"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:54:49 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:26:50 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

Tag Heuer (sp?) has cancelled Tiger's contract.

I guess we'll see how good he is, and if he can survive on just playing
golf.

I wonder how much a month Elin is going to ask for.

Overall, she'll probably make out better than Tiger.

I hope Tiger doesn't take the death spiral thing. He's a joy to watch on
the links.

Steve


He still has his Nike contract, that alone is a nice living. Tiger
will be just fine as long as he can play golf and win some big ones.

I imagine more people will watch now than before and that is what the
TV sponsors pay for. Tiger did for golf, what Muhammad Ali did for
boxing. They brought it into the mainstream. Like them or hate them,
people started watching them.

Please. Boxing and golfing in one sentence is like talking about the
Bolshoi Ballet and a drunken wedding hokey-pokey at once.
Obscene.
Wait. Said I'm tired of trashing golf.
Sorry.

--Vic

Golf and rasslin' don't need commentaries. You can watch with the sound
off, and get it.

Steve

"Jack" wrote

Golf is a bit like ballet. Far more atheletic than it appear,
requires a fine touch, in reality is difficult to do well, and can be
boring to watch. Good analogy.

I agree that golf is boring in person. It's like watching a movie being
filmed. B-O-R-I-N-G. On TV, though, they can change cameras to different
holes, the action is pretty continuous, you only have to walk to the fridge
and bathroom, and the beers aren't $7.

Steve

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:14:05 -0800, Steve B wrote:


I think he will do well from here on out. He should be able to budget
his winnings and live on what Elin leaves him. I just hope he doesn't
do something stupid.

Nothing for nothing, but Tiger is reported to be the first billionaire
sportsman. I think he will do more than well. I'd also note, we, as a
people, are rather forgiving. Just look to Martha Stewart, she seems to
be holding her own. I tend to have more sympathy for a football player,
or such, who has a relatively short career, and stupidly ****es all his
money away, Lawrence Taylor, for example. Hell, Tiger still has 15 to 20
years of his career ahead of him.

Agreed. Even here on usenet. You can pull a complete faux paux, and just
lay low for two weeks, and it's all forgotten.

But I do agree about the athletes (and others) who either squander a
fortune, or have shifty managers they appoint take their money. I knew Mike
Tyson when Cuz was managing him. He was just a kid. He was in bed every
night by ten, and out at 5 for road work. Then Cuz died, and Mike indulged
himself, at times having entourages of 40 hangers on come with him on visits
to The Las Vegas Hilton. He paid for a lot of them.

Steve

"Tim" wrote

Yeah, but who's gonna get his boat?

http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/me...ristensen-155/

Something ironic that the yacht's name is "Privacy"

Nice boat! And now that he has a crew of eight, he can go boating. Wait,
can any of them tie a bowline, or cast a monkey fist? Who cares. I think
they each have a special talent, and it's harder to find those kind of
talents than someone who has sea legs.

Steve