https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_sDtN9wH8
A professional golfer's tournament earning's are frequently just a small percentage of the mass amounts of endorsements and commercials that they star in. Take Rory McIlroy for example. He's frequently listed as one of the highest-earning sportspeople in the world thanks to deals with Nike, Bose and Omega.
But there's one golf fan who doesn't want to see Rory McIlroy's Omega advert. It's not a bad ad - accompanied by a good Script song - that's only 30 seconds long, but it's time for change says Tron Carter of No Laying Up golf blog:
I'm fed up. Watching televised golf is unbearable thanks to @omegawatches & @McIlroyRory.
Agree? Sign the petition: https://t.co/IlCy2dlm7W— Tron Carter (@TronCarterNLU) August 22, 2015
Tron wrote on petition website change.org:
For the last two years the golf community has been subjected to an endless onslaught of the Omega Watches Rory McIlroy “Standing in the Hall of Fame” commercial. Regardless of the event, tour or network, this commercial plays during every commercial break. The spot has ruined historic moments, a half dozen major championships, and countless psyches. And yet, we continue to be bombarded incessantly every time we turn on the television to watch golf. It’s time to take a stand. Let’s boycott Omega Watches SA, and it’s parent company Swatch, until this commercial is pulled off the air and we, the golf community, are afforded sanity and closure.
Is it really that bad?
