The Sportswriters Demise

Avid reader Billy M. has been a big supporter of us here at TSD, and we feel that we should reward him, as he has his head on straight (ie: he thinks like we do). He wrote a really good blasting of another Skip Bayless article on the NBA Draft, but it was way too long to publish. Instead, here is his glowing review of Bayless' "Join the Men" column ...


I just read Skip Bayless' latest article, and he is about as easy to criticize as Dan Shanoff. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bayless/050624

Like, Bayless offers these ridiculous hypothetical suggestions and solutions; he honestly cannot believe most of what he writes.

After basically reminding us of every reason America doesn't love to watch Annika every week- simply put, she's not overly attractive (Skip even says she's a little too masculine) and she is a WOMAN GOLFER. Come on now.

Then, he brings up his ridiculous suggestions that will never happen, that even if she took his advice she would probably fail and prove Skip to be wrong and worst of all his arguments are almost always based on nothing but some stupid situation he imagined.

Take the end of this article:
Only, I think she could do more than make cuts.
If she committed full-time to the men's tour for two years, I believe she could win a tournament. She's that good.

I say go for it, Annika. Do it the right way. Go to Q-School in the fall and earn your PGA card. Work through the first-tournament jitters. Let the hype die down. See if you can relax and win.

OK Skip, YOU think she could do well! You've already proven that you're a moron and that all your arguments are always based on "information someone close to the team or the athlete told you." In other words, your opinions are always based on some mysterious insider. In that case, why would your opinion about sports ever matter? You think Annika could do more than make cuts? Good for you dipshit! What might you base this on? You're an asshole who thinks up ridiculous suggestions and then somehow get paid by ESPN to share them.

What a waste of a column. There is no way Annika is gonna give up two years of her career (especially considering she is already at least 35 years old) to go to Q-school and try to join the men's PGA tour. Further, she has expressed no desire to do so. After she didn't make the cut at the colonial she said she is going back to where she belongs with the women; She hasn't publicly said that she has any urge to join the men again. So why is this news, what do you think has changed in her? If she hasn't expressed any desire to play in another tournament with men, this hypothetical speculation is a waste of time. There is no place for these absurd articles.