PGA's W(h)ine Club and Some Quick Notes

A quick post on the PGA's new rule change, but first a few quick notes on a couple of other stories:

1.) I guess Randy Moss's accuser who slapped him with a restraining order is now saying that she will no longer feel 'disrespected'. Good news America! You now don't have to be from the New England/Boston area to be disrespected. All you have to do is be associated with someone from that area. A guy from Boston beat me in Fantasy Football this year, I feel so disrespected. Hmmm, I suddenly have this feeling of hate towards everyone who doesn't agree with my opinion or doesn't think my team is the best ever.

2.) Seems like baseball has been spending too much time in front of Congress. I guess now if you are incompetent at your job, look the other way when constituents cheat, have a general disregard for the American public and will do anything, absolutely anything to make more money for yourself, it gets you contract extensions/re-elected.

Now, PGA's new rule where basically if you make the cut on the number and there are over 78 players left in the field, you don't get to play on the weekend. I think this is a horrible rule and here is why:

1.) Players were complaining that rounds were taking too long. I feel for you players, i really do. Its got to really suck having to work on the weekends, sometimes for 5 1/2 hours each day!! And of course by work i mean playing freaking golf, showing up to work when you want too on a private jet and instead of playing the normal 4 1/2 hour round, having the opportunity to make millions of dollars for those extra two hours of work on the weekend every once in awhile. I will take a 5 1/2 round of golf any day of the week.

2.) Yes, the players who make the cut and don't get to play the weekend still get credit for a cut made, FedEx cup points and about $10k, not bad for a weekend. But, they lose the chance to compete for more. How is this good for golf? Lets not let everyone play. There are players who are going to lose their cards this year because they didn't get a chance to compete for more. This also goes along with last year, two players who made the cut on the number ended up finishing in the top ten that week and winning over $100k. Way to stimy competition in your players.

3.) The one good that can come of this that can change the rule. If Tiger or Phil make the cut on the number and are sent home. Don't you think the sponsors would freak out on the PGA? That would be fun and would probably have the PGA create some sort of rule on Friday night that says, well if your in the top ten and black or have man boobs, you can play on. Which would make them look ridiculous.

4.) The fact that this is all driven to by the TV networks, like all of our sports. There isn't a sport left that doesn't make a move without talking to the networks. Baseball doesn't have daytime playoff games anymore because of TV, NBA Playoffs are 8 months long because you can't have two games in one night because of TV and NHL has to move to VS. network, well because no one else will take them (i guess that doesn't really relate to this argument). So TV doesn't want 5 1/2 golf rounds when they can get better numbers and more money from someone pitching a knife set that can cut through a carburetor on an infomercial if Tiger or Phil aren't playing.

By the way, i watch golf, because i like golf (and because i am in a Fantasy Golf League).

Should be a weekend post, well this weekend.