Tiger Woods' school for athletes

Wayne Rooney has now apparently joined the ranks of Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, John Terry, Cashley Cole, Kobe Bryant, etc. etc (and Hugh Grant!). The British media are astounded that famous athletes surrounded by sycophants, who have to travel away from home regularly and who are fabulously wealthy at a young age succumb to the company of women who are not their wives. The brouhaha reminds me of the Mrs. Merton chat show interview of Debbie McGee, the young wife of the much older, vertically and facially challenged magician known as Paul Daniels. The first question to Debbie McGee was "What was it that first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?"

Whilst we may be disappointed with the morals of the athletes, we should not be surprised that the athletes enjoy the company of various women. They have the funds and the cash cow is often protected for long times by their handlers. The question that really should be asked is, why do these athletes actually bother to get married in the first place?