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In Reply to: Keanu sucks, yet he's one of the stars that rakes posted by Yucin on October 26, 1999 at 16:06:19:
goal-line; ball past the tennis opponent; ball in the soccer net; puck in
the hockey net, ball in the billard pocket, etc. Why just pick on golf?
most likely because their is something inherently demeaning to the human pyschy to reward the person who puts in the least effort during the tourniment.
I've played lots of billards and lots of golf in my lifetime and I can
assure you that golf takes more effort from me. I don't have to battle
the elements of nature when I shoot pool for one thing, except perhaps
go take a whizz every now and then. - AH
Billiards, Golf, what difference is there, its putting a ball through a hole on the ground or on a table. Just sucks.. I am in the engineering profession designing processors and just makes me bitter it took a good chunk of my life (now I am 32)to get to a respectful percentage of what these guys rake. Just sucks.. Sorry
if you're bitter about balls going into holes, why haven't you designed
a top-notch sports computer program or something? Don't you have the
talent? the best paid golfers and billards players are at the top of the talent
chain in their respective professions. I dare you, exceed your own expectations, find the talent hidden deep within thyself and create a
best-selling program of whatever sport or game of your choosing; you'll be surprised how
much your market value will increase! Don't complain...get on the ball (no
pun intended!). - AH
What I was getting at is, what betterment putting a ball through a hole makes it to humanity? I just don't see the justification.. On top of it, I don't see how people can spend hours in front of the TV watching something so lame.. I absolutely would see no reason to be sorry, when they, the celebrity ones get struck by a lightning..
If the main thrust of your criticism is "what betterment putting a ball
through a hole makes it to humanity?"; then, why not apply it to all games
and sports, e.g., putting a ball through a hoop and so on. None contribute
to society in the basic survival sense, not like some farmer producing
crops to feed the masses, or a physician healing the sick, suffering and
dying. Moreover, your criticisms could apply to virtually any cultural
activity that did not contribute directly to our survival; i.e., music, art, sculpture, TV game shows, etc.
Beyond that, these sports/games professions have provided countless
people with much enjoyment and entertainment, me for one. Just because
YOU don't appreciate the skills of top golf or billards players doesn't mean
OTHERS do not; if a good number of people didn't enjoy these types of
activities, the cash wouldn't be there for promoters to pay the sums that
top performers get. Face it, we live in a market economy.
I am not putting down the entertainment that you get out of any art, music, movie, games, etc.. But I am questioning their existence, only when the amount being spent on it is so ridiculously high. I'd rather see that much money being spent on some medical research. But that's not going to happen as long as there are people that encourage that..
focus on the capitalistic underpinnings of these types of activities.
Hi Audio Head, your responses were very interesting, thanks.. I want
to get back to the interesting and more challenging stuff, how about them movies?? Thanks again..
I realize that overpaid golfers might offend your moral sensibility; but think about
professional poker players for instance, the top dogs make buku bucks
in Vegas tournaments, heck, they don't even have to walk around in the
elements and make swings like golfers; they just sit on their cans and
throw around cards and chips. How's that for an imbalanced physical effort vs paycheck ratio!
There is a considerable degree of pressure and stress, however, that must be
factored in at that level of competition and with stakes that high; wonder
how high the heart attack rate among top poker players is vis-a-vis the
general population? Seems it would be somewhat higher, considering the
amount of stress and the fact that they can't release that stress, keeping
it all pent up with stonefaced demeanors and all.
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