YerPalAl wrote:
. . . wait a minute, I never heard about his pony!
Apparently it's not a one trick pony.
In so far as it's his business, well it's not that cut and dried. First of all he receives large amounts of money from publically traded companies for his good name/reputation and atheletic abilities and this will impact sales with these companies. This means he is accountable to all the shareholders of these companies. He has collected on behalf of his charities monies from companies and individuals and he is responsible to these donors as well as the benefactors of these charites that will also suffer as there will be less donations.
If you don't think there will be an impact, backup to the Michael Vick saga. Ask Nike how that affected their sales. He was sorry too and threw away a fortune and lost years from his life.
He will no matter if he would win 20 super bowls always be the "dog killer" not the football hero, and insofar as the Football Hall of Fame.... ah, never.
When you are in the public eye acquiring wealth based on your reputation you have to weigh your decisions carefully or be willing to forego the benefits.
There are many losers here not just Tiger Woods. It will be interesting to see if a humbler Woods will emerge from this. Certainly he did not write the "transgression speech" as there were no references to golf as he has never spoken on any subject without some metaphor referring to golf.I feel sorry for his wife who is not only a jilted wife and mother but has to suffer the public humilation because her husband choose to think with his little head. Divorce lawyers in Ilseworth, Fla. must be salivating.
The next time I hear some idiot scream "you da man" I will think not really, just you da boy who has not grown up.
