Fore in English only, please
The LPGA, according to The New York Times, is requiring its members to be able to speak English by 2009 or possibly face suspension.
Deputy commissioner Libba Galloway reportedly said: “Being a U.S.-based tour, and with the majority of our fan base, pro-am contestants, sponsors and participants being English speaking, we think it is important for our players to effectively communicate in English.”
This decision is, at best, ill-advised and at worst, a un-fucking-believably racist and classless move. It’s one thing to encourage your players to learn a language and it’s a whole other thing to threaten them with suspension for failing to speak the language.
I don’t even watch this sport and now I’ll feel even less inclined to follow it. Anybody else pissed off or is it just me and my saturday-football-induced-fervor for sports?
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August 30th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
what english got to do with sport? that’s why we have someone called “translator”.
anyone wanna exchange link? slumbeR@J@!