TUESDAY COMMENTARY – MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
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IT’S TUESDAY SPORTS FANS AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS – TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF THE GOOD, THE GREAT & THE UGLY!
FIRST, THE GOOD: THE CFL HAS GOTTEN OFF TO A GREAT START WITH FOUR INTERESTING GAMES IN WEEK 1. REMARKABLY, THE ONE GENERATING THE MOST BUZZ FEATURED THE MOST LOPSIDED SCORE; THE BC LIONS EMBARRASSING THE EDMONTON ELKS 59-15 AT BC PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT.
THERE, CANADIAN QUARTERBACK NATHAN ROURKE THREW THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND RUSHED FOR TWO MORE BEFORE THE LARGEST CFL CROWD IN VANCOUVER IN ALMOST A DECADE.
THE ONLY UGLY THING HERE IS VICTORIA AND OAKVILLE ARGUING OVER WHICH IS NATHAN’S HOMETOWN!
NEXT, THE GREAT: HOCKEY IN JUNE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE TITLE OF A GREAT SONG BY STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS.
SURE IT’S NOT NEW FOR THE NHL BUT THE MAJOR JUNIOR FINALS ARE JUST WRAPPING UP AND WE’RE HEADED TOWARDS THE FIRST-EVER MEMORIAL CUP TO BE PLAYED IN JUNE.
THREE TEAMS HAVE BEEN DECIDED: SHAWINIGAN, EDMONTON AND HOST SAINT JOHN. NOW WE’RE JUST WAITING ON ONTARIO.
A JUNE MEMMER WILL LIKELY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, SO LET’S ENJOY IT NOW!
AND FINALLY, THE UGLY: IT’S THE REACTION TO PRO GOLFERS DEFECTING FROM THE PGA TOUR TO THE ROGUE, SAUDI-FUNDED LIV GOLF TOUR.
WHAT’S BEING SAID ABOUT THE LIKES OF PHIL MICKELSON, DUSTIN JOHNSON, SERGIO GARCIA AND BRYSON DECHAMBEAU IS REPREHENSIBLE BUT IT’S NOT THESE CRITICS WHO WILL DECIDE WHAT THESE MENS LEGACY STANDS TO BE.
IT’S WHAT THEY’VE DONE ON THE COURSE AND AS PHIL RIGHTFULLY SAID, HIS RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
I’D ALSO ASK THOSE CRITICIZING THESE GOLFERS IF THEY’D DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT IF THEY WERE OFFERED A CHEQUE FOR EIGHT, OR NINE FIGURES U.S.?
AND LET’S NOT FORGET MICKELSON WAS ALREADY IN EXILE FROM THE PGA AS IT WAS, SO THIS WAS A PRETTY EASY CHOICE FOR HIM.
DOING WHAT’S FOR YOU HAS NEVER BEEN SO EN VOGUE.
AND IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, A WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN TO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY
(The Rod Pedersen Show airs daily at 12 pm ET and 10 pm PT on Game+ TV across Canada and the USA. Call your cable provider for details. You can also watch on YouTube Live)
Great commentary Some of us are fortunate to go to a little club house where we get taught: – stay on your side of the street – make sure your yard is clean – mind your business – live and let live – principles over personalities Phil pulled off the greatest individual sporting feat by winning a major at 51. A couple years later he is in exile. The last time I witnessed anything close. 1985 Pete Rose breaks the hit record. 4 years later he is in exile. As he sits in exile every other MLB commercial is a… Read more »
good point Obama. Who in their right mind would not take the up front money offered to these guys, especially Johnson and Mickelson. Life it not about grinding it out on the PGA tour because it is a great tour with lots of great players. It is about putting the best food you can on your table and living the most comfortable life you can. These guys that stand on a soap box and preach about not staying on the PGA and running for the money are idiots. To take 200Mil or 150 mil up front will set a person… Read more »
Truth! These soap box Virtue Signallers never got laid off. When working folks get turfed on Monday the company knew on Friday. There are no guarantees or entitlements in this life. Unless you are in an equity group and the NFL is trying to look good. Phil does not need to explain jack. Anyone in Canada who yaps ’bout Saudi Arabia. Well there are a whole bunch of unmarked graves at residential schools they can go help clean up. Americans yapping – well their actions with NATO is the reason the Ukraine is in process of getting blown off the… Read more »
Take your blood money you entitled assholes but don’t whine when people with a conscience call you out for having no courage or morals.
Televangelists used to talk about morality all the time. You sound like that. If you speak of morality I want to check your search engine history. My guess it’s a steady stream of pornhub. Very similar to anonymous blog posters. You just keep supporting the creepy Dictator the 28% of the public elected federally, 22% that turned out to vote for city council and just stay in your lane. 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed so why did NATO stick around? Oh that’s right to set up little satellite spy areas and pull the levers in those European countries. Those countries… Read more »