Radaronline is reporting that Tiger Woods' divorce is about to be signed and finalized. The most shocking part of the report is that there are claims that Woods' wife is set to get $750 million out of the settlement. There is no clear indication of who might get the kids or whether there is a confidentiality agreement, but the possibility that Elin Nordegren may walk away with $750 million is incredibly shocking.
"When they first started negotiating the divorce, it was very acrimonious," the source told RadarOnline.com. "Elin had a lawyer in California who was very, very aggressive."
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Here are some quick thoughts about the Woods divorce:
1) Do prenuptial agreements not work anymore? Didn't Tiger's wife sign a prenup, and would it have been a crime for her to walk away with a clean $40 million for five years of "hard work?"
2) How can Tiger afford that much money? Isn't he only worth $600 million? Is he going to make layaway payments or something? Is this fair?
3) Could this be a case of serious blackmail? What could she have on Tiger to get him to give away that much money just to end a relationship?
4) Are there any incentives to get married for any celebrity or athlete? The idea that 30-plus years of hard work can be destroyed by a bad relationship brings a pain to the heart or wallet of any man or woman who has worked hard to earn their money. I don't care how much love, affection, heartache or child-rearing Elin did for Tiger during the course of this relationship; it's hard to imagine all that being worth three-quarters of a billion dollars.
Moral of the story? Why work hard when you can simply marry the right person? If these reports are even remotely true, Elin will have out-earned the greatest golfer in the history of the world without ever having picked up a golf club.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition and a Scholarship in Action resident of the Institute for Black Public Policy. To have Dr. Boyce's commentary delivered to your e-mail, please click here. 
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By: esta mae on 6/26/2010 4:14PM
I love Tiger and pray that he gets his life in order. Now if this is true about the amount of money his wife gets, is she didn't earn that much of the money Tiger earned before he even knew or married her. Plus if he had married a sister she would have kick his butt, forgave him and enjoyed all the comforts that comes with being married to a high profile person lol lol lol
Tiger needs Jesus not budda
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By: CDM on 6/25/2010 2:25PM
Well, well, well, massa suh! Some black Professional Sports figures feel that by marrying a white woman - you can better your social status, marrying up; until she takes you down. Now, you might want to ad - marrying white is just right and a great enema for your newly stripped bank account. That's what you get Mr. Tiger Woods. Start tom-ming again so that the next white woman gets something after she beats yo bazooka with a golf club.
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By: precious on 6/25/2010 2:29PM
I find all of this interesting. I agree with others who have said, "Black men never learn." They are bombarded with messages that say "white women" are valuable commodities, and they fall for it every time. So many black men suffer from self-loathing and think getting a white woman will up the antics. Only to find out later that they were with them for the Benjamins. I could do a roll call here, but instead I'll leave that to someone else. But, as for Elin deserving $750m, it's crazy. She should be paid a nanny's salary because that's all she was before Tiger and after marrying Tiger. As someone else stated, "she played the role" and did a damn good job at it. But, if she walks aways with all that money, her FAMILY will be set for life. It's a repeat of OJ and Nicole's family. And, it will be the same way with all the rest of the dumb black men who marry white women below them. White men teach their daughters how to take the dumb nigga's money so we can live well for the rest of our lives and these dumb black men think they're married something other than poor white trash. If Tiger hadn't spent so much time creating this pristine image - everything in his world was great - then, I might have some sympathy for him.
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By: Richardson on 6/25/2010 3:00PM
Boyce,
She did pick up one club.
On a serious note, I agree with you.
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By: watkinsjoymwatkins on 6/25/2010 4:17PM
She does not deserve that much money. She knew he was sleeping around when they met. She saw him as a cash machine and she worked it. Five years don't add up to 750 million PLEASE!! Not to justify what he did.
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By: BETTYEJ on 6/25/2010 6:58PM
I am sick of cheaters. She should get every penny he got and then some!
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By: justin on 6/26/2010 11:20AM
oh man, another bitter female.if halle berry can't get a good man that should be a sign you shouldn't bother hat when you find out your bf/ husband is a cheater. besides when a women cheats, its always a man's fault. Either the guy who stole her away or the guy she cheated on because both of them "drove her to it."you rarely hear men crying publicly about lost loves.
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By: helen on 6/25/2010 7:11PM
Erin Woods 750K reward is what u call "equitable distribution" = assets to be divided equally..
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By: emily on 6/25/2010 9:12PM
wow thats to much ,but tiger has that kind of cash and his wife is a golddigger.
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By: yvonne miller on 6/26/2010 6:45AM
elin needs to get all she can from tiger! as i 've said before... that's what he gets for marring a white woman!!! very few of these ladies marry for LOVE!!!it is all about the SECURITY!!!. so i hope she takes him for as much as she can get . when will these so called men wake up???? "GO ELIN"
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