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Romesh Ratnesar: I think there are a few differences. First, Jordan's gambling problems never quite percolated into the mainstream the way this scandal has. Second, the tabloid media and gossip machine are much more powerful today than they were then. Third, extramarital affairs are uniquely damaging - in particular, I think this will hurt his popularity with women. Fourth, he's a Stanford-educated golfer who supposedly did everything right. His image was premised on class, elegance, aspiration. He took flak just for being seen swearing on the course. I think this is going to be damaging, at least initially...
...about Stanford. (Though I doubt he'll be invited back for many more ceremonial coin tosses anytime soon.) There are probably only two athletes in recent history who approached Tiger's global, iconic status: Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. But I think the social import of both Ali and Jordan was different from Tiger's, in part because of the sports they played. Boxing and basketball are populated with athletes from poor and working-class backgrounds. And over the past several decades, both sports have been dominated by African Americans. That's never been true of golf - it's still...
...steps on the golf course or appears on Oprah. (Which won't happen until those "lacerations" fully heal.) It will be a ratings bonanza. But he'll never quite be what he once was. He won't be speaking at any more presidential inaugurations. And in some ways, I think this might put even more pressure on him to re-establish his dominance over the competition. His failure to win a major this year obviously didn't damage his place in our corporate-cultural pantheon. But the past week's events have knocked him off his pedestal. So what happens...
...Auto-industry insiders like to think of their business as impossibly complicated, involving as it does billions of dollars, intricate technology and the necessity of gauging consumer tastes three or four years in the future. By their reasoning, developing the necessary expertise takes decades of experience. No outsiders need apply. (See GM's great hopes...
...electronics stores all did really well - I think that everybody's wish list this year has a flat-screen TV," says Rachel Weingarten, president of Octagon Strategy Group, a retail marketing consultant...