Comments on: Tiger Woods Crashing a $1 Billion Reputation With His Silence?

By: See Tiger Woods in Action

See Tiger Woods in Action — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:19:22 +0000

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By: NewsCrawler

NewsCrawler — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:45:12 +0000

And now.. Mr tiger is getting more popularity than before. .-= NewsCrawler´s last blog ..Go Go Pet Hamsters declared ‘unsafe’ by U.S. consumer group (Daily Mail) =-.

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Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:03:38 +0000

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By: Tiger’s Reputation by Jason Murphy

Tiger’s Reputation by Jason Murphy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:58:53 +0000

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By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:27:17 +0000

There’s a difference between having the right to privacy–which I’m all for–and the fall out that comes from being quiet on the subject. Tiger is entitled to his privacy, but he should know that it will likely come at a price.

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By: Paul Carter

Paul Carter — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:10:46 +0000

I think Ryan hit the nail on the head. If his sponsors have questions they can call his agent. Tiger or any other celebrity for that matter owes the public nothing! We are not entitled to the comings and goings in there life. The public does not posess any rights to the lives of those we “follow”.

Tiger Woods is famous for being a great golfer period. He is not some TV evangelist or Politician out there preaching family values. From a fan’s perspective the questions that should be answered are when will he play again and possibly the extent of his injuries.

I say it is the media that has sold the public this “bill of rights” crap about our “right” to know about the private lives of celebrities. The media believes that they should have unfettered access to anyone that stumbles into the spotlight and they are quite vocal when someone seeks not to share all the juicy details of what every other American would consider to be their private lives.

Perhaps the media should take some of this time and energy and put it towards developing stories that mean something. Leave the gossip to the Enquirer and take the reigns of gathering and reporting stories worth being told.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:39:28 +0000

I’m fully of “cheesy” lines like that–you may not want to stick around.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:58:25 +0000

I think you’ll hear nothing from Tiger in the next couple of months. If camera crews want to camp outside his gated community, that is within their Constitutional rights. The fact is he is not obligated to tell the police anything and even less obligated to tell anyone else. His reputation is as a professional golfer. He never signed anything saying he’d open his personal life to the world. Whether or not he had an affair, an argument with his wife, was intoxicated, or something else; since it hasn’t come out yet – it won’t. Even if he came out and said he was mad at the Inquirer and couldn’t sleep so he decided to go for a drive, that people would just accuse him of lying anyway. There is no upside to him saying anything more. I don’t believe he does any damage by staying silent on the matter. He’ll still be the best golfer in the world, he’ll still be earning about $250k a day, and presumably he’ll still be married to a supermodel. Sounds like a good time to climb aboard the yacht “Privacy” for a two-month cruise around the Caribbean.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:37:28 +0000

his brand will be just fine. What a cheesy line: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Where there’s no fire extinguisher, there’s a reputation burning!” This won’t scare anyone away. Take Micheal Jordan as the example, he has had tons of this kind of negative press, from gambling to infidelity and he had never had fallout.

Once Tiger gets back on the golf course and wins a major no one will even remember this.

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:20:55 +0000

Remember the ring that Kobe's wife was sporting? It was a "Get Over This Fast" 3 plus carat rock. She needed a wheel barrow for her hand getting up to the press table. .-= Frank Reed´s last blog ..Social Media Blues =-.

By: Dan London

Dan London — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:18:56 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant_sexual_assault_case

the timeline shows about a 2 week lag before he held his press conference with his wife at his side from when the allegations were 1st brought to his attention. on the day he was charged, he held the press conference, but the rumors were out there for 2 weeks

Tiger released statements so far to the press, so has the alleged girl friend. he hasn’t been charged, neither has his wife.

the law is involved at this point and from a legal standpoint, he’s smart staying silent, as, like cop shows have told us for years, what you say can be held against you in a court of law.

as if it will impact his earnings? probably not as much as the economy. golf sponsorships are way down this year.
.-= Dan London´s last blog ..#SMBF Recap Part 2 =-.

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:18:05 +0000

There is always an uneasy silence before the storm. We will find out something soon if not from the Tiger camp then from some one else.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:02:34 +0000

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe he kept quiet like Tiger is doing.

By: Dan London

Dan London — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:55:15 +0000

Kobe was accused of rape, admitted an affair and his jersey is still in the top 10 + he has a shoe deal. http://advertising.about.com/od/kobebryant/a/bryantsendorse.htm was what he had and what he has now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant#Endorsements ( abit of a dip, but lots of ad spending was down)

By: Link Money

Link Money — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:42:51 +0000

Man I wish people would take a picture of me standing within touching distance of a pretty blonde and have my throng of followers become upset.

No matter how this shakes out I love the image of his wife duffing out the back window with one of his thousand dollar golf clubs!

Good luck Tiger we will still respect you in the morning.
.-= Link Money´s last blog ..Twitter Me This =-.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:53:42 +0000

You probably think that Steve Jobs’ health has nothing to do with Apple’s stock price either.

But, you are right–it is a slow news day.

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:42:48 +0000

Tiger has done some damage to his brand. The level of damage is the big TBD to this point.

In his past there has been virtually no ‘self generated’ controversy and he has created a persona of almost being above the fray. Now he’s not. Unfortunately, whether the affair is real or not will not be as critical to the court of public opinion as it should be. He is now under suspicion of wrong doing so there is a little shine taken off the perfection.

All in all though, I suspect Tiger will be fine financially. What’s a few million amongst billionaires?

@Ryan – Since you hate golf you have likely missed Tiger’s push into family man persona territory. When recuperating from his knee surgery that was the best result of his golf inactivity according to how he had the press report it so the upstanding family man is part of his deal since it can actually make him more human than just a golf robot.

Lastly, unfortunately to most this is actually important and meaningful so it is what it is.
.-= Frank Reed´s last blog ..Happy Frank’s-giving! =-.