Letters to the Editor
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DQ and Arnold Palmer tourney
Do you think that Tiger Woods would have been DQ'd for missing a tee time at the Wednesday Pro-Am if he had been given the wrong tee time on the phone? 'Cuz, like, I don't...
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I do
I think we live in a world now that takes secret delight in trying to trip people up with an obnoxious adherence to vague rules and bad execution of them, at that. Tiger would have quadruple checked and checked again. But in nanny-state America most mere mortals are just inches away from falling prey to 'The Process'. I'm sorry sir, there's nothing I can about that. I am terribly unable to help you, can you move off the line now so other people can through? Buh-Bye.
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Bob Knight
Give him some time and keep that open mind.
If Larry Summers were to speak, would you listen? King?
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Lost productivity
It took me about 10 minutes to read your column. You owe my employer $3.
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sports managment degree
It sounds like those people with Sports Management degrees should be sending their resumes into the Bay Hill Golf Club. They should be looking for a new events coordinator. Someone who can set up some basic documentation like event schedule packets that can be delivered (via a method requiring a signature for delivery) to each participant so they are not relying on people calling up to find out their tee times. You know, basic organizational skills.
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Conference Tourneys
Is there anything more ridiculous in all of sports?---The one automatic conference bid to the dance may go to a team that gets hot shooting threes for 72 hours on a neutral, over a team that won the 2 month plus grind, 16 or 18 game regular season half on the road.
I mean other than old fart golfers trying to keep their names in the headlines with their own tournament.
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you don't need a degree
to figure out that you send the schedules to the Hooters tent. Print it on the front of the Hooter's girls' shirts. And also on the back of the little white shorts for added assurance.
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Well, sure, Knight was fine
I don't think King (or many at all) ever made the case that Bobby Knight wasn't a smart basketball man with actual opinions, some of which are even interesting. No, the point was that he's a bullying, brutal, arrogant jackass and hypocrite. That he didn't display his deep character flaws on Sports Center is hardly surprising. He was sitting in the collegial atmosphere of ESPN studios across from Digger Phelps (who practically blew him on the spot) and some guy with Devo hair.
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Tee minus one hour
Of course Tiger would get a free pass. So would have anyone with a modicum of fame and a reputation as a stand-up guy. The tourney would have worried about how they would look, a concern that Daly relieves them of by simply being Daly.
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John Daly = Robert Pollard
Bob Knight = Phil Spector (minus the murder)
Challenger Gray & Christmas = RIAA
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I dunno
I agree with you about the stupidity of the organizers, but golf really REALLY prides itself on self-policing. Too many clubs in your bag? You're DQ'd. Don't keep your own score properly? DQ'd etc etc etc.
I for one love John Daly, precisely because he's a flawed, larger than life figure (no fat joke intended!). From all accounts he's a jovial, caring person...which of course made his famous collapse on the course all the more heart-wrenching. Watching a man defeated by his personal demons in such a public setting would rip the heart out of any mortal, and made most golf fans love him even more.
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What is a sport?
I have to agree with King on his definition of golf as not a sport, although I'm interested enough to actually play. I don't have a good definition of what a sport is, but I have a good definition of what a sport isn't. If my performance at an activity improves while drinking and smoking, it's probably not a sport. Golf, bowling, and making an ass of myself fit into this category. If a person can do it sitting down, it's probably not a sport. This encompasses automobile racing, bobsledding, and receiving lap dances. Finally, if the competition involves a non-human participant, it's probably not a sport. This includes horse racing, dog fighting, and hot-dog eating contests. I only included that last one because that bear totally kicked Kobayashi's ass in that TV special a couple of years ago.
Is Tiger Woods an athlete? Obviously! Which is why he is so easily able to dominate against guys with manboobs and permanent hangovers.
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Lost Productivity: Scourge of our time
Knight's real problems as a human being are not likely to emerge in a brief TV bit with a couple sychophants lobbing him easy questions. Put the same group in a bar, and I'd be less sure.
Lost productivity has really got me down so I was glad to see SOMEBODY has taken the time to calculate the loss to society caused by hoops-deranged basketball fans at March Madness time. I couldn't help but notice that the expert you cite hails from Bumfuck, MS. I'm thinking of moving there because there must be a lot of jobs there if this nerd can make a living. Do they have internet in Mississipi?
As for Daly getting booted because a tournament official told him the wrong tee time, the point the PGA seems to be shooting for is that only PGA insiders can successfully navigate their system. The rest of us can fuck off if we don't get it, or if injustice seems unAmerican in itself
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Yeah but if was a fishing tourny
There would be a million fat rednecks screaming about something. It's only our expectations of decorum that change our perspective on this.
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@ brad
You never fail to impress, Brad. B. Knight = Phil Spector, priceless. Maybe, B. Knight = Van Morrison.
Tiger Woods = Smokey Robinson
John Daly = Meat Loaf
ESPN = Casablanca records
Anyway, where would golf be without John Daly or Mr. Woods? You think they's go out of there way to get Daly to participate. Did you hear about the Tripp Isenhour vs. Hawk business. What a schmuck.
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golf is a sport
Agility, coordination and dexterity to hit the ball and get it into hole. Maybe towards the bottom of the List in Order of How Much Sweat Produced While Playing. Or the bottom of the list of How Much Physical Effort Required to Complete Said Task.
Billiards are also a sport. Under golf on the same list.
Bobsledding definately a sport. Especially since you need to coordinate three people running and jumping into the sled at the same time. Plus you gotta work out to look good in the spandex. Or at least get it zipped.
Diving also a sport. Making it look pretty and getting it done takes a lot more work than just getting it done.
Car racing not a sport. Knitting not a sport. Guitar Hero almost a sport compared to these two.