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[Darkman M]

Prenup is your only protection when t comes to this, these guys will learn someday, maybe this will be the one where they finally start to get it.

 

[Frustrated_me]

Thats a whole lot of money, this whole fiasco was a train wreck... Wouldn't want it to happen to any couple.

Tiger woods was brought up by a strict dad
At an early age he was disciplined to follow rules and play golf
His childhood was way different from any other teeny bopper
Probably never had the time or freedom to party at a young age
The stardom must of got to his head
Train wreck ensues...

Obviously none of the above are any excuse to cheat and fuck up your marriage but I wouldnt want to be in Tiger's head right about now... Good luck to everyone involved I guess, the wife got a free ride out + a near billion dollars, kudos.

 

[captmcblack]

if you aint no punk holla, "We want prenup!"

This, for all eternity.

Holy shit, Tiger got owned so hard here. This is a dark day for men by proxy

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Jeter did everything right. all should sit at his feet indian-style and learn from all wise words he might be willing to bless us with.

 

[bionic77]

read the story.. it's buying off silence. The $750M is probably a small fraction of what he'll be able to rebuild for himself over the rest of his career. He could have probably easily gotten away with much less, but then she has the right to write a tell all book and ruin his reputation for the rest of his career.

pretty normal for a young star to payout major settlements like this.

most interesting is that she is prevented from dishing dirt even after he's dead. shit seems pretty ironclad.

boy done fucked up... wow.. hopefully he really did get rehab, only to not having to spend this kind of money again for another fuck up. shit, a drug addiction would have probably been cheaper by 1/100th :O


even if he did have a prenup, like I said.. he's still better off paying her the money and not having her ruin his reputation, especially if he can rebuild it.

Except if he is actually worth lets say 1.5 billion and she is getting half he is not likely to make that much money again over the rest of his career. He is likely past his prime and while he will continue to win most of his money came from endorsements and business deals, most of which may not be as lucrative now that his image has taken such a beating.

I don't doubt that she is going to get paid a ton of money for keeping her mouth shut, I just don't buy that he has that much money to give her or that his lawyers would be dumb enough to give it up so easily.

 

[BertramCooper]

Fucking ridiculous and completely fucking unjustifiable.

If this doesn't fucking scream that we need divorce reform, I don't know what does.


No way in hell should anyone get half of someone's worth just because they married the dude.

This is a SETTLEMENT. Not a court ruling.

Big difference.

 

[D4Danger]

yes. not a legit paper? it's being reported all over in the states citing The London Sun. Fox, NBC, ESPN, etc.

The Sun is a trashy tabloid.

I wouldn't put too much stock into what they're saying.

 

[-PXG-]

Perfect :lol

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Getting married in the fall.

 

[ezekial45]

Half!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SniOXFhwIZ8

 

[Dreams-Visions]

The Sun is a trashy tabloid.

I wouldn't put too much stock into what they're saying.

interesting. I wonder why so many major sources would link to it. I mean like 500+ articles. hmph.

still, it wouldn't be surprising based on the rationale. "half" is fairly typical in divorces. and this one is a special one with children involved.

Getting married in the fall.

what? nooooooooooo

 

[operon]

SHould have listened to Eddie Murphy, now its cost him half HALF

 

[-PXG-]

Getting married in the fall.

What? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Don't do it Derek, unless you got some serious prenuptial in place.

 

[alr1ght]

add to that that he doesn't necessarily have $1.5B liquid assets. If he keeps all of his shit and has to pay out in actual money, oh man.

 

[sixteen-bit]

that's a lot of money

 

[micster]

interesting. I wonder why so many major sources would link to it. I mean like 500+ articles. hmph.

The Sun is a Murdoch paper, so his other outlets like Fox News would report it too

 

[gofreak]

Wonder how long it would be til the media pulls a 'Heather Mills' on her if this true.

 

[Metroid Killer]

At rate of interest being 3.25% that 24.375 million a month in nterest.

Wow.

That is insanely ridiculous!!! :O

 

[grumble]

She didn't do shit to deserve this. As far as I can tell, she did not materially contribute to that money. These stories always piss me right off.

I mean, I recently heard of a guy who got a divorce, moved to another city and started up a business, becoming very wealthy. He always made his alimony payments on time. She went after him for more money, and the courts made him pay up. He made this extra money WAY AFTER HE DIVORCED HER.

 

[borghe]

I don't doubt that she is going to get paid a ton of money for keeping her mouth shut, I just don't buy that he has that much money to give her or that his lawyers would be dumb enough to give it up so easily.

I think the biggest point here (from reading the article) is that he had much more money than she had thought. Same could hold true for us. For all we know the dude has like a million shares in apple or Google or something that he never disclosed (major hypothetical). I agree that his lawyers wouldn't have been so dumb as to give up so easily.. so clearly there is money there.

As for the remainder of his career. he's 35... not sure what age Senior PGA starts, but I know some PGA golfers are at least into their early 50s... so he has potentially 15 years left at least in the PGA. Between that and endorsements, even if he "only" makes $15M/year, that's still almost a quarter of a billion before investments which could easily double that. and if he gets his reputation back on track (and gets a winning record going again), that $15M figure is laughable. Hell, if he gets winning again he could probably make that $750M back before he's 40. If she were able to continue to trash his reputation, even that $15M/year figure might be way too high.

 

[industrian]

Should have had a pre-nup.

 

[Peru]

She just a hustler, doin her thang to get that money t' rain. Can't diss that.

 

[Hari Seldon]

With that amount of money Tiger could have got Putin to come out of retirement and personally wax her for him.

 

[Meier]

I don't care what kind of silence clause is in there, that's ridiculous.

 

[flsh]

So this is extortion money? Divorce laws and practices are absolutely disgusting. She should get 25$ million at the most, while still being unable to say a word about what happened. The guy fucked around, like most guys do. That doesn't even begin to call for such sums of money.

edit:

Should have had a pre-nup.

There was one. It just didn't include silence (extortion) money.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I think the biggest point here (from reading the article) is that he had much more money than she had thought. Same could hold true for us. For all we know the dude has like a million shares in apple or Google or something that he never disclosed (major hypothetical). I agree that his lawyers wouldn't have been so dumb as to give up so easily.. so clearly there is money there.

As for the remainder of his career. he's 35... not sure what age Senior PGA starts, but I know some PGA golfers are at least into their early 50s... so he has potentially 15 years left at least in the PGA. Between that and endorsements, even if he "only" makes $15M/year, that's still almost a quarter of a billion before investments which could easily double that. and if he gets his reputation back on track (and gets a winning record going again), that $15M figure is laughable. Hell, if he gets winning again he could probably make that $750M back before he's 40. If she were able to continue to trash his reputation, even that $15M/year figure might be way too high.

Senior Tour starts at 50. Plenty of guys there who remain competitive until 65.

 

[harSon]

The system is broken.

 

[Barrett2]

The real story here is how insanely goddamn rich Tiger Woods apparently is. My god.

 

[btrick]

So, Elin Woods is single now huh

 

[bionic77]

I think the biggest point here (from reading the article) is that he had much more money than she had thought. Same could hold true for us. For all we know the dude has like a million shares in apple or Google or something that he never disclosed (major hypothetical). I agree that his lawyers wouldn't have been so dumb as to give up so easily.. so clearly there is money there.

As for the remainder of his career. he's 35... not sure what age Senior PGA starts, but I know some PGA golfers are at least into their early 50s... so he has potentially 15 years left at least in the PGA. Between that and endorsements, even if he "only" makes $15M/year, that's still almost a quarter of a billion before investments which could easily double that. and if he gets his reputation back on track (and gets a winning record going again), that $15M figure is laughable. Hell, if he gets winning again he could probably make that $750M back before he's 40. If she were able to continue to trash his reputation, even that $15M/year figure might be way too high.

Yeah too many unknowns, but I just don't buy the figure. Could be true or could just be a made up number to sell some papers.

And while Tiger "could" make another billion over the rest of his career, you have heard the saying that a billion in hand is worth two in the bush right?

 

[D4Danger]

interesting. I wonder why so many major sources would link to it. I mean like 500+ articles. hmph.

still, it wouldn't be surprising based on the rationale. "half" is fairly typical in divorces. and this one is a special one with children involved.

The Sun is owned by News Corp (they also own Fox and a bunch of other things)

 

[borghe]

The real story here is how insanely goddamn rich Tiger Woods apparently is. My god.

kind of the point. She thought he was worth $1B.. frmo the way the story is worded (and the size of the settlement) it appears he was worth considerably more than just $1B. :O

 

[BertramCooper]

People complaining about divorce reform and the like seem to be missing a major point.

This is a settlement. Tiger and his legal team agreed to this.

This isn't some overzealous judge handing Elin a ridiculous sum - this is Tiger himself agreeing to pay her this amount of money.

 

[Baki]

Fucking ridiculous and completely fucking unjustifiable.

If this doesn't fucking scream that we need divorce reform, I don't know what does.


No way in hell should anyone get half of someone's worth just because they married the dude.

Unlike other situations (like the Wife suddenly isn't happy), this settlement is justifiable. At least in this situation, the only one to blame is himself.


Although I agree, divorce does need reform.

EDIT: Just so no one gets confused. Tiger had what was coming for him. I mean he banged over 12 different women while he was married. Without protection as well! He could have given her all sorts of STD's. Not to mention the level of betrayal that this is. She's totally justified in taking him to the cleaners.

 

[Manmademan]

Wonder how long it would be til the media pulls a 'Heather Mills' on her if this true.

it won't. McCartney is generally well loved, and didn't actually fuck up the way tiger did.

Add to that Elin woods didn't really run her mouth to the media etc, just got her lawyers and settled her business. Heather mills on the other hand can't stay out of the media spotlight, and is generally unsufferable.

750 million is an outrageous sum of money, but this was completely avoidable on Tiger's part if he hadn't slept around. Even I can't think of a good reason to demonize Elin here.

McCartney's situation was completely different.

 

[Barrett2]

Although I agree, divorce does need reform.

What does this even mean? :lol

This sounds like a winning political campaign message for state legislators. "My fellow Floridians! I am SICK AND TIRED of women thinking they are entitled to half of a man's net worth after ten years of marriage simply because that man was banging every cocktail waitress from here to Anchorage. What is this, Communist Russia?!"

 

[Beer Monkey]

The system is broken.

This had nothing to do with the system.

As much money as you have, you must be able to deal that money away. If Tiger wants to make a deal to pay Elin to not tell truths about him and their relationship, that is his choice.

If Tiger were worried about Elin telling LIES about him and their relationship, he could go after her for slander and libel and wouldn't need to make this deal.

Everything about this smells of buying silence.

 

[borghe]

McCartney's situation was completely different.

agreed. It was easy to paint Mills as the useless gold digger because, well.. she was. She contributed nothing to his success and her first chance off the money train she took at and flapped her yap to everyone that would listen.

Elin got married to him, raised a family, and pretty much lived a normal life. AFAIK there were never rumors either before or after of her wanting to split. That's a big deal. Tiger did this himself. And you definitely have to agree with the people saying in this thread that he publicly humiliated her. One affair? It happens? Two affairs? Yikes! Three affairs? That is humiliating over the years. 17 AFFAIRS!!!?!?! I mean she might have been a grade a moron to let that happen, but that is none of our business and yet now we all know.

It's a ridiculous sum and probably a lot more than she deserves (though she deserves something, especially for the humiliation). But again, he could have avoided the whole thing.

and everyone stop with the "prenup". I guarantee there was a prenup in place. This has nothing to do with that. This was a settlement, not a divorce judgment. They both agreed to this to keep her quiet.

 

[Koomaster]

So the agreement is that she gets the money as long as she never does any interviews or opens her mouth at all about his affairs.

Holy shit. This story goes deeper, he had to have killed people and she knew about it in order to get that much out of him. I really can't believe he would pay her 3/4ths of a billion dollars just so the public wouldn't know the details of all the women he's slept with. That's just fucked. I would never pay anyone to keep something like that a secret. The public has a short memory. I'd write a tell all book, come clean with it all, make some money from doing that, then get on with my life.

 

[Wes]

TEAM ELIN

 

[ClosingADoor]

At rate of interest being 3.25% that 24.375 million a month in nterest.

Wow.

Please point me to the bank giving me 3.25% a month. I think you mean a year.

Still a lot of money, but it's a big difference.

 

[Baki]

What does this even mean? :lol

This sounds like a winning political campaign message for state legislators. "My fellow Floridians! I am SICK AND TIRED of women thinking they are entitled to half of a man's net worth after ten years of marriage simply because that man was banging every cocktail waitress from here to Anchorage. What is this, Communist Russia?!"

I'm not against that.

But men paying out of their pockets for amicable split between husband and wife (i.e. Wife decides shes no longer happy).

 

[Hari Seldon]

Holy shit. This story goes deeper, he had to have killed people and she knew about it in order to get that much out of him. I really can't believe he would pay her 3/4ths of a billion dollars just so the public wouldn't know the details of all the women he's slept with. That's just fucked. I would never pay anyone to keep something like that a secret. The public has a short memory. I'd write a tell all book, come clean with it all, make some money from doing that, then get on with my life.

Yeah the public already knows about the affairs, I wonder what else she got on him?

 

[-PXG-]

People complaining about divorce reform and the like seem to be missing a major point.

This is a settlement. Tiger and his legal team agreed to this.

This isn't some overzealous judge handing Elin a ridiculous sum - this is Tiger himself agreeing to pay her this amount of money.

Well, he's a spineless, limped dick idiot. What could have possibly been worse than this? Could she have actually demanded MORE money? I mean, come the fuck on.

 

[BertramCooper]

So the agreement is that she gets the money as long as she never does any interviews or opens her mouth at all about his affairs.

Holy shit. This story goes deeper, he had to have killed people and she knew about it in order to get that much out of him. I really can't believe he would pay her 3/4ths of a billion dollars just so the public wouldn't know the details of all the women he's slept with. That's just fucked. I would never pay anyone to keep something like that a secret. The public has a short memory. I'd write a tell all book, come clean with it all, make some money from doing that, then get on with my life.

Does it prevent their children or any other relatives from revealing anything? I can't imagine that it does.

I'm willing to bet that all of the remaining lurid details will come to light eventually.

 

[soul creator]

750 million, that's like 1 whole Activision E3 party!

 

[levious]

people think he didn't have a prenup? He did, but I don't think it protected him fully in the case of infidelity. Plus, divorce law/courts didn't really come into play with this.

Well, he's a spineless, limped dick idiot. What could have possibly been worse than this? Could she have actually demanded MORE money? I mean, come the fuck on.

weren't they married in Florida? Pretty sure that's a community property state, so half was already the default conclusion.

Yeah the public already knows about the affairs, I wonder what else she got on him?

she has never cried on camera while being interviewed by Barbara Walters... that's worth quite a lot by itself.

 

[Crisco]

The comments are excellent, "Who would have thought his wife was the most expensive hooker he ever banged.".

 

[VelvetMouth]

Exactly. He's the one agreeing to the deal even though I doubt it's that much money. He's not giving her the money out of the goodness of his heart. Elin must have some career ending dirt on Tiger that he wants to keep secret.

Tiger also put her and the lives of their children at risk when he decided to go out and have unprotected sex with women he knew nothing about. IMO she deserves every penny.

This had nothing to do with the system.

As much money as you have, you must be able to deal that money away. If Tiger wants to make a deal to pay Elin to not tell truths about him and their relationship, that is his choice.

If Tiger were worried about Elin telling LIES about him and their relationship, he could go after her for slander and libel and wouldn't need to make this deal.

Everything about this smells of buying silence.

 

[140.85]

I hope every time Tiger take a wiz he looks down and says "You cost me 750 million dollars".