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Lesson Learned: You can speak english, but not in America!

Why?

The answer is plain and simple.

Bivens wanted to keep her job.

It's about time she got slapped.

She should get fired for trying to stop the Koreans from being the force they are on the tour.

Bivens took a page right out of Adolf ****'s playbook: ethnic cleansing.

guess her job was more imporant then making someone earning american dollars speak in english

Yes. The English-only requirement and ethnic cleansing are virtually identical issues.

What a moke.

Sarcasm.

As long as they're paying taxes on what they win - who cares what language they speak.

Well said Johnny.

You can bet this entire thing was not actually promulgated by a couple of whiny corporate executives playing with a Korean who can't speak English but a direct desire to check the huge influx of Korean and Asian players who are dominate on the LPGA.

Bivens can deny it until she turns blue in the face. But we can all see that this move had one purpose: to reduce all the Asians playing.

Shame on Bivens. I hope she gets booted but good by this. I'm glad she isn't running the country.

Koreans will kill what little interest there is in this tour. Jan Stephenson was right when she said this years ago.

He-rro my fends.I like goff too!! Even though I get sick of having to press the number 1 for english everytime I call a company, you cannot lock someone out because they do not speak the native tongue! (If english is even the native tongue anymore)

Suspensions aren't the way to go, but it's naive to think that less marketable players aren't going to come back to bite the LPGA. This isn't the NFL which has owners who foot the bills. If the players can't effectively draw and hold sponsors, the LPGA is in trouble. All you have to do is look at the NHL to see what happens when fans can't relate to players. uninterested fans = uninterested sponsors = no revenue = no more tour. Ultimately, it comes down to $$$. Same reason the PGA suspends players who are no-shows for corporate sponsored pro-ams. They can't afford to lose sponsorships.

At the end of the day, the LPGA doesn't have the right to suspend these players for not speaking English, but if the players don't take responsibility to help maintain the financial strength of the LPGA, they're going to be giving lessons for a living instead of playing for big prize money.

Bivens is right. The Koreans will kill what little interest there is in the LPGA. Unless of course they are pretty and well-dressed Koreans.

Sad to say, but if the Korean's do in fact increase thier numbers, it will be interesting to see what happens to the LPGA's numbers.

You guys are real crackersjacks.

Se Ri Pak is Korean and is one of the darlings of the LPGA.

You can all go jump in a f***ing river.

FU Jon