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Skeptic [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

Skeptic [Visitor] — Fri, 05 May 2006 14:51:25 +0000

She is on Steroids.

Norman [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

Norman [Visitor] — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:45:33 +0000

How good at running are 50 year old men anyway?
Still though, it doesn't change the fact that Track and Field is very different to golf.

John Z [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

John Z [Visitor] — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:29:14 +0000

Jim C, Assuming that you're referring to Track and Field or Athletics in your post, I have to tell you that your premise is flawed at best and extremely convoluted at worst. I am somewhat of an expert on the subject and I must respectfully tell you that your post has no basis in fact. (or fiction, for that matter)

Jim COULTHARD [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

Jim COULTHARD [Visitor] — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:38:35 +0000

Avoiding possibly suspicious women's world records, I looked at age group records for the state of Arizona. It seems that the best times for women were about on a par with the best times for 50 year old men. From that perspective Michelle Wie is never likely to be any better out there than the best 50 year old man--but 50 year old have achieved quite a bit, so the possibilities are there.

John Z [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

John Z [Visitor] — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:26:23 +0000

Norman, Tally-ho, pip pip and all that sort of rot!

John Z [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

John Z [Visitor] — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:08:42 +0000

Skill, agility, stamina, hand-eye coordination, competitive spirit, perseverance, determination and ego, to name a few.

Norman [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

Norman [Visitor] — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:03:04 +0000

John Z,
Funnily enough I also agree concur with most of your synopsis.

Ocrancky seemed to be pressing the issue of sprinters for skill so it is interesting, that you say that the longer the distances the more skill required.
I wouldn't have actually thought that but I'll take your word for it.

On the heredity issue, that makes sense. At school, when I was young, I had very little physical actrivity, yet I was still the fastest sprinter there. There is also plenty of speed throughout my family.

So what exactly is the comparison between athletics and golf?

0cranky1 [Visitor] in response to: End to Wie madness, once and for all

0cranky1 [Visitor] — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:09:40 +0000

John Z I agree with your synopsis 100%, the issue I have with Norman's post was the "NO skill" part. That demeans the accomplishement of many top notch athletes. To be accurate and factual he should have said something like: "Take running for instance. It is MOSTLY physically related, in that there is A LESSER DEGREE of skill level required"
Lose the orignal ALL and NO from his claim and it is much more accurate.
It's very common to see some very vast and erroneous generalizations posted in some of these blogs. Normie might say I'm splitting hairs, but using absolute terms as he did earlier, don't form an accurate basis for his point.