In today’s world, social media is extremely popular. From people using it for business to others using it to express themselves, it is a powerful tool for bringing people together. But many also argue against the pros of business and think back to a time when social media didn’t exist and people were more personal. Greg Norman, a regular social media user, too, once had an opinion about people’s social media presence.

Norman had a great golf career and now runs an even more successful business. Late in 2021, the shark was also announced as the CEO of LIV Golf. Since then, he has received a lot of backlash from the media and the fans.

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Greg Norman bore the burden of other people’s opinions of him

In an interview with the Sports Business Journal in 2015, Norman was asked about his views on the advent of social media in sports. The shark responded that he would have loved to experience it during his prime days. He explained that if he had a social media presence back then, he could’ve shut down people’s false opinions about him.

“I was an international player, and there was a percentage of negative vibes about me in this country for all the wrong reasons,” said the LIV Golf CEO. He added that during the 1980s and 1990s, people judged him based on what they had heard and didn’t know who he really was. “People could say whatever they wanted. That became a real burden for me.”

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‘The shark’ stated that people’s opinions of him were purely based on what others said about him. He explained that one rumor about him would become people’s belief, and he had no way to change their minds.

Norman believes social media could have helped people know the real him

The shark added that if he had had social media back then, then things would be entirely different. “I could extinguish that immediately through my personality,” he stated. “I would tweet out saying, ‘I wasn’t like that. This is what really happened.’”

The ex-pro golfer claimed that if it was an option back then, he would have immediately been on Twitter. He explained that during his career he often interacted with people and changed their minds if they disliked him. With social media, he would have been able to do it on a much broader scale.

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