Flashing.. Beat it, Tiger!
US telecoms giant AT&T announced that it was ending its sponsorship deal
with disgraced golfing star Tiger Woods, seen here, who has been embroiled
in a sensational sex scandal. (AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
Posted on 12/31/2009 9:33:18 AM PST by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (AFP) – US telecoms giant AT&T announced Thursday that it was hanging up its sponsorship deal with disgraced golfing star Tiger Woods who has been embroiled in a sensational sex scandal.
"We are ending our sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods and wish him well in the future," the company, which backs the US PGA Tour event operated by the golfer's foundation, said in a terse, one-line statement.
It was the latest blow for Woods since he inexplicably crashed his car into a tree and fire hydrant outside his Florida home in the early hours of November 27, unleashing a storm of revelations about his personal life.
The crash came just days after a US tabloid had reported that he was having an affair and thrust Woods and his wife, Elin, and two young children into the center of a media storm.
As the revelations grew, Woods was linked to at least 14 other women, forcing the golf superstar to admit in a statement on his website that he had been unfaithful. He also said he was taking an indefinite break from golf to focus on rebuilding his marriage.
In one of the most stunning falls from grace ever seen, Woods's squeaky-clean marketing juggernaut image was destroyed.
Woods has not been seen in public since the November crash which Florida police said left him with a "fat lip" but no other visible facial injuries.
While Woods went undercover, sponsors began pulling his once-omnipresent image from advertisements which have helped turn him into a billionaire.
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer and razor-blade giant Gillette have stopped using his image, and Dublin-based technology, management and outsourcing consultancy Accenture has already pulled the plug ..
Nike, which pays Woods .. 40 million dollars a year, however issued unqualified support in Woods's darkest hour.
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When it rains, it pours.
“Can you hear me now? You’re fired.”
Any estimates on how much money in endorsements he has lost now?
Flashing.. Beat it, Tiger!
US telecoms giant AT&T announced that it was ending its sponsorship deal
with disgraced golfing star Tiger Woods, seen here, who has been embroiled
in a sensational sex scandal. (AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
Guess Tiger will have to actually go back to GOLFING to earn his money.
This ISN’T about Tiger Woods.
It’s about saving money ( nothing wrong with that).
Report: Elin Knocked Out Tiger Woods' Teeth, Broke Jaw With Golf ...
Supposedly texting one of his whores after Thanksgiving dinner.
Just goes to show we can't all be so rigid and perfect in a worldly way as much as we try with our limited worldly selves.
Only God is perfect and only God ultimately is the power. We are just human that can discipline ourselves for so long. This is where a higher power can intervene when we are weak.
a chunk .. double digits in the millions ...
I hope he had EF Hutton
Can imagine the embarassment of being embroiled in a dull and mediocre sex scandal?
“Nike, which pays Woods .. 40 million dollars a year, however issued unqualified support in Woods’s darkest hour.”
So far, he has held onto much of his $120,000,000 advertisers.
Was this included in the “12 Billion” the economy is losing because of him? lol
Good on them! ATT knows what it’s like to be cheated on.
It actually is dull and mediocre. Cocktail waitresses, aspiring models, would be actresses. Not first rate stuff.
You have a point, a couple of truckdriving nuns or hearing impaired female rodeo clowns would have been spicier.
Wow...this is turning out to be the most expensive “domestic spat” in the history of mankind.
80 mill a year still buys a lot of beer........
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