I don't think we can compare elected officials to sports celebrities since the private sector can easily determine who they will prop up and who they will drop like a bad habit. This is especially true of the companies who hand-pick their posterboys for cereals like Wheaties and video games like "PGA Tour Golf."
Woods is nowhere near as slick as Bill Clinton. Clinton knew how to lie and manipulate the system. Woods is just stupid and greedy.
I still maintain that a white male in the privately funded golf/corporate world would be ancient history if he had the situation that Woods currently has.
FWIW, I don't see any diff between pols and big name athletes. Both groups have fans and corporate sponsors.
I only wish pols came contracted with morals clauses.