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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Golf Gone Wrong

When is a tradition something that needs to be changed? A Mass woman is suing the Town of Denni and two PUBLIC golf courses after she was denied the option to play with her father in a men's golf tournament. She had registered to play in a tournament with her father and she was a member of both the clubs participating in the tournament. She was not assigned a tee time and her father was told to find a male partner. The town administrator claimed that the rules were part of the clubs' "historic policy." The question is when should a historic policy be trumped by common sense and decency?
Gil-

Tennis match fixing?

Italian tennis player Giorgio Galimberti was found guilty of betting on tennis matched and was suspended for 100 days and fined $35,000. While there was no mention of whether he bet on his own matches. However, with all the scandals in the sport world, why would we think the positive? An NBA referee was busted for betting on games and then there is always Pete Rose. What area of sport is not tainted these days?
Gil-