"See if you can match each of Woods’s dropped sponsors with Steinberg’s subsequent statements."
/Juli Weiner at VanityFair.com laments the demise of Tiger's Golf Digest column but isn't really buying Mark Steinberg's spinning of his endorsement divorces.
Regarding Golf Digest, Steinberg said reason for his client’s departure was a disagreement with the magazine regarding Woods’s time commitment. “Because we're living in this digital world, they needed more time from him. He wasn’t ready to commit to any additional time at this point with everything going on—trying to work on his swing and other things.” Steinberg said. See if you can match each of Woods’s dropped sponsors with Steinberg’s subsequent statements.
1. Gatorade
2. Gillette
3. AT&T
4. Golf Digest
5. Accenture
A. “[Redacted] is ending their ‘Champions’ campaign. That is the reason for not continuing.”
B. “The reality is his deal was up at the end of the year.”
C. “[Redacted] has made a decision to not continue with their sponsorship. We are disappointed but respect their decision.”
D. “While we are disappointed [redacted] has decided to not continue with Tiger in their marketing plans, we appreciate their continued involvement with Tiger through his foundation.”
E. No comment.
