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In response to "being a role model for kids, inspiration to millions, endorser of products -- nm" by budice

I don't get any of this.

Posted by ty97 Feb 19 '10, 08:33

Where did he sign up to a role model?
Where did he sign up to be an inspiration and thereby choose to be held accountable to the public?

For the above two, all he did was notice he's damn good at golf and pursue it as a career, like any of us would if were that good.

For the endorsement of products, that simple business. As long as he can sell products, people will pay him to do so. If people are foolish enough to buy a product because a celebrity endorses it, then they deserve what they get.

Responses:

When he pushed his face in every potential advertisement that would carry him. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:51
He signed up to be a role model when he entered the world of professional sports in the United States of America. Like it or not, that's how it is. - Jim Feb 19, 08:36 3
- Yeah, that's crap, IMO. - ty97 Feb 19, 08:38 2
  - If he didn't want to be a public figure, he could always quit today and disappear forever. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 19, 08:56
  - This ain't Mike Mussina, who every off-season would disappear and endorse nothing. This is a guy who wanted the fame and fortune and got it. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:52
maybe the answer is, he doesn't *have* to, but if he wants to be at the top again and make endorsement money, he probably does. - TFox Feb 19, 08:34 12
- I understand, from a business/brand perspective, why he chose to make the statement. - ty97 Feb 19, 08:36 11
  - In this case I don't think it's about us feeling entitled. But we are entitled to think he's a dick because of his behavior. If he doesn't want to - pmb Feb 19, 08:42
  - Because we're a society of consumers, and we don't want to consume things we don't approve of -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 08:39 2
    - It really boils down to brand management, in the end, as far as Tiger himself is concerned. -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 08:47
    - Agreed, we have every right to choose to not support him finanically and via our support. - ty97 Feb 19, 08:41
  - because by elevating him to the stature he holds in society, we demand that he demonstrate and reinforce our values rather than his own. - znufrii Feb 19, 08:38 5
    - Again, I say crap. We don't have the right to impose that on him. - ty97 Feb 19, 08:40 4
      - It's not being imposed on him. It's just the price of getting the upside. - pmb Feb 19, 08:45
      - I'm not address whether it's "right", it's just how it works. - znufrii Feb 19, 08:42 1
        
        (and I agree, the overblown sense of moral indignation accompanying stories like this is quite absurd) -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 08:44
      - We don't have the right to impose that on him, but we do have the right to choose who we support and what we buy. - Roger More Feb 19, 08:42
  - well, you know, we're entitled to everything, ty97. we were Time's Person of the Year, for effs sake. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:38
Idol worship is nothing new to society. -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 08:34

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I don't get any of this.

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