RobinRobin 9222 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Not sure if this is the appropriate place to discuss sportswashing but I couldn't be bothered to start another topic or find somewhere more appropriate. What is being said about the RSA involvement in the golf spat in the UK by the usual suspects (Delaney, etc)? It is getting a bit of headway here because of Greg Norman and his "everyone makes mistakes" quote, but I wonder if, because it is golf, there has been less fewm about it than there was about PCP's involvement in NUFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3978 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I'd guess it's because there isn't a golf equivalent of Man Utd that they regret missed out on the "blood money". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26335 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I guess it's because golf is a lower profile sport. There wasn't much of a furore when players went to SA to play there for big invitational fees. Norman's comments were idiotic though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9222 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 47 minutes ago, ewerk said: I guess it's because golf is a lower profile sport. There wasn't much of a furore when players went to SA to play there for big invitational fees. Norman's comments were idiotic though. I take the point, but that was before the sportswashing term was so prevalent and given the hysteria around this purchase, I wondered whether there had been any traction. Of course, it may be that those journalists will be happy to take the chance to improve their handicap on some of the best golf courses around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Also, golf is less a sport and more a hobby, like darts or snooker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6306 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Lee Westwood got involved last week when he said he would be playing in it on the grounds that F1 & Boxing get away with Saudi funding so why can't golf. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26335 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Also, golf is less a sport and more a hobby, like darts or snooker. Taste my sweaty ball sack after 18 holes in the summer heat and tell me it’s not a sport. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 2853 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Aye golf is canny to play, but shit to watch. It’s a bit like wanking in expensive clothes. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, ewerk said: Taste my sweaty ball sack after 18 holes in the summer heat and tell me it’s not a sport. Are we still talking about golf here, or shepherding? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16636 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, ewerk said: Taste my sweaty ball sack after 18 holes in the summer heat and tell me it’s not a sport. Does that mean walking to the Coop is a sport? i mean in the summer my balls sweat too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Also, golf is less a sport and more a hobby, like darts or snooker. I’m not having that. They’re athletes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26335 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Does that mean walking to the Coop is a sport? i mean in the summer my balls sweat too. I think the only way to settle it is to give MF a taste of each and he can decide. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I’m not having that. They’re athletes Finely tuned, at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, ewerk said: I think the only way to settle it is to give MF a taste of each and he can decide. I’ll walk to the Coop but am I fuck chasing a ball around a field… … oh, have I misunderstood? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 2853 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Finely tuned, at that. Is that CT with a selfie stck? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6306 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Fuck me, Bill Werbeniuk! Used to drink at least 6 pints before a match (which he used to successfully claim as a tax deductible expense!) and then a pint per frame. He reckoned it was doctor's advise to counteract a benign tremor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Craig said: Fuck me, Bill Werbeniuk! Used to drink at least 6 pints before a match (which he used to successfully claim as a tax deductible expense!) and then a pint per frame. He reckoned it was doctor's advise to counteract a benign tremor. needed a gallon of beer to steady his cueing arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Also helped wash away the taste of the 40-60 tabs he’d get through in a match. Hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6306 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: needed a gallon of beer to steady his cueing arm A gallon? He'd had have that by the end of the 2nd frame! The 1983 QF was 24 frames so he drank 30 pints - or 2 pints short of 4 gallons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 30 pints 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 4 gallons! I’m beginning to think the “benign tremor” might have been the DTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Craig said: A gallon? He'd had have that by the end of the 2nd frame! The 1983 QF was 24 frames so he drank 30 pints - or 2 pints short of 4 gallons. And then he went out and played a round of golf… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6306 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: 4 gallons! I’m beginning to think the “benign tremor” might have been the DTs. You think? It's getting the 6 pre-match pints through as a tax-deductible expense that impressed me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, ewerk said: Taste my sweaty ball sack after 18 holes in the summer heat and tell me it’s not a sport. I'm sure you might like it to be, but tasting your ball sack, sweaty or otherwise, is definitely not a sport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38757 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, trophyshy said: I'm sure you might like it to be, but tasting your ball sack, sweaty or otherwise, is definitely not a sport. It might be if you sink 4 gallons of lager first. Ballsack- 3 points Shaft- 1 point Brown Winker- red card. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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