When it originally came out that Tiger had had at least one or two affairs, all of his sponsors stuck with him. But now that the number is up to at least six, and all of these ugly details are coming out, I think it's going to be tougher and tougher for these companies to stick with him. I think we are going to start to see him getting dumped by some of his sponsors. Once he gets dumped by one, the dominos may start falling very quickly and he could lose all of them.
It's going to be very tough for him to rehabilitate his image after all of these damaging details have come out. I don't know if it will even be possible for him to get out of the mess he's put himself in. I think he's going to have to start doing some interviews. He'll probably choose a show like Oprah's where the host will be somewhat sympathetic to him and ask him softball type questions. He's going to have to try to do something to reverse this downward spiral that he continues to be on as more and more details come out.
As long as he continues to stay silent, he has no control over the story. He's going to have to start talking sooner or later to not only try to rehabilitate his image, but to take control of the story. He better do it relatively soon before all of his sponsors drop him. If they all drop him, he will literally be taking a 90% pay cut.
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