Augusta National admits two women members

[LongTimeListener]

No, I wrote that protests would never affect coverage of the Masters. And you apparently equate the most stories event in golf with a reality show on TLC.

 

[da man]

The Masters and Augusta National are not in it for the money or the TV coverage. I always got the impression they would be just as happy to hold their little party in front of a few select friends, relatives and "patrons" without the rest of the world watching on TV. They certainly don't care about the ads (as they showed in their ad-less telecasts).

It is very difficult to pressure a group like that.

 

[trifectarich]

Maybe now Martha Burk can turn her attention to getting wireless Internet in the media center so the club can join the rest of the planet in the modern world.

Every seat is hard-wired to an ethernet cable. We do just fine.

That's great until you're the fourth guy of an organization with two seats and you have to stand in the aisles in order to borrow a connection so you can send something out of the building. With all the technology that's available, it's just inexcusable not to have the convenience. It's not as though it's overly costly to get it done.

You are the first person I've ever heard complain about what Augusta National does for the media in terms of doing our job, aside from the day in 2008 when the wireless internet went down several times -- and then they called in dozens of techies to hard-wire every seat overnight. These guys wrote the book on assisting the media in the day to day job of reporting on a golf tournament.

Are you freakin' serious? You're talking about the same guys who don't allow any writers inside the ropes? THESE are the people who are so wonderful and accommodating? Riiiiiiiight.

 

[YankeeFan]

The Masters and Augusta National are not in it for the money or the TV coverage. I always got the impression they would be just as happy to hold their little party in front of a few select friends, relatives and "patrons" without the rest of the world watching on TV. They certainly don't care about the ads (as they showed in their ad-less telecasts).

It is very difficult to pressure a group like that.

Don't they make a forkload on merchandise?

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Here's the thing I don't get, everyone agrees that as a private club, they can admit, or deny, anyone they want to as a member. And, the general position is that the membership there is a bunch of racist hillbillies, who thin women should be barefoot and pregnant.

They wouldn't be relevant at all, except they happen to host the most prestigious golf tournament, on a beautiful course.

But, shouldn't the question not have been, when will they admit a woman as a member (or an African-American before that), but instead, why are we all participating in a golf tournament hosted by such people?

No one asks why the KKK doesn't admit a few African-Americans or Jews as members. And, if they did, we wouldn't then pretend they're some sort of great civic organization.

So, if the members of ANGC were heathens last week, has anything changed? Because two women are members?

Shouldn't we have been asking all these golfers why they're participating in a tournament run by such folks? Asking CBS why they're broadcasting such a tournament? Asking news orgs why they're sending reporters to cover such a tournament, and letting their employees play in the media round? Asking corporations why they send millions to entertain clients at the Masters?

But, because people love the Masters, they'd rather Augusta admit a couple of women, so they can pretend everything is all better.

 

[da man]

The Masters and Augusta National are not in it for the money or the TV coverage. I always got the impression they would be just as happy to hold their little party in front of a few select friends, relatives and "patrons" without the rest of the world watching on TV. They certainly don't care about the ads (as they showed in their ad-less telecasts).

It is very difficult to pressure a group like that.

Don't they make a forkload on merchandise?

...

Here's the thing I don't get, everyone agrees that as a private club, they can admit, or deny, anyone they want to as a member. And, the general position is that the membership there is a bunch of racist hillbillies, who thin women should be barefoot and pregnant.

They wouldn't be relevant at all, except they happen to host the most prestigious golf tournament, on a beautiful course.

But, shouldn't the question not have been, when will they admit a woman as a member (or an African-American before that), but instead, why are we all participating in a golf tournament hosted by such people?

No one asks why the KKK doesn't admit a few African-Americans or Jews as members. And, if they did, we wouldn't then pretend they're some sort of great civic organization.

So, if the members of ANGC were heathens last week, has anything changed? Because two women are members?

Shouldn't we have been asking all these golfers why they're participating in a tournament run by such folks? Asking CBS why they're broadcasting such a tournament? Asking news orgs why they're sending reporters to cover such a tournament, and letting their employees play in the media round? Asking corporations why they send millions to entertain clients at the Masters?
But, because people love the Masters, they'd rather Augusta admit a couple of women, so they can pretend everything is all better.

Because Bobby Jones said so.

 

[Mark2010]

The Masters and Augusta National are not in it for the money or the TV coverage. I always got the impression they would be just as happy to hold their little party in front of a few select friends, relatives and "patrons" without the rest of the world watching on TV. They certainly don't care about the ads (as they showed in their ad-less telecasts).

It is very difficult to pressure a group like that.

Don't they make a forkload on merchandise?

...

Here's the thing I don't get, everyone agrees that as a private club, they can admit, or deny, anyone they want to as a member. And, the general position is that the membership there is a bunch of racist hillbillies, who thin women should be barefoot and pregnant.

They wouldn't be relevant at all, except they happen to host the most prestigious golf tournament, on a beautiful course.

But, shouldn't the question not have been, when will they admit a woman as a member (or an African-American before that), but instead, why are we all participating in a golf tournament hosted by such people?

No one asks why the KKK doesn't admit a few African-Americans or Jews as members. And, if they did, we wouldn't then pretend they're some sort of great civic organization.

So, if the members of ANGC were heathens last week, has anything changed? Because two women are members?

Shouldn't we have been asking all these golfers why they're participating in a tournament run by such folks? Asking CBS why they're broadcasting such a tournament? Asking news orgs why they're sending reporters to cover such a tournament, and letting their employees play in the media round? Asking corporations why they send millions to entertain clients at the Masters?

But, because people love the Masters, they'd rather Augusta admit a couple of women, so they can pretend everything is all better.

Great post.

 

[YankeeFan]

Great. Now I have to rethink my post.

 

[Mark2010]

Huh?

 

[Mark2010]

Huh?

You're a disgrace of a human being, and anyone who writes something that you agree with will automatically rethink their position as a result of being associated with you.

I hope that clears things up.

Eh, screw yourself.

 

[YankeeFan]

Huh?

You're a disgrace of a human being, and anyone who writes something that you agree with will automatically rethink their position as a result of being associated with you.

I hope that clears things up.

That about sums it up.

 

[Lieslntx]

Eh, screw yourself.

Have I told you lately how much I love you, Mr. C?

I'll be sure to do that.

Feel free to make an argument refuting what I said, or refuting what 90 percent of posters here already think about you.

 

[Mark2010]

Amazing how some people run out of things to say related to a subject and resort to personal attacks.