When the Tiger Woods story first broke and people weren't really sure what happened, his sponsors were united in saying that they will not pull their endorsements.
A bit of a different story in this article at Bloomberg:
Tiger Woods TV Ads Disappear After Reports of Affairs
Advertisements featuring Tiger Woods have disappeared from prime-time broadcast television and many cable channels following reports of his extramarital affairs, according to data from Nielsen Co.
The last prime-time ad featuring the 33-year-old golfer was a 30-second Gillette Co. spot on Nov. 29, according to New York- based Nielsen. Woods also was absent from ads on a number of weekend sports programs, including NFL games, Nielsen said.
"Last weekend there wasn't any advertisement during those games," said Aaron Lewis, a spokesman at Nielsen.
The No. 1 ranked golfer's standing with the public has plunged in the wake of reports of infidelity that followed a Nov. 27 car accident outside his home near Orlando, Florida. Woods's ranking among celebrity endorsers tumbled to 24th from 6th, according to the Davie Brown Index, which is used to gauge the ability of personalities to influence shoppers.
Woods has endorsement agreements with Accenture Plc, Nike Inc., PepsiCo Inc.'s Gatorade, Tag Heuer International SA watches, Electronic Arts Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co.'s Gillette. Neither Mark Steinberg, Woods's agent, nor Glenn Greenspan, a spokesman, responded to phone messages or e-mails seeking comment.
The golfer's $110 million in annual income from endorsements and tournaments, as estimated by Forbes magazine, hinges on his standing with consumers. Woods ranked as the world's fourth-highest paid celebrity in the 12 months through June 30, the magazine said. In October, he became the first athlete to top $1 billion in career earnings.
Ouch -- two days and all of the advertising is pulled. Swift and brutal. The thing that gets me is that his wife is so beautiful and all of the photos of his mistress show someone who I wouldn't kick out of bed for eating crackers but nowhere near is good looking as Elin. As Paul Newman once remarked: "Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?"
I think the problem was that Elin wasn't serving the steak. If that was the case, I don't blame Tiger one bit.
Like it says in an old country song: "If you been eatin' steak for a long time - Beans, beans taste just fine."