Another Sponsor Cancels: AT&T Nixes Tiger Woods… Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on January 3, 2010
More bad news for golf legend Tiger Woods… another sponsor, AT&T, has just announced that it will no longer associate with the troubled athlete.
In other words, “don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
Also in the news, Woods has checked himself into a rehab facility in Arizona, presumably for his addiction to having sex with countless women who aren’t his wife.
For his sake, his family’s sake, and in an effort to try to restore his tattered, tarnished reputation, I hope this is successful for him.
Associated Press: AT&T Drops Tiger Woods
From Newsmax: AT&T Ends Sponsorship of Tiger Woods:
NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture and Gillette in dropping support for the golfer after numerous allegations of infidelities.
The phone company hasn’t used Woods’ image extensively in advertising, but its logo appeared on his golf bag, and he was the host of the AT&T National PGA event. The phone company said it would continue to sponsor the event, which will be held in Bethesda, Md., in July.
AT&T did not comment on its reasons for dropping Woods, or how much the contract was worth. Woods has taken an indefinite leave from playing.
Consulting firm Accenture dropped the athlete two weeks ago, saying he was “no longer the right representative” of the company’s values. Gillette, a unit of the Procter & Gamble Co., said that it won’t air ads that feature Woods promoting its razors or include him in public appearances.
Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer, a unit of luxury goods empire LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, said Friday that it will “downscale” its use of golfer Tiger Woods’ image in its advertising campaigns for the foreseeable future.
Additional reading:
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Patterico’s Pontifications: Brit Hume’s Advice to Tiger Woods and Is This Racism? and Yes, There Is Racism in America and What? No Sex Clause? and TMZ: Tiger’s Wife Caused Those Facial Lacerations
Motor City Times: Laura Berman Criticizes The Mass Bashing Of Tiger Woods While Participating In The Mass Bashing Of Sarah Palin
Mcnorman’s Weblog: He’s The Whitetest Black Boy I’ve Ever Met and Tiger Woods Holiday Poem…just because.
Barbados Free Press: Lessons from the death of the Tiger Woods Brand
Bleacher Report: Tiger Woods Scandal: The Best Jokes We’ve Heard So Far
Gateway Pundit: Tiger Woods Takes Leave From Golf
Examiner: Tiger Woods’ Wife Loses Her Marital Bling and Tiger Woods publicly comments on ‘embarrassing’ situation (video)
The Powers That Be: More Tiger Woods Voicemails Emerge
National Post: Woods’ transgression could be a teachable moment
CT Patriot’s Blog: Tiger Woods triple bogey: Kalika Moquin is third alleged mistress with Jaimee Grubbs, Rachel Uchitel …. How did Tiger have time to play golf???
On My Watch – The Writings of SamHenry: Tiger in Trouble in the Black Community
NY Daily News: As Gatorade drops Tiger Focus drink, media analysts reveal TV ads suddenly halted Nov. 29
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Tiger’s Racial Rorschach Test
Cam Cole, National Post: Dirty laundry
Scared Monkeys: 10 Tips that Barack Obama Can Take from Tiger Woods
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Old washed up pervert David Letterman jokes about Tiger Woods
NewsBusters: Bozell Column: The Soul of Tiger Woods
JammieWearingFool: ‘Had Barack Had a White Wife, I Would Have Thought Twice About Voting for Him’
Michelle Malkin: Tiger Woods is an idiot
Noob Blogger: Jaimee Grubbs Tiger Woods’ New Alleged Mistress
The Ball Caps Blog: Don’t bother Tiger Woods, officer. He’s sleeping.
Examiner: Tiger Woods’ PR Nightmare
PopCrunch: “Tiger Woods Mistress” Rachel Uchitel Offers To Take Lie-Detector Test
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I definitely can’t speak for anybody else, nevertheless I do think all of the press that this story is gaining is silly. Tiger cheated on his spouse, certainly not golf. Really the only ones the guy needs to please is going to be his family and sponsors. It is clear why he will need to say i’m sorry and continue to make amends with Elin. His sponsors have paid a lot of money marketing him. Other than that, this is a personal family concern and they ought to be allowed to handle it behind closed doors. People just doesn’t have the right to be aware of each and every little point concerning everyones daily life, no matter what his or her celebrity status.