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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    Seriously, complaining about how much sports stars make is so overplayed and ridiculous. They make what the market will bear. Compensation for jobs is not based on difficulty or enjoyment, it's based on scarcity and demand. Sports are in very high demand, and players who can play at the level of the pros are scarce. The day no one gives a **** about sports anymore is the day these guys don't take home millions. As long as the Super Bowl gets hundreds of millions of viewers, the people who provide the entertainment for the Super Bowl will be paid for it. It's this whole thing called a "free market."
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    Lorthos wrote: »
    "Ultimately, I like there to be a little bit of meaning in the relationships I choose to get involved in."

    You probably better not let her hear the words "slumming for snatch" then....

    Who?
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited December 2009
    Tiger Woody
    He shoulda gone to the Gene Simmons University & majored in " Don't ever say I do "
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    I don't know about 9, 18, or 36, but I can tell you Tiger Woods is playing at least 2 holes on a regular basis.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited December 2009
    Whoever said "pimpin' ain't easy", is right. I think Tiger will be ok, regardless.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited December 2009
    Was Tiger remorseful before or after he got a 5 Iron upside the head?

    Evidently a concussion leads to sorrow and soul searching. lol

    [sobbing] "Forgive me oh Lord for I have sinned".

    Seems as though old Swaggert wasn't worried about being forgiven until he was outed also...two peas in a pod?
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  • moe
    moe Posts: 48
    edited December 2009
    Typical
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,465
    edited December 2009
    Evidently a concussion leads to sorrow and soul searching.

    I don't care who are, that's some funny ****.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2009
    Man this thread has generated a lot of posts? As for me...GOLF doesn't do it for me....a former working class kid from Pa. does NOT play Golf....and he does not concern himself with this, I even hesitate to call it a 'sport'. Tiger is, certainly, great at this form of boredom..and my hat is off to him for being the best at something I never watch.

    I think what is more important about Tiger is that he broke through the good ole boy Country Club circuit...but then again..I'm reminded of Groucho Marx's famous quote:

    I've never want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member!

    As for Tiger....Everyone's human...everybody's F@ckd up. So everyone should get over it and move on!

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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    From our experience, Tiger is an ****. At the Western Open a few years ago, Tiger hit a bad shot, and ended up hitting my GF on the fly. Did he ask if she was ok? No. He told her to move so he could hit his f'n ball. She was in the gallery, and her dad was a marshall.
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  • sk1939
    sk1939 Posts: 295
    edited December 2009
    Personally, like cnh, I've never watched golf, and never wanted to, it bores me to tears.

    People view Tiger as a saint, for whatever reason, an untouchable person who can-do-no-wrong, sort of like (imma step on a land mine with this one) Obama.

    These people are human, and they make mistakes, no matter how much their PR machine tries to cover that up. Screwups happen, and when the PR machine isn't fast enough this is what happens. The sooner people realize that "celebrities" are just people, (rich and famous people mind you, but still people), the sooner they'll realize that for all their money and all their fame, they're just normal people (although some like Celine Dion have an overinflated sense of self importance).
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited December 2009
    Look, everyone knows you cannot......can......not........have Families without Lies........way to go Tiger........
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    Wow, I'm surprised how many people really care about the whole thing...

    He's a golfer, people, not the freaking President of the United States, a US ambassador, or the pope. Apparently he's also not a perfect human being. But from the coverage you'd think he was the pope, cheating on his wife with young boys.

    Look, the guy's a **** for what he did to his wife and family, there's no doubting that. I just don't see how any of this is really any business of the public or belongs in a thread discussing his golfing ability. I realize the thread had already taken a turn previously, but still...
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    It does suck though for all the people who bought tickets to the tournament this week to see Tiger play, hopefully the guys in the tournament will put on a good show and give the spectators their money's worth.

    It does look like they're refunding tickets though, wonder how many people take them up on that:
    And that's why McLaughlin made the surprising decision to offer a refund to anyone who bought a ticket to the tournament, as well as a 20 percent discount to those who come and buy a ticket next year. Tickets to PGA Tour events typically are sold on a no-refund basis, with all proceeds going to charity.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited December 2009
    brettw22 wrote: »
    Look, everyone knows you cannot......can......not........have Families without Lies........way to go Tiger........

    WOW!!!! and all this time I thought I had a good family and marriage. Guess I better go tell the wife I'm buying her an Elise for Christmas stuffed full of Sweet Pea blossoms
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited December 2009
    Just another golfer spending too much time working on his putz...
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    Tiger's 2009 Christmas Card Photo.

    tigerschristmasphotoj.jpg
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2009
    Man, who would ever believe a cocktail waitress and a club promoter would ever narc you out?

    I think he needs to get a refund from Stanford.

    BDT
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    Somewhat amusing.

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    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • mesquitehead
    mesquitehead Posts: 312
    edited December 2009
    I hear Phil Mickelson called up Tigers wife...he wanted to know how to beat him!
    "Thats great... but how does it sound"
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
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    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    Man this thread has generated a lot of posts? As for me...GOLF doesn't do it for me....a former working class kid from Pa. does NOT play Golf....and he does not concern himself with this, I even hesitate to call it a 'sport'. Tiger is, certainly, great at this form of boredom..and my hat is off to him for being the best at something I never watch.

    I think what is more important about Tiger is that he broke through the good ole boy Country Club circuit...but then again..I'm reminded of Groucho Marx's famous quote:

    I've never want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member!

    As for Tiger....Everyone's human...everybody's F@ckd up. So everyone should get over it and move on!

    cnh

    A working class kid from PA doesn't play golf? Tell that to Arnold Palmer.

    Don't consider it a sport? Can you play on a competitive level? Give it a try and let me know how that works out for you.

    BDT
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited December 2009
    "There's no problem with living a double life. It's the triple and quadruple lives that get you in the end."
    ~ Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov in "Lord of War"
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2009
    mesquitehead wrote: »
    i hear phil mickelson called up tigers wife...he wanted to know how to beat him!
    roflmreo!
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    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    As for me...GOLF doesn't do it for me....a former working class kid from Pa. does NOT play Golf....and he does not concern himself with this, I even hesitate to call it a 'sport'.

    Sorry Bro but I disagree. I was a working class kid from PA and played golf for years as does my son and the dozens of friends I golfed with.

    Golf takes a lot of skill. Eye, hand and body coordination. One is competing against oneself as well as others so I think that qualifies as a sport.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
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    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,066
    edited December 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Sorry Bro but I disagree. I was a working class kid from PA and played golf for years as does my son and the dozens of friends I golfed with.

    Golf takes a lot of skill. Eye, hand and body coordination. One is competing against oneself as well as others so I think that qualifies as a sport.

    Golf is fine for what it is...a competitive game. Hardly qualifies as a sport in my book. Hell, just putting the arm on your record requires a lot of skill... eye, hand & body coordination. ;)

    As far as Tiger goes, I could give a rat's ****!!!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Golf is fine for what it is...a competitive game. Hardly qualifies as a sport in my book. Hell, just putting the arm on your record requires a lot of skill... eye, hand & body coordination. ;)

    Yeah! You mean the stylus Bluto! That's not competing against anyone.:D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    edited December 2009
    Obviously some here have never played golf, to understand the skill set you need to compete. I just don't get why guys like Tiger,who have everything a man can want, slum around with rejects from "The girls next door".
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