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I may have to support the LPGA now
thanks to this excellent rule:
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08-26-2008, 12:50 PM | #2 |
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I hope the next rule involves fitting into nothing more than a size 2 followed by more viewable cleavage and shorter skirts.
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08-26-2008, 12:57 PM | #3 |
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Errr isn't this an international organisation or do all players have to learn chinese to play @ Grand China Air LPGA, Hainan Island, China
(sorry but for that reason I heartily disagree - if its an international setup then it should allow people to communicate in the way most natural to them - what next Olympians having to speak in the language of the host country?) Oh and what about Hana Bank • KOLON Championship 2008, Incheon, Korea .... Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 08-26-2008 at 12:58 PM. |
08-26-2008, 01:00 PM | #4 | |
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can this rule be enforced per golfer? The site of Nancy Lopez in something like this makes me vomit and laugh at the same time.
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08-26-2008, 01:01 PM | #5 |
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08-26-2008, 01:10 PM | #9 |
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08-26-2008, 01:11 PM | #10 |
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Everybody seems to forget about Paula Creamer...especially when we all know she already likes to play with pink balls!!
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08-26-2008, 01:27 PM | #11 |
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08-26-2008, 01:42 PM | #12 |
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08-26-2008, 01:44 PM | #13 |
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Google Image search her......fantastic.
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08-26-2008, 01:45 PM | #14 |
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Meh. The tour is doing this in response to criticism that they didn't bother to hire enough translators on tour for their swarm of Korean women. Interesting rule, but it'd be way better if they'd had LPGA paid training for them to attend and then said "if you don't go and fail our test, you don't get your card."
I realize they are desperate, though.
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08-26-2008, 01:50 PM | #15 |
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I'd let Sun from Lost play even if she didn't speak the language.
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08-26-2008, 02:02 PM | #16 |
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Gottimd...who are we kidding...we'd let just about anybody "play" so long as she did NOT speak the language!!!! Why the hell would we want to ruin everything by having them speak???
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08-26-2008, 02:10 PM | #17 | |
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I suspect that it has more to do with their sponsors being unhappy. It is hard for a non English speaker to promote your brand, and they will not be able to interact with sponsors/guests at the pro-am. |
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08-26-2008, 06:28 PM | #18 | |
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I wonder how many of the sponsors have any interest in speaking to the non English speakers in the first place.
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08-26-2008, 09:07 PM | #19 |
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08-26-2008, 09:51 PM | #20 |
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Wow...that's one stiff push-up bra.
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08-26-2008, 10:04 PM | #21 |
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It is kind of late to support them for the hot women now. That was the last ad campaign!
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08-26-2008, 10:06 PM | #22 |
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Yes I like that pic very much.
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08-26-2008, 11:12 PM | #23 |
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Good thing they didn't have this rule in the NFL or emmitt smith would have been debacled out of the league.
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08-26-2008, 11:19 PM | #24 |
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Don't be talking shit about Emmitt, Walter, or Tony
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08-26-2008, 11:21 PM | #25 | |
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God bless Korea. Regards, Groundhog (who is off to meet up with his Korean 'friend' tonight)
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08-27-2008, 06:47 AM | #26 |
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I sort of half-way understand the Asian-fetish thing, but that is not an example of one that I understand it about.
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08-27-2008, 07:49 AM | #27 |
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08-27-2008, 09:45 AM | #28 | |
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To each his own. I for one having married an asian (Korean) can see other point of view. It is the same for me about people who think Lena Headey from 300 and Terminator tv show is hot. I don't get it? |
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08-27-2008, 01:48 PM | #30 |
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Everybody loves an asian girl
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08-27-2008, 01:51 PM | #31 |
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yowzers, looks like Natalie is in the running to be the Anna Kournikova of female golf. that's an impressive picture. Corporate America loves its products to be endorsed by barbie dolls.
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08-27-2008, 01:52 PM | #32 |
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Natalie is better in golf than Anna ever was in Tennis.
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08-27-2008, 02:06 PM | #33 |
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08-27-2008, 02:07 PM | #34 |
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They're both 10s in my book.
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08-27-2008, 03:13 PM | #35 |
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08-27-2008, 03:52 PM | #36 |
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08-27-2008, 03:53 PM | #37 |
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And Anna's face is ugly... |
08-27-2008, 04:18 PM | #38 |
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Kournikova's ranking got her into the top tournaments, and with the likes of Hingis, Davenport and the Williams sisters in the draw she was always going to struggle to make it past the semis. She may never have won a WTA tournament but she was a good player. If she had played some more lower tier WTA tour events at her peak I think she would have won a few tournaments, but she probably made a lot more money doing it her way. |
08-27-2008, 04:23 PM | #39 |
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Anna had several wins in doubles.
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08-27-2008, 04:28 PM | #40 |
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Oh yeah, I know several men that won with her in doubles.... Oh wait you are talking about tennis!
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08-27-2008, 04:32 PM | #41 |
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Anna is still one of my pleasures. Eff the haters.
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It's an American xenophobic thing. It's a fairly strong attitude here that everyone in the US must speak English, and then that Americans should be able to speak English everywhere else in the world as well. It doesn't really make sense, but it seems to be a very American attitude to have. Love the pics, though... Last edited by Tekneek : 08-27-2008 at 04:52 PM. |
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08-28-2008, 08:19 AM | #43 |
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hxxp://czabe.com/the_daily_czabe/blog/just-dont-ask-emmitt-smith-to/
Blog opinion from Czaban on the matter. (and a Theron/Johannsen poll too!)
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08-28-2008, 08:48 AM | #44 |
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Only a moron would think this was an excellent rule. Oh...hello HA!
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08-28-2008, 09:01 AM | #45 | |
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I can understand people within a county expecting people to at least attempt to use the language while there; however in an international sport especially where legs are played in various countries I think its truly bizarre to try and force English upon it. It'd be a bit like FIFA announcing that the World Cup could only be played by players who could speak English ... The fact that this announcement hasn't cause an outcry everywhere in the news is very disappoint to be to be honest as I think its an apalling idea and discriminates against people horribly on no other basis language (which is no better than discriminating on race imho). To 'excuse' this because of the sponsors would be a bit like disqualifying the minor countries from winning anything at the Olympics because that wouldn't help the sponsors as much ... PS - I wonder how they'd deal with someone playinig who spoke English but with such a cultural accent that it was unintelligable to the American audience (I remember some UK shows in America having subtitles for just this reason). PPS - Pics are great Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 08-28-2008 at 09:01 AM. |
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Except that the World Cup is already huge worldwide, the game is a TEAM game, and the players on each team are all stars in their own right in at the least their own countries. It makes sense to me. Every league needs marketable stars. If most of the good players aren't marketable in a non-team sport (this isn't the NFL where you can root for a jersey)...it's not really good for the league. And while the LPGA plays international events, it's still really a US entity. with primarily US event locations.
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All foreigners should learn English. If I'm visiting a foreign country, I don't want to hear them speaking whatever gibberish they speak. That also goes for all those people that supposedly speak English but I can't understand a damn word they say. They need to learn to speak American English.
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08-28-2008, 10:26 AM | #48 | |
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go to Russia, you damn communist. in this country we speak English and LPGA as a company has the right to demand its employees present themselves in a certain way and communicate themselves in a certain way. only a moron would think a company doesn't have the right to impose certain restrictions and guidelines. i'm in the financial services industry - should i expect to get a job at Morgan Stanley or Merril Lynch if i couldn't speak English? |
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08-28-2008, 10:30 AM | #49 | |
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except i don't think anyone would expect an organization called "The Fédération Internationale de Football Association" to have English as it's sole language. i don't even think it's based in the US, whereas the LPGA is. |
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08-28-2008, 10:36 AM | #50 | |
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so if there was a very lucrative job in Mexico where you would be named the CEO of your own gaming company, the only caveat being you would need to be able to communicate in spanish - you would cry "discrimination"? so you would feel discriminated against if there was a job you wanted that required you to speak the language of the country where that company was based? you just gonna waltz into a company in Sweden and expect to be hired based solely on your ability and not based on your ability PLUS communication skills? you would demand to have a translator present at meetings? you would expect to be hired and have the company pander to your requirements? Last edited by Anthony : 08-28-2008 at 10:37 AM. |
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