takes work to make a post - Rory McIlroy Discussion

[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

Nov. 22/2022 - Went straight to here for me, although I had to figure out how to spell his name a little more properly.

Since I'm here, I am happy Rory has been very clear in his support of the PGA Tour in regard to LIV Golf, the Saudi backed rival tour. I find it very disturbing how many wealthy American sportsmen have been so easily bought by the Saudi money.
Also, I wonder whether I am misunderstanding the issue, because when I hear sports reporting and commentary, the atrocities of the Saudi regime are side-stepped and the emphasis seems only on the money.
For instance, a reporter like Michael Wilbon might comment - "of course these guys will leave. It's about the money" - without suggesting why it might be morally repugnant to accept an offer from the Saudis. It does us no service when our free press ignores a fundamental aspect of this controversy, perhaps assuming we all understand it already. (?)

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[–] FootOfDavros (8702) 2 years ago

Are you an admin?

Just wondering why you came to this page - I was trying to get on to his page last night via search but it just kept bouncing back to the homepage. Seems okay now though, since the initial post was made.

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[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

Haha, no, not an admin.

There is a post in General Discussion that mentioned a problem opening something, then somehow I saw a comment about trouble with the Rory McIlroy page, so I found this, opened it, and decided to leave a comment to reflect some thoughts about Rory, for my own purpose and to simply fatten up the page a bit.

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[–] FootOfDavros (8702) 2 years ago

Ah okay - I always forget about that general discussion page...

Just had a look now & yeah, it's a bit weird, seems like they're okay as soon as a post is made.

I noticed last night that right clicking on the search result and selecting to open in a new tab seems to let you access the page

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

But why is LIV golf being singled out as the only one expected to carry the moral can for dealing with the Saudis ? Do you think everyone else has stopped buying Saudi oil or taking Saudi money ?

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[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

LIV Golf can do whatever it chooses. It's when wealthy Americans are so easily bought by corrupt money is what bothers me.

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

Nobody that runs this place gives a fuck about it.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

it's kind of sad. i hate people who start things and don't follow through.

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

And it still happening now. I just tried to access Andrew Stevens' page and nada. Took me back to the main page. Like I said, nobody that runs this place gives a fuck about running it properly. That's one of the reasons I'm so glad I have an ad blocker so that I don't contribute any money to this site.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

i noticed yesterday that we could no longer post on actors' pages that had no previous posts. i informed the mods. it followed the same patterns as the movie pages with no posts.

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

Yeah, it was the same problem that you reported 10 days ago about actors pages with no posts on them.They don't care about this site. And the moderation is ridiculous. For example, after Alex Jones got that verdict against him I said good he should kill himself. And it got deleted. But right now as we speak there's a thread going on that says that Kanye West and his type should be executed. That one's fine though. Can you believe that?? A whole group of people should be executed. Extremely biased moderation.

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[–] GolfnGuitars (3113) 2 years ago

He's a great player and I love to watch him play when that driver is working for him. However, he does need to quit mouthing off about the LIV Tour. He made it perfectly clear how he felt about it in the beginning. He comes across as a petulant child when he takes his potshots at it now.

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