The Real Losers in the Tiger Woods Scandal. One family has been destroyed, and millions have lost a role model.
We know that these are the victims of Tiger Woods' depraved and selfish acts, but they are not the losers. The real losers in this whole affair will be the corporate sponsors who've just dumped a golden goose after what amounts to just another bread-and-butter scandal. Yes, I know. I'm a monster. I'm insensitive and callous. Let's begin with the factsHere's what we know about Tiger Woods and golf: No doubt about it, the guy knows how to swing a golf club. With the possible exception of Michael Jordan, no other athlete has so dominated a major professional sport (on and off the field) as much as Tiger.
Short-term thinkingWhat Tiger did was terrible and completely unacceptable. You realize it's only a matter of time before he does return to golf and does so with a serious vengeance, right? From Bill Clinton and John F. Tiger could easily be even more popular in his return to golf than he was before he left it. Tiger Woods' half brother on scandal that cost golfer his marriage. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 11:12 GMT, 3 October 2010 It has been almost a year since the Thanksgiving Day car crash that led to the life of the Worlds greatest golfer unravelling before our eyes.
Sexual Healing (Season 14, Episode 1. EA Sports announces it will keep scandal-plagued Tiger Woods' name on PGA Tour online video game. Tiger Woods's Announcement Already Drawing Mixed Reactions - Scandals & Feuds, Tiger Woods. By Stephen M.
Silverman 02/18/2010 at 10:30 AM EST Tiger Woods has so far not uttered a word, and yet the boundaries he's set for his Feb. 19 announcement are already under attack by some members of the media. Sneak Peek: 'South Park' Takes on Tiger Wood's Scandal. March 13, 2010 03:29:11 GMT To kick off the 14th season, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker employ 'an important issue in America right now', the sex addiction outbreak.
"" would not miss the chance to mock on and his press conference to confirm that he had performed infidelity in the past. The married golfer is animated in the Comedy Central series and the character said he's entitled to enjoy the temptation that comes with being a successful celebrity. Cartman is seen behind him throughout. Fan's reaction: Major sponsor drops Tiger Woods - Golf. TAG-Heuer, an upscale watchmaker and one of Tiger Woods' major sponsors, ended its relationship with the once-great golfer.
PGA golf.morguefile.com/ardelfin I think it's another indication Tiger's retirement is near, after other sponsors have also severed their ties with him over the past year. Tiger's combination of moral issues by publicly cheating on his wife with multiple women; his injuries; and questionable future as a tournament winning pro, mean sponsors will start to look to new faces to represent their brands. The company did stand behind Tiger and didn't drop him immediately after the scandal, but when the contract expired in July 2011, TAG-Heuer chose not to renew it. For new tournament-winning golfers like Adam Scott or Rory McIlroy, I think it opens up tremendous opportunities to get that big sponsor money and represents the start of the changing of the guard in terms of golf's superstars. Roger Federer should prepare for deluge of Tiger Woods questions in 2010 - Jon Wertheim.
Preliminary programming note for our off-season 'Bag this week.
We'll hold our annual Baggies Awards ceremony for 2009 next week. And 60 Minutes will be shown immediately following the game, except on the West Coast where it will air at its regularly scheduled time. Tiger Woods no longer top paid athlete - Jul. 17. Tiger Woods is no longer the best-paid athlete.
Click on photo for full rankings from SI.com. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Tiger Woods has finally lost the title of the world's best-paid athlete, more than two years after a sex scandal chased away some of his most lucrative sponsors. In this year's Fortunate 50 -- Sports Illustrated's ranking of the top-paid U.S. athletes -- boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. knocked Woods out of the top spot for the first time since the list began in 2004. Woods dropped into third place after golfer Phil Mickelson nabbed the No. 2 spot. Woods' estimated endorsement income fell to $54.5 million in 2011 from $60 million in 2010 and $92 million in 2009, the year that ended with his well-publicized sex scandal. AT&T ends sponsorship of scandal-hit Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods Adds First Sponsor Since Scandal. Study: Tiger Woods Scandal Cost His Sponsors up to $12 Billion. Infidelity: in spite of everything, we still care.
The most decorous thing to do in the Tiger Woods affair would be to avert one’s gaze.
I feel especially sad for his children who, whatever the outcome, will in this internet age be pursued by the grisly details all their lives. But, in respectful disagreement with MercatorNet’s editor Michael Cook, I argue that, with as much decorum as we can muster, we need to examine squarely the partly hopeful lessons of this sad business. I don’t mean lessons like “Don’t cheat on your spouse.”
It is true and important but we could discuss it without staring at this sordid mess. As for an enormously successful, wealthy, sexy man having plentiful opportunities to stray beyond the bonds of matrimonial fidelity, Louis XIV knew all about that and so I imagine did Rameses II. On the other hand, sordid misconduct by those who seem to enjoy life’s blessings, and those of our society, deserves some notice. From golfing fans to the general public and to Mr.
That is worth noting. Tiger Woods Mistresses: Full List of Women & Pictures. Tiger Woods has been linked to so many women, it's hard to keep them all straight.
To help you out, we put together a list (with pictures) of Tiger's mistresses! Here's a primer on the eight women linked to the world's top golfer (with names, as of this writing), with corresponding images below (left to right) ... 1. Rachel Uchitel. NYC club hostess. 5. The black community's view of the Tiger Woods scandal. The Tiger Woods scandal has mutated from a minor car crash to a major sex scandal and now threatens to ignite a national debate in America's black community on inter-racial relationships.
Woods' race has been mostly ignored in the mainstream media and tabloid coverage of his infidelities. But the fact that Woods' ex-model Swedish wife and the three women he is accused of having affairs with are white has not escaped attention in the black community. On talk radio shows aimed at black audiences, Woods' apparent preference for Caucasian women has been the subject of abuse and humour.
One parody song played on the Tom Joyner radio show even asked: "The question everyone in America wants to ask you is, how many white women does one brother want? " Similar themes have played out on other black talk shows and blogs and doubtless among many black Americans discussing the racial complexities of the case. Elin Nordegren: 10 Things She's Done Since The Tiger Woods Scandal. Tiger Woods Scandal: What Jesper Parnevik and other Celebrities are Saying.
Brief History of the Tiger Woods Scandal - Photo Essays.