Tiger Woods Scandal

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Polishing a Tarnished Trophy: Tiger Woods’ Struggle to Remain Atop the Leader Board Tyler Watkins 000278023 Public Relations 270 Becky Huckaby August 2, 2010 Introduction Before the news broke of Tiger Woods’ extramarital activities around Thanksgiving of 2009, he was revered as the world’s top golfer, a role model for amateurs and young children, a spokesperson for many of the world’s most prestigious companies, both inside and outside the realm of the golf. A public figure of Tiger Woods’ stature and celebrity should have been more careful, honest, and forthcoming when it came to disclosing the truth about his misconduct. By not doing so, he allowed for media speculation and allegations to tarnish further his already battered…show more content…
In the same article, he interviews Ray Artigue, the president of a Phoenix public-relations firm and the former general chairman of the PGA Tour's Phoenix Open who stated that, "He's(Tiger) getting bad [public-relations] counsel," said "Leaving important questions unanswered allows them to linger and create suspicions about his conduct," says Mr. Artigue. According to Thomaselli’s article in Advertising Age from 2006, Tiger was once considered, “the single most impactful endorser in the history of sports marketing” and he was so successful at branding that his persona developed direct relations to the stock market. The market value of Tiger Woods’ sponsors fell substantively after the scandal broke, relative to the market values of firms without such endorsement deals. Woods’ corporate sponsors reacted to the scandal differently from one another. Gatorade, AT&T, and Gillette eventually distanced themselves while Nike and EA Sports remained…show more content…
The process of polishing his tarnished image is not complete and will most likely never fully recover. But, he is taking steps in the right direction and is moving on with his life and his professional career. And if he does well in the coming years, the endorsement deals will begin rolling in at almost the same rate they once were. Not many people could have recovered from the crisis he experienced, but due to his relentless pursuit to bettering himself as a person and a golfer he will be just fine in the long

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