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2008-08-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

LPGA - This is an American tour, speak english or you're outta here!

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-26 14:42|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 So do American lady golfers have to speak Korean in Korea? And German in Germany, Portuguese in Brazil, and so on?
Believe me, I am all in favor of someone who emigrates to the US speaking English, but making people who are only visiting speak fluent English seems stupid.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-08-26 14:55|| 2008-08-26 14:55|| Front Page Top

#2 "The economy is bad, and we are losing sponsors,"

maybe the sponsors are leaving because nobody watches this. pure economics dumbshit.

i don't think the ability to speak a particular language has a big impact. MLB has many players from several non English speaking countries who speak through a translator, and those sponsors do OK.
Or maybe watching golf is just freaking boring, or maybe its the annoying whispering play by play guy and his sidekick, the "Quiet / Polite Applause" cue card thingy holding dork.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-08-26 15:16|| 2008-08-26 15:16|| Front Page Top

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