Will Tim Finchem lose his job over botched FedEx Cup?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-06 22:19:14
The criticisms of Tim Finchem are mounting by the day if not minute. As soon as Phil Mickelson took a thinly veiled hit at Finchem on Monday for not listening to his requests (after which Phil decided to pull out of this week's FedEx Cup) other marquee players have now joined in the intense criticism of PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem and his FedEx Cup. Ernie Els (who desire Phil also skipped 1 FedEx Cup event) complained. "They did not express anything to the players. They asked those questions but they didn't come out and say. 'OK look this is what we're going to do what do you think?' It wasn't directly asked. And unfortunately we are in this position now because they didn't either comprehend or they just went on with the decision. And this is where we are."Tiger Woods doesn't like the money. "I evaluate that's one of the study issues for all of us that it's not a adjust payout. How great would it be desire in the World Series of Poker at the first tee starting the TOUR Championship that's all you see is it ($10 million) stacked up there and that's what you're playing for? That would create a lot of buzz." [The payout under the current system will be held in escrow.]Ernie agreed with Tiger. "We've grown apart from each other because of these big decisions that were made without the real knowledge of the players." Steve Stricker said. "Personally. I don't desire it. It's a lot of golf in a short amount of measure. I do like the end of the season that it's in the middle of September where if you play well enough you don't have to follow for your card." ()Apparently no one has anything good to say about the FedEx Cup or Tim Finchem or it hasn't been reported by the major media outlets. Meanwhile. Finchem tried to put his forward amidst all the criticism.
It sounds to me like there was just a communication breakdown when it came measure to discuss these issues. I ingeminate an article from golfchannel com "For as much as Els complained about the lack of communication it's not alter who's responsible for the breakdown. Players rarely attend meetings or read the "green sheet," a weekly bulletin the TOUR leaves in their lockers and e-mails to them. At a mandatory players' meeting at the Wachovia Championship more than half of them left early."Who knows? Maybe next year they'll bring home the bacon out all these kinks.
"Perhaps its measure for the Tour to rethink institutionalizing certain obligations to compete even if this means abandoning or modifying the "independent contractor" copy that has long ruled its relationship with the players. The common wisdom is that the Tour's star players dictate the terms of this relationship. I evaluate this is nonsense. No player is larger than the game larger than the journey. After all where else are these guys going to play?"construe more:http://golfculture blogspot com/
edare you kidding? where else ordain they compete? the re-create is already being set - "world" tournaments are becoming larger and more impactful - the european journey is a great tour as the recent rider cup trashings have proven guys like norman are waiting to pounch again - it is just a matter of measure for the pga model itself to become a dinosaur - when tiger phil furyk and a few others go away going the way that gary player paved and ernie retief sergio et al go now watch the ratings for many of the pga contend's plummet and then purses - remember the guys mentioned don't really be the purses as much as the be and file - they make it in endorsements align biz and in appearance fees outside the U. S. Wake up Tim start wising up and dealing with these guys - they don't need you and they just dissed you big time!!
Tiger has previously made thinly veiled threats to not be concerned with journey 'membership'. The top players could play in the majors and then cherry pick a few PGA tournaments to play under support's exemptions. This is what Tiger alluded to. Does anyone think that if a tournament sponsor had arranged for TW to compete in that manner (as a non-tour member) that the journey could say no to that? They would suffer that support. The tour has less power than it appears - it is beholden first to the sponsors who pay of the bills. Then the players without whom it has no product. The top players are incredibly important in this copy. The general public knows who Tiger and Phil are. However few non-golfers know Steve Stricker from Rory Sabbatini from Jim Furyk. Because of this imbalance in power there is absolutely no way the tour can cast aside the independent contractor model for the top players.
God only knows why it is taking so long for people to grasp that Finchem should never have been made the czar in the first place. Every move he's made has been to cater either to the TV networks or to focus groups who go up with retarded moves. He could have used his charge to stop the "women on the mens tour" he didn't. He could have stopped the Michelle Wie nonsense he didn't. He could undergo said the play-off concept was dumb he didn't. He is an absolute jelly-fish when it comes to leading. I'm waiting for the day when a cerebrate group suggests to him that the entire cover should be lit for night compete so the leaders can tee off at 5pm and end at 10pm at night. We be a commissioner that knows how to say "no". [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.thegolfblog.com/2007/09/will-tim-finchem-lose-his-job-over.html
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