EA Still Analyzing Tiger Woods Situation

by pastapadre
Posted January 13th, 2010 at 9:44 am

Last week EA Sports announced they would be going forward with Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. However the wording associated with that was specifically tailored so as to leave the door open for making a change to the standard yearly console versions of the game.

The internal discussion appears to still be ongoing as a third party survey has surfaced that asks two questions related to the situation. EA has had the luxury of not needing to rush to a decision given that the Tiger games don’t release until June. However they will soon be reaching the point of no return.

- EA SPORTS makes a Tiger Woods video game. Has the controversy made your impressions of EA SPORTS more or less favorable, or has it had no impact?

- Has the controversy made you more or less likely to buy a Tiger Woods related video game in the future?

I’ve discussed the topic now on a couple occasions and I’m still of the belief that Tiger Woods will more likely than not be dropped from the console versions. The biggest problem with all this remains that the highest selling version of the game releases on the family friendly Wii. If that wasn’t a factor it would probably be a lot easier to look past it and stick with the mantra of just being about representing the golfer and not the man. However at this time his image has taken such a hit that the sales would surely be affected and without him out on the golf course there is no opportunity to change that perception.

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adembroski

He needs to be dropped. It simply is not good business for EA to continue to be associated with Tiger at this point.

Bisett

Intelligent post

adembroski

He needs to be dropped. It simply is not good business for EA to continue to be associated with Tiger at this point.

Bisett

Intelligent post

http://www.unitedleagues.com/ Fiddy14

when its all said and done, these dummy's at ea will drop his ass!!

Bisett

Unintelligent post

oh look his name is Fiddy14 um uneducated black again

http://www.unitedleagues.com/ Fiddy14

hahahahahahaha

what an unintelligent human Bisett is..

didn't realize pasta aloud racist comments on here. kudos pasta!!
Statman

and fiddy is supported by whites more than blacks so whats your point now? kinda throws a big wrench in your stereotype huh

http://www.unitedleagues.com/ Fiddy14

big wrench into what? he called me an uneducated black.. lol.. im not even black and i dont even know who the "fiddy" you are talking about is. although he must be black bc of what he said.

so what kind of stats did you look at to say he is supported by more whites than blacks? is he a political figure? must be..

Bisett must be the uneducated bc he assumed i was black bc of my user name? lol typical!!

Fiddy was a nickname i got 20 years ago, coming from my last name.

so get those stats straight man before you get all racist like him..

Statman

I was actually on your side Fiddy14. I was just posting how people make bigoted comments without even knowing the full spectrum of a person. That's why I said that Fiddy(which is a nickname for the rapper 50 cent) is supported, CD sales, by more whites than blacks so it's just as likely that a person who is white to use the screen name figgy than someone who is black. Sorry If my post came off the wrong way to you Fiddy14.
http://www.unitedleagues.com/ Fiddy14

np at all.. i just read it the wrong way..

all good!!
http://www.unitedleagues.com/ Fiddy14

np at all.. i just read it the wrong way..

all good!!

http://www.unitedleagues.com Fiddy14

when its all said and done, these dummy's at ea will drop his ass!!

Bisett

Unintelligent post

oh look his name is Fiddy14 um uneducated black again

http://www.unitedleagues.com Fiddy14

hahahahahahaha

what an unintelligent human Bisett is..

didn't realize pasta aloud racist comments on here. kudos pasta!!
Statman

and fiddy is supported by whites more than blacks so whats your point now? kinda throws a big wrench in your stereotype huh

http://www.unitedleagues.com Fiddy14

big wrench into what? he called me an uneducated black.. lol.. im not even black and i dont even know who the "fiddy" you are talking about is. although he must be black bc of what he said.

so what kind of stats did you look at to say he is supported by more whites than blacks? is he a political figure? must be..

Bisett must be the uneducated bc he assumed i was black bc of my user name? lol typical!!

Fiddy was a nickname i got 20 years ago, coming from my last name.

so get those stats straight man before you get all racist like him..

Statman

I was actually on your side Fiddy14. I was just posting how people make bigoted comments without even knowing the full spectrum of a person. That's why I said that Fiddy(which is a nickname for the rapper 50 cent) is supported, CD sales, by more whites than blacks so it's just as likely that a person who is white to use the screen name figgy than someone who is black. Sorry If my post came off the wrong way to you Fiddy14.
http://www.unitedleagues.com Fiddy14

np at all.. i just read it the wrong way..

all good!!

dagamesta

It should have always been EA Sports PGA Tour. I know Madden NFL is what it is because he was their advisor and he was less affiliated with any one team at the time, but the NBA games weren't called Michael Jordan NBA Live, or Sidney Crosby NHL, so finally we hopefully get to see the other PGA pros jump into the game, and maybe they make it a more realistic tour next time around.

I thank Tiger Woods for all he did for the sport of golf, and all the future greats he helped inspire, but when you tarnish your rep like he did, you have to reboot and climb back to where you once were.
dagamesta

It should have always been EA Sports PGA Tour. I know Madden NFL is what it is because he was their advisor and he was less affiliated with any one team at the time, but the NBA games weren't called Michael Jordan NBA Live, or Sidney Crosby NHL, so finally we hopefully get to see the other PGA pros jump into the game, and maybe they make it a more realistic tour next time around.

I thank Tiger Woods for all he did for the sport of golf, and all the future greats he helped inspire, but when you tarnish your rep like he did, you have to reboot and climb back to where you once were.
Brad

Please drop him from EA and everywhere else.
He's bad for golf and nothing but a lying fake.
Brad

Please drop him from EA and everywhere else.
He's bad for golf and nothing but a lying fake.
Rdraider51

This is more racism against CABLINASIANS……… Everything is always about racism…….. Gilbert Arenas, Jayson Williams, Plaxico Burress, Lawrence Phillips, OJ Simpson, Rae Carruth…….. Now we're including CABLINASIANS……… Has nothing to do with Woods being a douchebag of legendary and epic proportions…….. he has an "addiction" and a "disease" that made him act the way he did….. Or just plain old racism…… No way he should have to man up and take responsibility……That would be wrong……
Rdraider51

This is more racism against CABLINASIANS……… Everything is always about racism…….. Gilbert Arenas, Jayson Williams, Plaxico Burress, Lawrence Phillips, OJ Simpson, Rae Carruth…….. Now we're including CABLINASIANS……… Has nothing to do with Woods being a douchebag of legendary and epic proportions…….. he has an "addiction" and a "disease" that made him act the way he did….. Or just plain old racism…… No way he should have to man up and take responsibility……That would be wrong……
Guest

Brad- your either 12 tears old or an idiot. If professional sports rid itself of all drug addicts, adulterers, law breakers you wouldnt be able to filed a team…

bro

12 tears – lol bro. That's some funny stuff. Who cares. He liked to drop he snake in the women!
Statman

If any multi-staffed company rid itself of drug addicts, adulterers, law breakers you wouldn't have any multi-staffed companies.

You also would have extremely low attendance in universities and colleges. About 60-75% of the population have abused illicit drugs at one time. Over 50% of the children (under 18) have tried alcohol or tobacco. Over 60% have committed adultery or have cheated on their partner. These are just common statistics that you can find on the US Census so you know that they are all low figures as we all know that virtually all of us have tried drugs, cheated on our partner or broke the law (even a minor law). So all the people who want to chastise this man need to take a hard look at themselves and the people around them. It's not right to do these things but unfortunately it's human nature because we keep doing the same things over and over and over.

Guest

Brad- your either 12 tears old or an idiot. If professional sports rid itself of all drug addicts, adulterers, law breakers you wouldnt be able to filed a team…

bro

12 tears – lol bro. That's some funny stuff. Who cares. He liked to drop he snake in the women!
Statman

If any multi-staffed company rid itself of drug addicts, adulterers, law breakers you wouldn't have any multi-staffed companies.

You also would have extremely low attendance in universities and colleges. About 60-75% of the population have abused illicit drugs at one time. Over 50% of the children (under 18) have tried alcohol or tobacco. Over 60% have committed adultery or have cheated on their partner. These are just common statistics that you can find on the US Census so you know that they are all low figures as we all know that virtually all of us have tried drugs, cheated on our partner or broke the law (even a minor law). So all the people who want to chastise this man need to take a hard look at themselves and the people around them. It's not right to do these things but unfortunately it's human nature because we keep doing the same things over and over and over.

http://www.facebook.com/GMBBrian Brian Mann

It would be hard for them to keep him unless they just plan on releasing TW 10 with same old features and animations. Wouldn't he need to have some sort of input as far as new features and marketing? He always did a few commercials each year. I can't see EA keeping him as their main guy.
http://www.facebook.com/GMBBrian Brian Mann

It would be hard for them to keep him unless they just plan on releasing TW 10 with same old features and animations. Wouldn't he need to have some sort of input as far as new features and marketing? He always did a few commercials each year. I can't see EA keeping him as their main guy.