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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. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Hondo's identity has been revealed.
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    BitterYoungMatador2, Mar 28, 2012
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  2. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Are you shitting me?
     
    Bubbler, Mar 28, 2012
    #14
  3. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    But their female relatives can play!
     
    dreunc1542, Mar 28, 2012
    #15
  4. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    Agree 1000 percent. Consider the changes that have happened under Payne's watch, the most recent ones allowing a video game to use Augusta National and selling some single-day tournament tickets to the general public in a lottery. Add in televising the par-3 tournament. Those were all unheard-of concepts even 10 years ago.

    If they don't admit a female member under Payne, they never will.
     
    BurnsWhenIPee, Mar 28, 2012
    #16
  5. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    I clicked this thread to read hondo's annually pathetic defense of a pathetic institution. As usual, hondo the hick did not disappoint. Now if only them dark people would disappear, hondo would be really happy.
     
    BYH, Mar 28, 2012
    #17
  6. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    Payne was an organizer behind the most female-friendly Olympics to that point in history, so I'll concur.
     
    HejiraHenry, Mar 28, 2012
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  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    What always blows my mind about Augusta National is the schizophrenia. They continue this useless and harmful bigotry, yet if you attend the Masters, they put on the most fan and media-friendly major sports event I've ever experienced, and go out of their way to make it so.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Mar 28, 2012
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  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I really think Payne will make it happen and that will be that. But will he announce it during his Wednesday press conference and let that take the headlines over the golf? Maybe not. But then his job is to not look stupid when the media pushes him on it at that presser. Fortunately for the club, he's light years ahead of Hootie Johnson in the diplomacy department.
     
    playthrough, Mar 28, 2012
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  9. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    The press is in a tough position here, particularly those writers who angle for the coveted Monday tee times and know Augusta will knock them out for unflattering coverage. It's quite a conflict of interest but one that has gone on for decades through all sorts of other ethical crackdowns.
     
    LongTimeListener, Mar 28, 2012
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  10. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Well, of course they do. The nicer they are to the press and the longer they offer tee times for Monday, the less likely Augusta is the subject of unflattering coverage.
     
    BYH, Mar 28, 2012
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  11. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Bryant Gumbel is a member, so hypocrisy is only a sand wedge away.
     
    heyabbott, Mar 28, 2012
    #23
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Here's what I can't get past ... it's a private club.
     
    doctorquant, Mar 28, 2012
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