| The Ghost of RubangB said: This is bullshit discrimination. Now it will cost more for foreign athletes to play the game. They have to pay for language lessons to play a sport? Fucking ridiculous. There should be no single magic language at the expense of thousands of others. And if for some reason, an international organization needs one language (which is NEVER), it shouldn't be English. It should be a neutral conlang like Esperanto or something. It would be cheaper, faster, and easier for every single person in the world to learn Esperanto, than for just the non-English speakers to learn English. But they should just use translators LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. |
The problem is that the LPGA is bordering on failure. They can't attract sponsors and their spectator demographic is overwhelmingly English-speaking. The sponsors are overwhelmingly from English-speaking countries. This move, while initially may seem discriminatory, is the association's attempt to right the ship and stay afloat.
It doesn't do any of these golfers a damned bit of good if the entire association goes under because sponsors don't feel they're getting their *massive* advertising expenditures returned because the spectators don't identify with the athletes in any way. It's a tough call but I can see why they made it.
Again, before we start crying about discrimination, let's look at the facts and realize that the LPGA is a business. Sure, they could be politically correct and keep the status quo and possibly fail because of it. What fucking good does that do those people who lost their jobs, sponsors, or tournament monies? I guess they could console themselves in the fact that no one was offended by their former employer while they go look for work elsewhere.
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