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[Mad Max]

Irregardless of what you think of Tiger, there's no question that this money could be put to much better use.

Probably true, but someone who plays golf really shouldn't make that much money in the first place.

 

[bionic77]

Undercover Brother was right...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1G4glp986Q

 

[mckmas8808]

So he's worth more than $2 Billion dollars?

 

[levious]

Probably true, but someone who plays golf really shouldn't make that much money in the first place.

you mean people shouldn't pay to see the tournaments, tune in on tv and boost ratings, purchase products from his sponsors? Because otherwise, where should the money go?

 

[mckmas8808]

Probably true, but someone who plays golf really shouldn't make that much money in the first place.

This is 100% WRONG! Your worth what you make private companies worth. Nike didn't even have a golf division in their entire company before Tiger came around. Now they do and it makes $500,000 per year!

You don't think Tiger should get say $12 Million a year of that? You don't think he's worth that to Nike due to his golf ability and celebrity?

 

[YoungHav]

how about to schools in poor neighborhoods?

 

[Kitschkraft]

Maybe there is more to this then just her keeping her mouth shut? Is it possible that the kids had something to do with it? Maybe she was going to try and get him on some strange custody thing, and he had to buy his way into a better agreement?

 

[Danne-Danger]

So, Elin Woods is single now huh

And I think my mother knows her mother... looks like I have work to do.

 

[RiskyChris]

This is 100% WRONG! Your worth what you make private companies worth. Nike didn't even have a golf division in their entire company before Tiger came around. Now they do and it makes $500,000 per year!

You don't think Tiger should get say $12 Million a year of that? You don't think he's worth that to Nike due to his golf ability and celebrity?

Your worth is just a dollar amount, and has little relevance to how much value you are worth to society w/o more context. Yes, did Tiger provide things to society in return for his golf abilities?

Sure, but I don't know about $2B. He's a little unique because he's the face of his sport, but come on.

 

[VelvetMouth]

I think I've mentioned now about 3-4 times that Tiger Woods is an idiot/jackass. I'm not victim blaming Elin, I just don't have much sympathy for her.

Really, nobody would have guessed from your posts where you deride her for being a golddigging, shallow, ex-model with fake breasts which ofcourse means she's stupid but just smart enough to snare an even stupider man.

 

[Mad Max]

This is 100% WRONG! Your worth what you make private companies worth. Nike didn't even have a golf division in their entire company before Tiger came around. Now they do and it makes $500,000 per year!

You don't think Tiger should get say $12 Million a year of that? You don't think he's worth that to Nike due to his golf ability and celebrity?

I'm a socialist baby!

The point is that by increasing taxes and having higher wages for low level employees a lot of people could live a better live, but instead it's decided that 1 guy should be extremely rich because he is better at playing golf than most people.

 

[Socreges]

Yeah I'm personally not feeling sorry for Tiger right now. He got fleeced, but his money largely comes from his public image / marketability and she had the ability to destroy that. Don't cheat on and humiliate your wife with a dozen women and you won't have to worry about someone taking a portion of your massive fortune.

 

[VelvetMouth]

The article I read said that hey have a normal custody agreement, shared legal custody even though she's got full physical custody. HOWEVER, he's not allowed to have any girlfriends or other women around the kids unless he's engaged or married to the woman and only female staff members known to Elin are allowed around him and kids. So basically, want to see kids, chop off dick.

Maybe there is more to this then just her keeping her mouth shut? Is it possible that the kids had something to do with it? Maybe she was going to try and get him on some strange custody thing, and he had to buy his way into a better agreement?

 

[YoungHav]

I'm a socialist baby!

The point is that by increasing taxes and having higher wages for low level employees a lot of people could live a better live, but instead it's decided that 1 guy should be extremely rich because he is better at playing golf than most people.

If only the world were perfect. $$, capitalism, and corporations rule the world man. It's just how the system is, I wouldn't complain if at the least all schools actually had decent education. Some folks have been set back and things are done to keep 'em there.

Really, nobody would have guessed from your posts where you deride her for being a golddigging, shallow, ex-model with fake breasts which ofcourse means she's stupid but just smart enough to snare an even stupider man.

:lol. Like a matrix in the matrix, innit?

 

[CrankyJay]

This is 100% WRONG! Your worth what you make private companies worth. Nike didn't even have a golf division in their entire company before Tiger came around. Now they do and it makes $500,000 per year!

You don't think Tiger should get say $12 Million a year of that? You don't think he's worth that to Nike due to his golf ability and celebrity?

How would Tiger make $12 Million from $500,000? :lol

 

[Dali]

This is 100% WRONG! Your worth what you make private companies worth. Nike didn't even have a golf division in their entire company before Tiger came around. Now they do and it makes $500,000 per year!

You don't think Tiger should get say $12 Million a year of that? You don't think he's worth that to Nike due to his golf ability and celebrity?

Seems like such a small sum considering how much they pay Tiger. I guess when you're a small, up-and-coming, athletic company like Nike, $500,000 means a lot.

Spoiler

I know it's probably a typo

 

[mckmas8808]

how about to schools in poor neighborhoods?

That has nothing to do with how much Tiger makes per year.

Your worth is just a dollar amount, and has little relevance to how much value you are worth to society w/o more context. Yes, did Tiger provide things to society in return for his golf abilities?
Sure, but I don't know about $2B. He's a little unique because he's the face of his sport, but come on.

I'm only talking about financial worth. He truly is worth the $100M he makes a year. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

I'm a socialist baby!
The point is that by increasing taxes and having higher wages for low level employees a lot of people could live a better live, but instead it's decided that 1 guy should be extremely rich because he is better at playing golf than most people.

The two are completely different. You can't argue about hiring taxes and better wages for low level employees, while at the same time say Tiger shouldn't be making $100M a year. They are completely different arguments.

 

[Trurl]

it's not ridiculous that he's wealthy from golfing and subsequent endorsements.

if everyone is willing to pay to see the greatest on earth play...and if corporations want to pay him even more to endorse their products as said "everyone" watches on, why be mad he collects those dollars?

this is a for-profit world. I'd recommend finding things you can do to get more into the money streams of life. you'll be glad you did.

A profit motive can still exist even without such extremes distribution of wealth. I doubt that Tiger would feel much worse off if he was merely very wealthy instead of being a modern day king in exchange for hitting a ball especially well.

 

[Ephemeris]

o_____o

 

[Dreams-Visions]

A profit motive can still exist even without such extremes distribution of wealth. I doubt that Tiger would feel much worse off if he was merely very wealthy instead of being a modern day king in exchange for hitting a ball especially well.

begrudging wealth and the way he got it is *always* lame.

he's not conning people out of anything. if they weren't willing to pay as much as they do to see him, his "product" would go for less. nobody has to see Tiger to play the sport or enjoy the sport.

 

[RiskyChris]

I'm only talking about financial worth. He truly is worth the $100M he makes a year. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

He said someone who plays golf shouldn't make that much money.

You can't talk about what he deserves without talking about... what he's actually worth.

 

[Mad Max]

If only the world were perfect. $$, capitalism, and corporations rule the world man. It's just how the system is, I wouldn't complain if at the least all schools actually had decent education. Some folks have been set back and things are done to keep 'em there.

I'm not saying we should all be perfectly equal in terms of salary and live in some communist utopia, but America seems to be a perfect example of a country where the gap between rich and poor is extremely large. (compared to other 1st world countries that is) By taxing these people higher you could finance a lot of things like education, healthcare, improved public transport etc.

The two are completely different. You can't argue about hiring taxes and better wages for low level employees, while at the same time say Tiger shouldn't be making $100M a year. They are completely different arguments.

Not really, if you tax him higher he would make less money + if you increase the minimum wage/other salaries they'd have to cut back on his salary, thus making the gap between rich and 'poor' smaller. Obviously I meant that he shouldn't be making that much money because it's in spite of other people's wealth, since that $12M in itself is just a number.

 

[mckmas8808]

How would Tiger make $12 Million from $500,000? :lol

Sorry guys meant to say $500,000,000 a year.

 

[mckmas8808]

He said someone who plays golf shouldn't make that much money.
You can't talk about what he deserves without talking about... what he's actually worth.

And you can't talk about how much his yearly check should be worth without coming up with a $$ figure for how much "extra" money he's generating other companies.

Did you forget that other companies are making ever more money off the back of Tiger than Tiger is making from them?

 

[RiskyChris]

And you can't talk about how much his yearly check should be worth without coming up with a $$ figure for how much "extra" money he's generating other companies.

Did you forget that other companies are making ever more money off the back of Tiger than Tiger is making from them?

Yes, did you forget where I mentioned that specifically? That doesn't entitle him to thousands of times more money than anyone needs.

 

[mckmas8808]

Yes, did you forget where I mentioned that specifically? That doesn't entitle him to thousands of times more money than anyone needs.

So if Nike is making $500M of more money per year because Tiger Woods wears it every week, uses their golf balls every week, uses their golf clubs every week, does TV commercials for Nike every year, and they use his face in sporting stores and the mall all the time; you saying Tiger shouldn't be compensated for that?

Tiger should do all that for free?

 

[YoungHav]

Yes, did you forget where I mentioned that specifically? That doesn't entitle him to thousands of times more money than anyone needs.

then why is his wife entitled to getting "a thousand times more money than anyone needs"?

 

[∀ Narayan]

well, at least he got pussy

$750,000,000 pussy.

 

[RiskyChris]

So if Nike is making $500M of more money per year because Tiger Woods wears it every week, uses their golf balls every week, uses their golf clubs every week, does TV commercials for Nike every year, and they use his face in sporting stores and the mall all the time; you saying Tiger shouldn't be compensated for that?

Tiger should do all that for free?

Did I say not compensated? I'm saying that he shouldn't be a de facto King because of it.

then why is his wife entitled to getting "a thousand times more money than anyone needs"?

This is a completely fucking unrelated topic.

Do you not see how if I don't think he's worth the money that of course she wouldn't deserve it either? Fact is, the money is there, and she gets a portion of it.

 

[Jewbacca]

Hey the dude didnt keep his dick in his pants. It is his fault. He fucked up.

 

[mckmas8808]

Did I say not compensated? I'm saying that he shouldn't be a de facto King because of it.
.

Why are you using the word "King"? Who said he was a de facto King? What dollar amount turns you from "rich guy" to "King"? I don't think Tiger Woods is the de facto King of anything.

 

[Nemesis121]

$750,000,000 pussy.

That's too much for Pussy....:lol :lol

 

[RiskyChris]

Why are you using the word "King"? Who said he was a de facto King? What dollar amount turns you from "rich guy" to "King"? I don't think Tiger Woods is the de facto King of anything.

I'm using King as in royalty as in a member of the ruling class. I consider someone worth $2B to be a member of such a class.

 

[Trurl]

begrudging wealth and the way he got it is *always* lame.

he's not conning people out of anything. if they weren't willing to pay as much as they do to see him, his "product" would go for less. nobody has to see Tiger to play the sport or enjoy the sport.

I don't want to get too into this because it's so off-topic, but I assure you that I am not personally jealous. It's just that when you take a step back the way that society allocates resources is really . . . strange. It seems normal because its the paradigm that we grew up in, but 40-50 years ago Tiger's wealth would have seemed crazy even though America was a "for profit" nation then.

 

[mckmas8808]

I'm using King as in royalty as in a member of the ruling class. I consider someone worth $2B to be a member of such a class.

How does he rule? Shouldn't you put members in Congress in there first (if you want to use that word)?

But more importantly what would you do (if anything) to stop him from making the dollar amount that all of the companies that he works for thinks that he's financially worth?

 

[Striker]

Shit ton, but good. He fucked up.

 

[RiskyChris]

How does he rule? Shouldn't you put members in Congress in there first (if you want to use that word)?

But more importantly what would you do (if anything) to stop him from making the dollar amount that all of the companies that he works for thinks that he's financially worth?

I don't know what I would do? I'm just making a very casual statement that he shouldn't be worth that much.

Stop getting hung up because I called him a King. Someone worth $2B is incredibly powerful and influential.

 

[mckmas8808]

I don't want to get too into this because it's so off-topic, but I assure you that I am not personally jealous. It's just that when you take a step back the way that society allocates resources is really . . . strange. It seems normal because its the paradigm that we grew up in, but 40-50 years ago Tiger's wealth would have seemed crazy even though America was a "for profit" nation then.

You have to remember that this country is worth many times more now than it was 50 years ago. The professional athlete is getting more money because people in this country is spending more money because of that same athlete.

 

[John Dunbar]

This might be because I'm not a billionaire, but if I were, I can't imagine giving a shit about losing 750 million, especially if I had to give it to the mother of my kids who I cheated on with several women and then humiliated her in public.

 

[mckmas8808]

I don't know what I would do? I'm just making a very casual statement that he shouldn't be worth that much.

Stop getting hung up because I called him a King. Someone worth $2B is incredibly powerful and influential.

You are right. He is powerful and influential. But he only made that much money because he's earned that much money. You can't say he didn't, because you'd be lying. The corporations make waaay more money than Tiger. Where should that money go if Tiger can't get a decent share of it?

Just like how Lady Gaga last year made $62 Million. She made that much because of her hard work and ability.

 

[Trurl]

You have to remember that this country is worth many times more now than it was 50 years ago. The professional athlete is getting more money because people in this country is spending more money because of that same athlete.

That's true. I'm more thinking about his wealth as a deviation from the average. You made a good point about how much Nike makes from his endorsements. I don't think that there should be a compensation cap or that he should deliberately endorse Nike for less than he's worth, I do think that there should be much higher taxes for people who make so much, though. Let Nike decide if another million dollars in taxes is worth putting an extra $250,000 in Tiger's pocket to court him. If they go through that trouble, great, it'll help shrink the federal deficit. If they don't, they can use the savings to pay their lower employees better, invest in better products, or sell their shoes for cheaper.

 

[Joel Was Right]

She's not earnt it? What's he done? Smack a tiny ball around some grass and he's worth more than a billion? Easy come easy go

 

[VelvetMouth]

$750,000,000 pussy.

This is what $750,000,000 worth of pussy, on her period, in the church parking lot looks like :lol

 

[YoungHav]

She's not earnt it? What's he done? Smack a tiny ball around some grass and he's worth more than a billion? Easy come easy go

sacrificing a normal childhood, training for hrs on end, winning tournaments for the past several decades, making nike billions vs crapping out two mixed kids, watching the babysitters watch them, and spending your husbands money.

 

[DominoKid]

i'd be chilling in a cell next to OJ before i let some shit like that happen. :lol

750 mil. what a fucking joke.

 

[Vinci]

He actually has how much money then? Damn, I knew he was rich - but... holy shit.

 

[YoungHav]

i'd be chilling in a cell next to OJ before i let some shit like that happen. :lol

750 mil. what a fucking joke.

:lol . I'd rather be broke than in jail for life though. Hahahah, OJ is probably leaving collect calls to Tiger giving him advice.

 

[tonkatsu_ramen]

It makes you wonder, with that boatload of hush money what other crazy fucked up behavior does Tiger not want the world to hear about. I thought we knew everything already (i.e. numerous affairs). Is he into S&M and likes having golf balls shoved up his ass? Because with 3/4 of a billion dollars its not hard to imagine Tiger having more secrets like that.

 

[Cubsfan23]

she could tie up funds in a swiss account and open her mouth all day.....

 

[Jasoco]

Goddamn.. I should have learned to play Golf.