ESPN keeps cutting into PTI with coverage of Michelle Wie trying to qualify for the U.S. Open.

It seems the world is incredibly desperate to see a woman compete against men and win. (Billie Jean King, Wie, Annika Sorenstam for awhile, Danica Patrick).

Assume for a second Wie starts making a habit of this and being in men's tournaments. Although interest in it now isn't very high, would that mean even less interest and coverage would go to the LPGA? Would he have a situation similar to when the best black players were allowed to play in the majors the Negro Leagues would disappear?

6/5/2006 6:00:39 PM

'minority' leagues, if you will, will always be second to 'majority' leagues

not because people dislike women or black people but because, as a whole, the competition is inferior

[Edited on June 5, 2006 at 6:05 PM. Reason : ]

6/5/2006 6:02:38 PM

yes...

I'm asking if the minority league "disappears" in this case.

6/5/2006 6:05:29 PM

no

wie won't make it

and if she does, no way she makes the cut

if anika can't hang, no one can

6/5/2006 6:06:36 PM

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"if anika can't hang, no one can"

Exactly. She is the best and still not good enough.

6/5/2006 6:26:42 PM

ESPN is the new MTV

6/5/2006 6:58:43 PM

huh

6/5/2006 8:21:48 PM

p.s. she didn't make it

6/5/2006 8:34:31 PM

I know. But when she's no longer a teenager she'll be awesome and even better than she is now if she doesn't burn out.

It's just that she's not made a single cut in a U.S. men's event (and only made one in South Korea or somewhere), and she gets more attention than the recognized-best LPGA golfer, Annika Sorenstam. And there's a media perception (which in today's sports = money) that she is better because she takes on the men willingly, while Annika did once and then proclaimed lack of interest for not wanting to do it again.

Sure, it's a gimmick. But gimmicks are ratings and tickets sold. 2000 people followed her along today.

[Edited on June 5, 2006 at 8:42 PM. Reason : .]

6/5/2006 8:38:57 PM

if there was a 16 year old male out there he'd get just as much attention

until he never makes a cut and everyone realized he sucks compares to his competetion

which is going to happen eventually with wie

6/5/2006 9:20:52 PM

Be fine by me if I was Wie.

She has what, ten million dollars in endorsements?

6/5/2006 9:32:50 PM

has she even won a women's even yet?

6/5/2006 10:48:03 PM

she has no real interest in the LPGA her game is being tailored for the PGA, she has a horrible short game but she can crush the ball. Nike is banking on her competing in the PGA (its not MPGA although it is historically a Men's tour)

6/5/2006 11:08:27 PM

^^No.

That's the problem.

6/5/2006 11:09:53 PM

i have a feeling she'll never win at augusta

6/5/2006 11:11:06 PM

I would still bang her when she reaches legal age.


which could be 16 in some states!

6/5/2006 11:18:47 PM

guys dont win because they can crush the ball .... saying she's tailored for the mens game because she doesn't have a short game is silly at best

6/5/2006 11:39:30 PM

Michelle Wie is a fraud and a bust. Give it up, you are not very good. Thanks

6/6/2006 12:23:10 AM

Wie will never make it. She lacks the penis necessary to reach her fullest potential. It also serves as a counter weight for more balanced shots off the tee.

6/6/2006 12:35:04 AM

she missed a billion putts today

6/6/2006 12:35:10 AM

she's the subject of tonight's OTL

6/6/2006 12:41:13 AM

OTL doesn't need to be a nightly show

But she'd probably be the topic even if it were still weekly

Just keep shoving her down our throats, ESPN

6/6/2006 12:42:35 AM

ahaha

they're interviewing a guy writing a book on wie

that is fucking rediculous

6/6/2006 12:50:07 AM

i think its pretty obvious women will never be able to truely compete with men when it comes to certain sports

gg ESPN on being dumb asses and trying to stir shit up all the time

[Edited on June 6, 2006 at 1:13 AM. Reason : ]

6/6/2006 1:13:21 AM

ridiculous is how you spell ridiculous

6/6/2006 2:10:39 AM

suck my ridiculous

6/6/2006 2:49:28 AM

I would just like to say that I learned how to play golf on that course she played yesterday...the memories

6/6/2006 1:08:44 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/golf/06/06/hawaii.teen.open.ap/index.html

lol

6/6/2006 10:42:47 PM

This thread needs some pics of Michelle.

Id hit it....when she turns 18.

6/6/2006 10:44:13 PM

Id hit it....when she turns 18...for her million$

6/6/2006 10:52:53 PM

I'd hit it RIGHT NOW.

6/6/2006 10:58:44 PM

I'd hit it. With a 3 wood. Then maybe they wouldn't show her pretty little face on Sportscenter all the time.

6/6/2006 10:59:51 PM

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"ESPN is the new MTV"

Quote :

"huh"

ESPN is slowly becoming the same tripe that MTV became years ago. Remember when it was all music videos? ESPN's doing the same thing. Original movies, original series, a reality show, plus lame shit like mock press conferences during sportscenter.

It's less about sports and more about appealing to the widest audience they can, whether they lose respectability or not. Plus the pressure to be more PC makes me sick. They generate undeserved hype that Michelle Wie and Annika Sorenstam receive as if they'll ever really compete in a men's tournament. Danica Patrick may well compete with men one day. But she's driving a car, not swinging a golf club.

And I'm not against women in sports. Robin Roberts used to be a sportscenter anchor and she was great. But don't give positions to women just to make yourselves look good. Suzy Kolver and Andrew Kremer aren't fit to lick the sweat off my ballz.

6/6/2006 11:04:45 PM

VSPN

(michael Vick perpetual cockgobbling Sports Programming Network)

6/6/2006 11:07:03 PM

^^ Maybe this OLN becoming Versus to be an alternative isn't such a bad thing.

6/6/2006 11:09:57 PM

^^Yeah. Add Eli Manning, the New England Patriots, and Reggie Bush.

[Edited on June 6, 2006 at 11:10 PM. Reason : ]

6/6/2006 11:10:07 PM

^^It'll take a long time til it can compete with ESPN. Gay or not, they definitely got like a 15-20 year head start on everyone else.

6/6/2006 11:11:30 PM

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" Danica Patrick may well compete with men one day."

i'm pretty sure she already does

and the wie story is rather remarkable, regardless if she actually makes the open or not

but i do agree they're blowing it out of proportion

6/6/2006 11:17:00 PM

Yeah I worded that incorrectly. I meant she'll probably have a number of big wins to her name by the time her career is over.

6/6/2006 11:20:55 PM

its fucking june 7th, what else are they gonna talk about? nba finals? stanley cup? single-A baseball?

6/7/2006 9:36:29 AM

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"Suzy Kolver and Andrew Kremer aren't fit to lick the sweat off my ballz."

Actually, Suzy Kolber knows more about football than any user on this site, myself included.

She wrote an essay describing "trap" plays on her job application.

She would completely undress you in any football conversation.

6/7/2006 7:35:20 PM

does suzy kolber know how to take a hit from a 275 pound linebacker

btw John Fox is on this site, he knows more about football than Kolber and more about martial arts than Chuck Norris

6/7/2006 7:38:26 PM

I thought she made a cut this year?

6/8/2006 1:47:22 PM

^Yeah on the LPGA Tour. She is top 10.

NO WOMAN has ever made a cut on the PGA Tour.

6/8/2006 1:58:00 PM

^, ^^ You're both right. Wie made a cut in a men's South Korean event.

6/9/2006 12:30:41 AM

i am attracted to this broad

6/9/2006 12:42:12 AM

how long has she been 16 now?

[Edited on June 10, 2006 at 8:56 PM. Reason : nvm 10/16/89]

6/10/2006 8:56:09 PM

6/10/2006 9:23:38 PM

hahahahha

6/14/2006 8:06:41 PM

that has to be a photoshop but its still fucking hilarious

6/14/2006 10:12:03 PM