EA Sports announced yesterday that it’s moving forward with its Tiger Woods-branded Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online game. The company’s president wrote in a blog post that “Our relationship with Tiger has always been rooted in golf… regardless of what’s happening in his personal life, and regardless of his decision to take a personal leave from the sport, Tiger Woods is still one of the greatest athletes in history.”
He also mentions that the online version of the game has been in closed beta for eight months, which sounds like the bigger reason the company is sticking with the product: Who would want to throw away all that time and money?
But as other sponsors are fleeing, one wonders if Woods’ image problems are enough to torpedo his endorsed products. I don’t think video games require quite as squeaky an image as other deals may, and I guess I’m in the minority here for not being particularly scandalized by Woods’ “transgressions” in the first place.
I’ll still play Tiger Woods games, PopWatchers. Will you?
Leave the family and man alone. He and his wife will figure it out by themselves. They are still just regular people who need to work through this. Either they will get divorced or they won’t.
Tiger & Elin just “regular” folks??
When did you last stay at an 8K per night French ski resort? How are things on your private yacht? Get your head out of your butt.
How authentic is it? When he makes a bad shot does he throw his club down in a tantrum and swear? Does he pass out his phone # to young blondes in the crowd?
Definitely.
If they’re smart, they can capitalize on the sex scandal with new, sexy mini games! Either that, or mini games where you have to evade an angry, golf-club wielding wife!
That’s one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.
Oh, come on. That would be HILARIOUS.
You know what,I won’t be buying any more Tiger Woods games,because he’s not the man I thought he was and I’m sick of making people money I don’t respect.
Have you turned on the news lately? Do you know what your boss does when he’s not working? Do you own anything?
You must be homeless and lonely to be so naive.
He deserves a 2nd chance
a 2nd chance? tell it to Elin
Must be awesome to be perfect…
The only reasons this has gotten blown up is (a) tabloid media looking for a new piece of meat to devour; (b) the fact that he had protected his image and just played golf for so long. If you don’t believe that – pick up a copy of Vanity Fair. Unreal…
I don’t care anymore. I feel sorry for his wife and his kids and for him too. Kobe Bryant goes on trial for sexual assault and a couple years later is portrayed as a fun-lovin’ puppet by a different shoe manufacturer than the one he started out with.
what’s your point about Kobe being a puppet and the different shoe manufacturer – makes no sense – are you on any type of medication?
He was and he will be the best at the sport of his choice regardless of his personal life which should not be of anyone else business but his own.
bzzzzzt…Sorry…when you’re a star and flogging products on tv etc. — constantly, then it becomes everyone’s business that you’re a big phoney. If you don’t go around pretending your Joe Family Man, no one would give a crap. At least be honest that you’re a liar and a womanizer. No one cares.
I am sick n tired of sm senseless and shamless americans, or sm sport fans triny to judge tiger woods by the sudden colapse of his marriage. I know tiger as a great golfer n he made me like the game cos i hardly had intrest in golf, dats wat i think pple shld talk about or probably sm fans where happy seeing a black rich sport guy marring a blonde…. Thats what arose their intrest in d sports hhum! Maybe marriage is a kinda sport dis days or a part of sport.
I’ll have what he’s having…
HUH??!??!!
WTHYLDB?
Edoboy – I don’t think Tiger did you any favors. Less interest in golf and more interest in becoming LITERATE should be the order of the day.
I am so glad that Tiger is still worth 700 Million he could buy all these americans that are too afraid to go out and stake there own claim. He is the man just remember he has kids and if i know tiger he will support them 100% who cares she was nothing until she met him she is a gold digger i dont blame him. Most men with that wealth and power would do the same. Enjoy tiger you deserve it
edoboy learn to spell your english is terrible
JGS, learn to use punctuation. Your English is terrible.
Of course they’re staying with him. He’s made them a lot of money. I knew Nike wasn’t going anywhere either.
He didn’t do anything illegal if you consider it a crime to be a man.
Not every man cheats @sshole and that’s from a man.
I’m not an english man and so i don’t think i should be happy to speak or write in english. I am an Edo!
whaT the hell’s an “Edo?”
It’s not like his wife is going to have a difficult life with the 80 or so million that she will get. And the same goes for his kids.
It is not like he abandoned a stranded starving family or anything like that.
He is still the tiger for me.
And after all, the tiger is an animal!
His wife is having a difficult time hearing about her husband cheating on her mulitple times with whores and other women who knew he was married with children. the tiger is not an animal, he is a human being that knows how to read, recite marriage vows and make lots of money playing golf. If he can cheat on his wife then why can’t he cheat playing golf with steroids and other unfair tactics?
True Cindy! Preach!
Cindy, you need to grow up and get your head out of your ass. His wife in on her way to 300 Million dollars…she’ll cry herself to sleep on that mountain of dough. And steroids. Well, duh??? The hypocrisy and convenient naivete of the American public is really sickening. You want to be excited – and thrilled out of your mundane life and you expect peak performance from your star athletes. That’s what it takes, then suck it up.
oh grow up LOSER – the Tiger’s an animal?? — Lame
I hate golf, i hate tiger woods, i hate americans and europeans alike and their press
What are you, Cablinasian??
It’s a good game
I just have to roll my eyes at the whole hyprocrisy of sponsors that
are dropping Tiger left and right while Charlie Sheen rolls merrily along with his hit tv show and award nominations and Hanes ads all going strong.
I know and they said he had a knife too. Sheen’s got a mugshot and this isn’t the first time he’s been in trouble either. Oh to be white or white-looking in America…
Yeah, it’s amazing the free passes you get huh?? Oh if only Tiger were lighter skinned……..
At least Charlie Sheen’s funny and entertaining – unlike Tiger and his over the top intensity…enough already with the swearing. It’s a freakin’ golf game! You’re not doing brain surgery.
Oh yeah, he’s been picked on because he’s black. Stop it with that. The reason for less reaction to Sheen is everyone knows he’s messed up already. Tiger has marketed himself as perfect,therefore harsher blowback.
Elin beats her husband with a golf club, forcing him to wreck his car, scratches Tiger’s face. I am not condoning cheating. Tiger is an abused man, and Elin is a batterer. Why has no one addressed the fact that Elin has beaten her husband? Why is Chris Brown’s legacy that he beat Rihanna and Elin legacy that she is a victim? When we give Elin a pass on violent felonious behavior we hurt everyone.Just sayin