NIKE Founder: We’re Sticking with Tiger

December 15th, 2009

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As Tiger Woods popularity continues to nosedive as result of his well publicized indiscretions, Phil Knight, the co-founder of NIKE his company will continue to support Woods.

When a reporter asked Knight if NIKE will suspend their endorsement contracts with Woods, he gave the following response.

“I think he’s been really great…When his career is over, you’ll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now.”

Is Knight right? Will his accomplishments as a golfer overshadow his marital issues? What do you think?

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rgaddy Said on

Tiger Woods, like all human beings; are just that human. with the help of GOD, he will overcome; and will be forgiven for his mistakes. by the WAY, he’s a GREAT Golfer. May GOD ever bless you Mr. WOODS.



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kimberly nelson Said on

I’m a beautiful black woman who’s not mad at Mr. Woods but disapointed in him and I say I don’t know Mr. Woods other than what I have heard or seen on the television. My personal life isn’t perfect and I have always had my share of problems and saying that stop caring about his affaires and take that energy and put it tawards the major homeless problems, there are people thats not getting enough to eat or if anything. There’s so many abanden buildings that could be bought with the money the media is spending on stalking Tiger Woods, his problems has only just begun and they are between God him and his wife solely and everyone have looked over the fact that she was striking him with a golf club which should put her in the worst position ever. He is not the worst person I’ve ever seen there are murders,child molesters, people that abuse the elderly and Tiger Woods doesn’t fit the bill he is a golfer and a great and that’s what mad him the best at his profession



Rhonda Said on

The Nike spokesperson was on the Money, he knows if they cancelled every cheating athletes contract, they wouldn’t have anyone to endorse their product!



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a fernandes Said on

What is the problem of cheating ?
Everybody are cheating in different ways ,do you people care about ?

You the ones . who are accusing him ,. Are the biggest sheathers and in worse ways than him .

Those terrible LADYS ( i would call them something else ) what they want is MONEY AND FAME and destroy peoples lives.
BUT what would be AMERICA without famous Divorces ?



adore Said on

First of all… this is not NEWS. This MAN made a mistake and no matter how much the media and other nosey rosey’s disagree, its a private mistake made public by greedy women seeking some sort of fame or money for coming out and embarassing themselves, Tiger, and his wife. The fact is this… Tiger is a great GOLFER. Golf had no real place in sports before he came along and for that he is to be congratulated and held in high regard not just for being the best at it but for once more showing that African Americans can also achieve the impossible… So aside from his golf game, the rest doesnt concern the world. We dont know him personally therefore we shouldnt have anything to say. My OPINION… I think he is young and has plenty of time to settle down. Clearly he isnt ready for marriage. I say he divorce the wife, provide for the children and get back to golf. Once he has grown and matured more, then reconsider settling down. But to continue down the road he is on, he will eventually self distruct and his tallent should not go to waste or be voided over this. We ALL make mistakes and because we arent famous the world doesnt know.. But GOD knows and same as us, that is the only one Tiger needs to answer to. We need to drop this.



Jama Said on

Adore,
You may not want it to be, but this is NEWS. He may be a great golfer, but Tiger wanted the public to see him as a good devoted family man. He put his family on his website. He just did a TV interview (before this scandal) stating “family first, then golf”. So yes, he is a good golfer, but he has shown himself to be a man of no character. It is what it is. Now, I don’t expect him to lose Nike as an endorsement. However, I don’t expect to see any commercials with kids saying “I am Tiger Woods”. Why? Because although Tiger is a good golfer, he has damaged a key ingrediant in promoting his name: image and integrity.



jfffnn Said on

I believe once he returns to the links all will be forgotten. The best thing for him to do is come out of hiding,face the public, apologize and move on. Adultry is not new,infact since marriage existed so has adultry.



Karen Said on

Tiger woods is a great golfer. I give Tiger that. But, like one of the comments mentioned he showed a poor example of “image and integrity”. As for his endorsement with Nike…Well he do need to have some kind of punitive damages for his enflammation of character. He should be an example to other high profile spouses who commit adultery.

If Nike wants to endorse in Tiger than I will make it my business NOT to buy any of their products. I hope that other viewers agree to do the same, because enough of all this it’s still o’kay to support people when they do WRONG!



seschris Said on

OK so Tiger Woods is not a saint,. He’s an adulterer who finally got caught. Life goes on and so does golf. So he’s not the pillar of integrity or lacks moral fiber that he pretended to be.



mika Said on

i can not believe that this man does not lose anything what he did is his business but when him and his wife make it to the people then it becomes the world business why? is it ok that tiger Woods can sleep with all these women and it’s ok but when T.I and Chris Brown got into trouble that’s the first thing that went were they endorsements from nike why is that because they are black and you guys think tiger is white i am not mad at what he did like 50 cent said you need to pick better women wit more class wit that being said and done the hell wit NIke and if T.I had since he would never take a deal wit them



David Said on

Tiger’s black side is at fault ,his white side will prevail !



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edwin Said on

Tiger is just the average black male athlete. They all crave and love some white meat.



Chris Said on

I see so many news pieces using the slug of The Rise and Fall of Tiger Woods and they fail to realize that his fall only affects his marriage. My Gosh, without Tiger Golf would collapse. Look for his return shortly because golf will get boring. Remember when he took a year off what happened? Separate the athlete from his marital indiscretions. Lots have passed this route and have survived; so will Tiger. And one word of advice to him: Tiger you are Black. So do like Obama and get you a Michele. There!




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