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Some are applauding Elin's bold move, saying that Tiger deserves whatever he gets after proving himself to be a cheater. Some are saying that she's greedy, since she hasn't swung a golf club in any of the professional tournaments in which Tiger earned his wealth. To break down the dollar amounts that Elin is requesting, look at it this way: To get $750 million for six years of marriage, she would earn $125 million per year, more than any athlete in the world. That would also be $2.4 million per week, $342,456 per day and $14,269 per hour.
Does someone deserve that much money for dealing with a bad relationship? What about the rest of us who've gone through heartbreaks of our own? Would you put up with Tiger's cheating for that kind of money?
In this episode of 'Financial Lovemaking,' S. Tia Brown and I discuss Tiger and his complex divorce. This situation looks like it's going to get worse before it gets better. Tiger may be playing for the next 10 years just to pay off his marriage debt.
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: TeeJay on 5/26/2010 9:37AM
Yes, they do have a pre-nup. But the pre-nup is out the window because he will pay her(maybe not 750 mil) to prevent her from writing a tell-all-book and appearing on Oprah. He gave Rachel Uchitel 10 mil to keep quiet. She will probably get between 100 and 200 mill and will have to sign a nondisclosure agreenment. He's paying her to keep all his secrets.
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By: budsonlyc on 5/25/2010 11:36PM
Ordinarily that's true but if she gets anywhere close to what she's asking for believe me, plenty of white men would still take her.
But I wouldn't slink back to Sweden with my tail btween my legs no matter how many millions. Tiger made Elin look like a blind fool. A reporter calculated, based on timeline from all the mistresses , that he was faithful to her for about 2 weeks during their 5 year marriage.
And to top it all off? He brought at least 2 of them into her home. I mean just common respect to your wife and children.....I have always believed its something spiteful, vicious, personal when a man brings another woman into his family home for sex.
Elin got dogged. Badly.
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By: rasool on 5/26/2010 7:04AM
What woman on this planet is worth that kind of loot. Maybe if she gave her man what he needed he wouldnt have been whoring around with those fine azz hookers. Tiger has always stated that he was more than just a black man. Well its time to act like a blackman, pay her what the pre-nup says and find you another women. Just get a woman of color.
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By: Lois on 5/26/2010 9:37AM
Even if she was giving Tiger what he needed, it didn't do any good. Some "Men" are whores! Elin wouldn't have been able to keep Tiger from cheating if she was with him every night of the week. He is clearly a "DOG"! Don't blame Elin for Tigers messiness! And she deserve a payout for all her troubles! If the stories are true his mistress got 10 million, so why shouldn't Elin get paid. I don't care what race she is, it don't matter!
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By: jason c on 5/26/2010 7:53AM
She's not worth more than a working person, especially one that swings the golf clubs; i mean she's asking for more than a legendary golf player makes in his whole career. What exactly does she do outside being his wife and a mother that's of more value than what working class do? $2 million a week calculated? that's a lifetime to us to make that much money. Not feeling it. Pain is pain but that's more than gold-digging...children and all.
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By: Mimi on 5/26/2010 8:08AM
I THINK ELIN WILL USE A LOT OF THAT MONEY TO FIX ALL OF THOSE CROWESFEET AND WRINKLES THAT SHE HAS. HER MOTHER IS IN HER 50'S AND LOOKS LIKE SHE IS ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD.
COSMETIC SURGERY IS EXPENSIVE AND I AM SURE THAT ELIN WILL NEED A LOT OF IT. SHE HAS THAT REALLY PALE SKIN. HER LIPS ARE EXTREMELY THIN AND SHE HAS A LOT OF WRINKLES ALREADY. SO VERY SAD TO WRINKLE LIKE THAT.
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By: ralph on 5/26/2010 8:19PM
As a single black man, I often take the time to analyze the difference between how white women age, and how black women age. Yeah you're right, some white women do get wrinkled up, but most black women get fat as hell, so I don't see where yall got any room to talk about white women!
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By: linda j on 5/26/2010 8:11AM
Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. Tiger was to young when he got marry. did he not know that he had time to find a true-mate to share his life with. What was the hurry. He was given the wrong advice on this one. Ms. nanny went from "rags to riches". This chapter in Tiger life should make him a better person, and become a more mature person in picking persons to have a relationship with.
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By: faktchek on 5/28/2010 8:14PM
this is probably the most substantive post on this topic. well said Linda J
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By: Andre on 5/26/2010 8:23AM
$750,000,000 is way too much of amount to make anyone pay for a failed marrige. If she feels that's the amount she needs to take care of her kids than let Tiger keep them.
She won't get that amount anyway. If their prenup is 20,000,000 like I'm seeing people on this site say than that's the amount she will recieve.
This woman does comes off as gold diggerish, but I'm sure she knows she won't recieve that amount.
She only asked for that amount for publicity. She does stand to make a lot of money from this divorce. She gonna be all over talk shows and probaly write a tell all book about their marrige. She going to milk this situation. Lol! She already beging to get started. Didn't Tiger offer her 2,000,000 to stay with him and she excepted it. If that don't say greedy and high price hooker than I don't know what will. Well I quess she figered she could just make more with a divorce.
It's no way in hell this woman could have been cheated on for so long and not notice it. If she did than she really is a fool, but she knew all along. She probaly just didn't care. She was living the good life right? Let him screw a few bimbos! She didn't care as long as lived the high life.
She not a real woman in my book. A real woman would have just left him. A real woman would have been offended at him offering her 2,000,000 just to stay with him. This woman is just a plan ole gold digger that found some stupid black man and suckered him for his money.
Tiger is a bigger idiot.If you know you love sleeping with countless women than why get married? You know why he got married? Well he wanted that perfect image. He want that family man image. Well now he's paying for that. Lol! He said he wasn't black. Yeah the media is telling him different now huh?
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