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AT&T drops sponsorship deal with Tiger Woods
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 12/31/09 | AFP

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: atandt; att; golf; sponsorship; telecom; tigerwoods
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To: NormsRevenge

If men knew what a reputation would actually cost them they would run like hell. This society has little regard for the value of reputation. It is not articulated nor understood in its value,yet it is the unspoken currency that is earned saved or squandered in the open market of the media.


21 posted on 12/31/2009 9:59:51 AM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: Sybeck1
Give him a couple of years and he will be on celebrity boxing and other reality crap

Unlikely...unless he's *badly* mismanaged/squandered what he's *already* earned.Or unless his wife and/or pieces of fluff manage to clean him out in court.

22 posted on 12/31/2009 9:59:53 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: NormsRevenge

poor tiger how is he gonna text anymore?


23 posted on 12/31/2009 10:16:57 AM PST by FreeperFlirt
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To: TexasCajun

Florida police spokesperson said the saw Woods 2 or 3 days later to give him his ticket and all he had was a fat lip


24 posted on 12/31/2009 10:36:11 AM PST by uncbob
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To: NormsRevenge
Another case of overkill.
25 posted on 12/31/2009 10:51:56 AM PST by ANGGAPO (Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
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To: NormsRevenge
...Florida police said left him with a "fat lip"...


26 posted on 12/31/2009 11:22:57 AM PST by FReepaholic (My other tagline is hilarious.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Father of the year continues to lose for thinking with the wrong head.

Total and complete loser.


27 posted on 12/31/2009 12:24:31 PM PST by chiefqc
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To: Beaten Valve
No, but I bet AT&T could make a lot of money if they used him as one of their new porn stars on their Hot-network. What a bunch of prudes.
28 posted on 12/31/2009 6:28:44 PM PST by John Doe #1 (DAV Life Member/http:www.freewebs.com/getthepicture/)
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s a shame. I could imagine the ads:

Tiger: “I am an expert at figuring out strategies for rough conditions, on the course, and at home. When I need to send a fast text and need to make SURE it gets where it needs to go, I rely on AT&T’s network.”

Then you see a test message on the screen. “Quick. Remove your name from your cell phone. My wife might call. Tiger.”


29 posted on 12/31/2009 6:33:53 PM PST by Yaelle (Get well, Rush. I love you.)
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To: Yaelle

TEXT message not test message


30 posted on 12/31/2009 6:34:18 PM PST by Yaelle (Get well, Rush. I love you.)
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To: TexasCajun

Whoa! This deserves its own thread, with (RUMOR!) written into the title.

What a different story than what we have heard so far.


31 posted on 12/31/2009 6:41:01 PM PST by Yaelle (Get well, Rush. I love you.)
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