Friday, November 10, 2000
SAG fines Tiger Woods $100,000
for Buick ad during strike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Screen Actors
Guild has teed off on Tiger Woods.
The union fined the golfer $100,000 for
shooting a nonunion Buick commercial during the six-month strike
against advertisers by SAG and the American Federation of Television
& Radio Artists, Daily Variety reported Friday.
The union's trial board on the case also
agreed to suspend $50,000 of the fine, but that would be reinstated
if Woods makes a commercial during any future strike, the Hollywood
trade paper said.
The decision was reached after a three-day
hearing this week. Woods took part in the hearing by telephone
and agreed to the decision, Daily Variety said.
The Woods case was one of the most volatile
issues during the strike, which was settled last month. Many activists
wanted the golfer expelled from the union.
Woods had refused to shoot a nonunion Nike
ad in early May, a day after the strike began. He also issued
a statement of support for the work stoppage but reversed course
in July by shooting the Buick ads near Toronto.
“I have relationships to uphold with
my sponsors who have supported me over the years. This is in no
way a stance against the union,” Woods said at the time.
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