By Boyce Watkins, PhD on May 22nd 2010 11:45PM
Filed under: Dr. Boyce Money, News
Elin Nordegren, the wife of golf superstar
Tiger Woods, is either one hell of a negotiator or has lost her ever-loving mind. Reports are now stating that Elin is asking for $750 million from Woods as part of their divorce settlement. Additionally, she wants full custody of the kids and will not agree to a confidentiality clause.
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The confidentiality clause would prevent her from ever writing a book or doing interviews about the breakup. Sources say that the divorce negotiations "have turned extremely testy" and that the couple is no longer speaking. Elin has spent most of her time away from Tiger lately. She took the kids to Sweden while he was playing golf in a tournament, and Tiger is allegedly hanging out with a blonde in Florida. It seems that since the car crash that occurred last November, Woods' perfect life is slowly starting to unravel.
What's most shocking about the amount that Nordegren is allegedly requesting from Tiger is that Tiger's entire fortune is only worth $600 million, according to the 2009 estimates of Forbes magazine. It is highly unlikely that Elin will get the entire $750 million she requests (which would require Tiger to keep playing golf for another few years to make his required payments), but when you ask for $750 million, that makes $200 million look quite reasonable. That's quite a nice take for a few years of marriage, wouldn't you say?
Everyone seems to have something to say about Tiger's wife -- even
rapper Madam Prezident referred to her as "Elin Nordegreed." Well, I ain't sayin she's a gold digger, but......
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition and the author of the new book 'Black American Money'.' To have Dr. Boyce's commentary delivered to your e-mail, please click here. 
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By: mmlilting on 5/23/2010 3:32PM
I am a Tiger fan, but I don't understand people pretending Elin was "nothing." Elin's mother is like Hillary Clinton in Sweden. She was a top government official. Elin's father is a wealthy broadcast journalist in Sweden. Elin and her twin sister came with their father to the USA and began to work as a nanny for a family friend,Jesper Parnevik a pro golfer ( and son of a famous Swedish comedien) who introduced Elin to Tiger. He said he watched them fall in love. And he should know. He is upset with Tiger now, of course. And says he thought he was introducing Elin to a "better" man. He was the first to say he wanted them to divorce. I disagree. It's up to Elin, but the witnesses at Tiger's infamous "car" accident, said they heard her yell out, "I love you," to Tiger as the paramedics were putting him into the ambulance, before she turned back toward home to see to their children. If she loves him and he loves her, they should work hard to reconcile for themselves and for their children. They should ignore racists who demonically rejoice in their troubles and in Tiger's undiscipline, adulterous activity. Tiger should ALWAYS remain faithful to his wife who was on the COVER of NATIONAL magazines in Sweden. In Europe, wealthy white people get the older children of their wealthy friends to keep their own smaller children. In short, Elin Nordegren was much more than a "mere" nanny, and Tiger knew it. Too bad he forgot that and thought women who didn't care about their own reputations would guard his. Too weird. I wish it had never happened, but Tiger and Elin CAN come back from this - if they really WANT to. God's word says that infidelity is the ONLY reason for divorce ( after all unfaithfully spouses can bring home deadly sexual diseases to faithful spouses), but it doesn't say people HAVE to divorce. In fact, since God forgives, people certainly can. I hope Elin can. For her own sake and for that of their wonderful children.
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By: Retta on 5/25/2010 1:52AM
Granted, I agree with your documentation that Elin was not trash if you will. However, she herself is not a successful individual apart from marrying rich. She has no skills, talents or occupation to speak of. Being a nanny requires no education. The couple can and should reconcile if they desire to do the right thing and forgive for the sake of their children. But even an optimist who has taken the side of an unreasonable vindictive spouse (ELin) you must admit that seeking such an outrageous sum of money for five years of marriage and sole custody of kids doesn't seem to be a likely forgiving spouse. In fact, this woman is not naiive and she knew this man likely would cheat given his broad celebrity. She played her cards right and is another caucasian who will siphon wealth off of a self effacing black man with a lost identity.......
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By: altha cutright on 6/04/2010 10:04PM
MMlilting, Everything you have in your comment is a big lie.Jesper sat Tiger up with Elin, as soon as they dated for a while they married and guess what mama moves in with them. You said Elin mother is a Hilary Clinton in Sweden (yes right) when Elin twin sister told her mother who her sister was married too, her mother pack her clothes and came to the US. Tiger have paid cash for her mother a home in Sweden. You got to love white womens i'm sure you are married to one because you are really sticking in there with this GOLDE-DIGGER.
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By: Bill Michtom on 5/23/2010 4:45PM
Tiger should stay away from the white women.
She should have given that man what he wanted then he wouldn't have to seek other women.
ugly white woman
We all know that this women (sic) never loved him.
She is an idiot we all can see that
I'm sure the "coochie" wasn't EVEN worth it.
It's sad but a pathetic reality that most of the money "black" athletes make in their careers before most of them go broke goes to white women like this.
These are ignorant, sexist, and bigoted comments.
It is sad that you all seem to be the most vocal (and vacuous) examples of black men.
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By: James Williams on 5/28/2010 10:52AM
I've read enough of ya'll's BS. That's, that man's Wife. Only a fool would make the kind of statements you all are making. No wonder the man don't want to be Black. Ya'll don't have no sense. The thing you must keep in mind is: it's his wife. Respect that, if, you have any sense at all. Finally, a man can love who he wants to, you can't stop that.
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By: Bill Michtom on 5/23/2010 4:44PM
Well, now I've read the comments from women and they are overwhelmingly as bigoted, hateful and sexist as the men.
Pathetic and disappointing behavior from people who have been crapped on for hundreds of years.
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By: Pester Rugoyi on 5/23/2010 8:26PM
you get humilliated if you give sex to your man and you expect him to starve just because he is black. she deserved to be humiliated, how can a woman have two kids in five years of relationship. You know the hormons, when you are pregnant, you dont want sex sometimes or you want more sex it varies. Maybe Elin did not want sex at all and its expected when someone is pregnant. The issue is, did she have to get pregnant so quick after the marriage? She deserved all the huliation she got. I think she did not give this man the love and sex he deserved at all. Above all she is not pretty is an uggly witch. Sometimes you have to ask yourself why my husband did what he did. Was he getting enough from me. Obviously not. Some men are very strong and they want strong women and bones. Too much bones does not cut man. Have the strong body that can take the heat
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By: tired of poor me attitude on 5/23/2010 11:08PM
That will teach a dishonest black man for hookin up with a White woman.
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By: satch on 5/24/2010 4:03AM
tired of black women acting like they won't do the same thing.tiger should be like derek jeter only mess with rich women.every black athlete who has got in some mess was fooling around broke folks who had nothing to lose and that includes the broke sisters who drop babies at the drop of the hat on nba and nfl ballers
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By: allnew2000 on 5/24/2010 11:53PM
Bill....what she is doing wrong is asking to be paid a fortune for having sex with a man and having a couple of anchor babies....
Prostitutes are cheaper and when will this countries judges put a cap on these thieving Gold Diggers....give her what she would have made working during the years they were together and tell her to get a job....
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