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Are Feuds and Trash Talking Good for Golf?

posted 4 years ago by beantown23 (1438)
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Brooks Koepka reopened a simmering feud with fellow golfer Bryson DeChambeau who upstaged his interview last weekend. Today TNT announced that on July 6 at 5pm EST they will air The Match 2 with Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson opposing Aaron Rodgers and Bryson DeChambeau. Last year's match featured Brady, a notorious career trash talker, jawing with HOF trash talker Charles Barkley. So if Koepka openly cheers for the Brady team over the next 6 weeks, is that petty or just fun jazzing up a too civilized sport? Would it help the ratings if Rodgers and Brady trash talked every day with crazy side bets added to the mix?

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[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

Feuds will generate publicity and garner attention for the participants, so I'd say that on the balance a limited amount of feuding is good for a sport that's so monumentally dull.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 4 years ago

I always wondered how the networks balanced maintaining the CC crowd while trying to appeal to the Happy Gilmore band.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

You don’t appreciate the RAW EXCITEMENT of golf, Otter?!

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

As much as I appreciate the RAW EXCITEMENT of doing the dishes, or watching paint dry!

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Why do the frigging commentators always whisper? It’s so pussy! If they wanna MIX IT UP, shout shit like “HEY, ASSHOLE! I BANGED YOUR WIFE IN HER THROAT LAST NIGHT!” See what THAT does to the ratings.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

I think the move to broadcasting sport live was a bad one particularly for sports like golf and cricket where the "action" can be underwhelming a good deal of the time. It was much better in the old days when an hour of highlights was replayed that evening after the day's play was over. To an extent in the old days too the golf was "carried" by the commentators who were often more entertaining than the golf. Alas commentators of that calibre don't exist any more.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I never see cricket on Canadian television which is a good thing.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Yep the cricket can be dire. I don't know how people can endure a day at the cricket ground watching it. It's alright for the members of course because they can retreat to the members bar and have a drink and something to eat in comfortable surroundings.