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Annual Augusta National He-Man Woman Haters Club Masters Dilemma

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 21, Mar 28, 2012.

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  1. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    Sorry to bump this one, but Billy Payne dodged some questions about the actual issue at a presser today. Pretty much what I expected.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/all-things-masters/2012/04/04/payne-declines-to-discuss-female-membership-at-augusta-national/
     
    TyWebb, Apr 4, 2012
    #217
  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    By all the accounts I read (ESPN cut off showing the presser after the first question Payne took about the issue -- huge fail), Payne got crushed at the presser. Very, very good follow-up questions like "what would you tell your granddaughter?", etc., and he dodged them all.

    Really thought he'd handle it better. Not necessarily open up like he was on Oprah, but at least be ready. He looked like he thought answering one question would be enough.
     
    playthrough, Apr 4, 2012
    #218
  3. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    It doesn't matter. Four more days and no one will ask again for another year.
     
    21, Apr 4, 2012
    #219
  4. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Well, I know nobody will around the ol' He-Man Woman Haters' Club.
     
    jr/shotglass, Apr 4, 2012
    #220
  5. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    His state of the Masters speech? Really?
     
    Point of Order, Apr 4, 2012
    #221
  6. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The club President always has a press conference/briefing on the tournament. It's really hard to fill practice round notes columns on the second day.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Apr 4, 2012
    #222
  7. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    That really was some blistering follow-up, though.
     
    Point of Order, Apr 4, 2012
    #223
  8. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Huntsville columnist compared Payne to Chevy Chase addressing the Paraguyans in Spies Like Us.
     
    dixiehack, Apr 4, 2012
    #224
  9. Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! Well-Known Member

    NPR is reporting IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is at Augusta this morning sporting a green jacket.

    So yeah...
     
    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Apr 5, 2012
    #225
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Going to be a lot of journalists wishing they had entered the lottery for Monday's round.

    What? They all entered the lottery anyway? Oh.
     
    YankeeFan, Apr 5, 2012
    #226
  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    http://espn.go.com/golf/masters12/story/_/id/7778736/obama-believes-women-admitted-augusta

    I'll take "Things that won't end well" for 500, Alex.
     
    Chef2, Apr 5, 2012
    #227
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I thought Wetzel's column on Yahoo on this was done pretty well. I especially liked his pointing out the perceived paradigm shift from before to now vis-a-vis IBM's Rometty:
     
    doctorquant, Apr 5, 2012
    #228
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