Monday, September 08, 2008

Supposed Good Intentions Erased By Poor Execution III

Hello. Well shortly after my last post, Carolyn Bivens of the LPGA announced the English speaking policy would no longer have suspensions. Well done for finally seeing the forest and the trees!
What probably made the LPGA's vision clearer was State Farm's distancing themselves from the policy. After all, the sponsors were supposedly the main reason this policy was being introduced. By having State Farm, one of the biggest LPGA sponsors, imply they were not consulted on this policy, and they weren't in favour of it, left the LPGA looking very bad.
It's nice things are now where they should be. Foreign players are now able to play in the US without worrying about how good their English is. And let's face it - the smart foreign players will try to learn English as soon as possible to cash in on marketing opportunities.
So what damage has the LPGA done to itself? Surprisingly little. Those who never cared about the LPGA still don't. Any who hated the LPGA for a brief moment are now back to being indifferent. And those who followed the LPGA religiouly will continue to do because things are back to normal.

Regards,
Steve

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