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?
what english got to do with sport? that’s why we have someone called “translator”.
anyone wanna exchange link? slumbeR@J@!