No Talking Points
Tiger Woods and Capitalism
Caleb Taylor
Issue date: 3/8/10 Section: Opinions
Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Until a few months ago, no one seemed to have it all going for him like Tiger Woods. He looked well on his way to surpassing Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles with 14 of his own at only 34 years of age.
He also earned the distinction of being the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008.
I've never gotten around to looking up the definition of "too big to fail," but I would argue
that no other current athlete was more synonymous with the phrase.
However, Woods's prestige and pocketbook have been taking quite the damage lately due to his multiple
infidelities that have been found out by
the public.
The first step when in an unfortunate
situation like this is to say you're sorry and apologize to all the aristocratic, Country Club youngsters out there who idolize you. The next order of business for El Tigre, no doubt, was to see how many greens (not talking about the kind you putt on) he was expected to miss due to his hooking and slicing
away from the fairway of righteousness
and into the rough and bunkers of moral decay. Golf metaphors
and moralizing aside, it just doesn't pay to engage in adultery.
Contrary to what Michael Moore thinks, capitalism promotes moral and ethical behavior. In Woods' case, it punishes poor behavior. Sponsors such as Nielsen, AT&T, Gillete and Gatorade have all either suspended or removed their endorsement
deals with Tiger due to his moral mistakes.
These companies have to look out for their own economic self-interests and have to immediately hold those who have a business relationship with them, as Tiger does, accountable if they begin to hurt their bottom line.
For example, Gatorade "no longer sees a role for Tiger in their marketing
efforts." When your main claim to fame is being the beverage of choice for youth soccer teams everywhere; it is not very salutary to be associated with a person who might be in sex rehab instead of Augusta National next month.
He also earned the distinction of being the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008.
I've never gotten around to looking up the definition of "too big to fail," but I would argue
that no other current athlete was more synonymous with the phrase.
However, Woods's prestige and pocketbook have been taking quite the damage lately due to his multiple
infidelities that have been found out by
the public.
The first step when in an unfortunate
situation like this is to say you're sorry and apologize to all the aristocratic, Country Club youngsters out there who idolize you. The next order of business for El Tigre, no doubt, was to see how many greens (not talking about the kind you putt on) he was expected to miss due to his hooking and slicing
away from the fairway of righteousness
and into the rough and bunkers of moral decay. Golf metaphors
and moralizing aside, it just doesn't pay to engage in adultery.
Contrary to what Michael Moore thinks, capitalism promotes moral and ethical behavior. In Woods' case, it punishes poor behavior. Sponsors such as Nielsen, AT&T, Gillete and Gatorade have all either suspended or removed their endorsement
deals with Tiger due to his moral mistakes.
These companies have to look out for their own economic self-interests and have to immediately hold those who have a business relationship with them, as Tiger does, accountable if they begin to hurt their bottom line.
For example, Gatorade "no longer sees a role for Tiger in their marketing
efforts." When your main claim to fame is being the beverage of choice for youth soccer teams everywhere; it is not very salutary to be associated with a person who might be in sex rehab instead of Augusta National next month.
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Textex
Tex
posted 3/09/10 @ 4:06 PM CST
Who cares about Tiger? He should join Amway, they also screw anything that moves, and have ripped off millions of people for several decades, to the tune of 10s of billions of dollars:
Amway is a scam, and here's why: Amway pays out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. (Continued…)
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