Big news yesterday was that all is right in the world of golf. Tiger Woods is back to his #1 ranking. Tiger Woods was last ranked that high in October of 2010.
In celebration, Nike decided that they would do an online advertising campaign using Tiger Woods. That wouldn’t be that big of a deal minus the tagline:
This caused a bit of an uproar on Twitter:
Definitely not the smartest tagline… RT @prweekus Nike’s newest Tiger Woods ad: inappropriate or not? dlvr.it/37tzh6
— Kristen Heetland (@k_heetland) March 26, 2013
Definitely an inappropriate Ad: Nike’s new Tiger Woods ad draws critics - News | FOX Sports on MSN msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/nik… via @foxsports
— T.F. (@Lakotasky) March 26, 2013
Of course, Twitter is always good for snark:
I think “rammed it home” should be inappropriate when talking about Tiger Woods putts
— Ian Donnelly (@IanDonnelly10) March 22, 2013
Perhaps, though…it all comes down to jealousy.
So, what do you think? Inappropriate. Accurate. You can’t wait for baseball?