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**cepAceryTem** · 04-09-2008, 08:37 PM

Although maybe legally justifiable, they need only look to their men's counterpart, the PGA, as an example for how to run their business.

Golf has become such an international sport on both tours, but the PGA doesn't need to impose these rules because there are plenty of high class AMERICAN golfers to make up for the international field that might not have the English skills.

The problem with the LPGA is that our own American women's golfers level of play is starting to be taken over by the International players. There would be no need for thsi kind of rule if we had a female version of Tiger Woods on the LPGA. I guess they need to start developing the crop, so to speak, in their own back yard.

But I would argue that even if they had a female version of Tiger Woods -- an American born version, even -- that the LPGA still isn't going to be that popular.

The majority of people watching sports are men. The majority of men are only going to tune into women's sports if the girls are hot. Women's tennis has stayed relevant because they constantly have younger, hotter chicks in skimpy outfits coming into the game. Women's sports are a joke to most people that watch sports.

And I press the issue again -- what happens when this female version of Tiger Woods decides to get married and have 3 kids? She misses all or big portions of 3 seasons in the middle of her prime.

04-09-2008, 08:37 PM	#15
cepAceryTem Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 517 Senior Member	Although maybe legally justifiable, they need only look to their men's counterpart, the PGA, as an example for how to run their business. Golf has become such an international sport on both tours, but the PGA doesn't need to impose these rules because there are plenty of high class AMERICAN golfers to make up for the international field that might not have the English skills. The problem with the LPGA is that our own American women's golfers level of play is starting to be taken over by the International players. There would be no need for thsi kind of rule if we had a female version of Tiger Woods on the LPGA. I guess they need to start developing the crop, so to speak, in their own back yard. But I would argue that even if they had a female version of Tiger Woods -- an American born version, even -- that the LPGA still isn't going to be that popular. The majority of people watching sports are men. The majority of men are only going to tune into women's sports if the girls are hot. Women's tennis has stayed relevant because they constantly have younger, hotter chicks in skimpy outfits coming into the game. Women's sports are a joke to most people that watch sports. And I press the issue again -- what happens when this female version of Tiger Woods decides to get married and have 3 kids? She misses all or big portions of 3 seasons in the middle of her prime.
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