Should Tiger Woods Lose His Corporate Sponsors?

Tiger Woods has really had a bad couple of weeks. Apparently, not only does this unrestrained infidelity thing fail to impress his wife but it's turning off his corporate sponsors as well. Under the circumstances, that sits fine with me. I am now so convinced that I don't want to support anything that is connected with Tiger Woods, that I vow to never take up golf. I certainly won't be going out 'clubbing' anytime soon either. I would imagine that the minute that Tiger hits it big in the adult movie industry, they can expect a huge boycott of their products as well.

Yet, a look back at the blatantly seedy behavior of some of the other brand ambassadors does make one speculate as to whether the corporate sponsors are being fair in centering Tiger Woods. You be the judge..

The Aflac Duck-The Aflac Duck has been the corporate mascot for the AFLAC Insurance company for almost a decade now. He made no bones about his morality when in one commercial he pops up between the sheets of a couple ready to start making babies. His webbed feet were protruding out the bottom of the bed linens, but it was obvious that he was naked. Now, you don't have to be a National Enquirer reporter to see that there is something extremely wrong with that picture.........orgies, bestiality and who knows what else once the cameras stopped rolling. No one said anything about that, though.

The Geico Gecko- The Geico Gecko is the brand ambassador for the Geico Insurance Company. At first glance, there is no question that he exhibits that squeaky clean image that lures us into trusting him enough to buy the product. It seems that society is so enamored by his clean cut and fresh green looks that he steals from his company's president to feed his own addiction. The networks repeatedly aired the spot in which he took the very first framed dollar that his own company ever made and squandered the entire thing on junk food at the company snack machine. At least Tiger Woods seems to have paid for his dalliances out of his own pocket.

Joe Camel-Now here was a real role model for our young men! For decades we tolerated this snappy clothed camel in 'red carpet' sunglasses, hanging out at discos smoking a cigarette. What young person wouldn't be enticed to follow his hedonistic ways straight down the slippery slope of excess and destruction. Horrible chap! I can only imagine what his life is like now, if he is still alive.

The Geico Squirrels-Perhaps the most sociopathic brand ambassadors of all time were the Geico Squirrels. Playing Chicken in the middle of the road, they wait for an unsuspecting motorist to swerve and crash to avoid hitting them. Far from being irresponsible and reckless, they have pre-meditated it as shown when they 'high five' each other after their dastardly act. Yet, they didn't make headlines anywhere. Ask yourself, what powers are behind this kind of 'push under the rug' image troubleshooting?

Taco Bell Chihuahua- Taco Bell used this contemptible canine to sell their tacos and Mexican food. This ambassador was actually supposed to represent a sex-crazed adolescent in a dog's body that stalks people and shows up randomly in their presence to beg for Taco Bell. This skirt chasing perverted pooch appeared as a plush toy and on key chains for years. At least Tiger Woods was not disguising himself to pretend he was an animal to bed these women.

NBC Peacock--Who can forget the era of terror that the NBC Peacock leashed into the world in the late 90's?Promoting an NBC series, 'Asteroids' he actually threatened female viewers that didn't watch with a curse of drying up their milk and male viewers with a promise that they would become sterile. Yet, he went unscathed for this obvious attempt at homegrown terrorism.

Why, therefore, is the media letting some brand ambassadors carry on unscathed while not coming to Tiger Woods' rescue as he managed to destroy his entire corporate image within a few weeks?

Although I want to make it clear that I'm not pointing fingers at the corporate sponsors or the media, it does seem to me that these companies are suspiciously guilty of making an example of only a select few, by only 'defrocking' humans!

That's just not right!!!