorry I feel about the hurt I have brought to my kid.

Outcome: The trail is still pending and final results from his actions will not be know. What we can say is there is a substantial likelihood he will not be playing with the Vikings any longer.