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By Nick Wingfield, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n
For weeks, Electronic Arts (ERTS) has said it has no plans to ditch its association with Tiger Woods, even as the professional golfer\u2019s other sponsors began bailing out on him after allegations of his infidelities. This week, EA again said it will stick with Mr. Woods and plans to release an online game featuring the golfer that it will open for public testing later this month.<\/p>\n
In a blog post Monday, EA Sports president Peter Moore said the videogame publisher, unlike other companies that sponsored the golfer, didn\u2019t form a relationship with Mr. Woods in 1997 so \u201che could act as an arm\u2019s length endorser.\u201d Mr. Moore said EA partnered with Mr. Woods, whose likeness and name are featured in EA\u2019s golf videogames, because it strives to make authentic sports simulation games.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy his own admission, he\u2019s made some mistakes off the course,\u201d Mr. Moore wrote. <\/p>\n
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