Questions for Pacer's Jeff Foster and TG's Baldwin

Chris, I’d like to know why you golf in the first place?

In the past few weeks, you’ve revealed you’d rather go under the knife than under the microscope with a pro. And now you say you’d rather find your shanked 7-iron in the middle of the fairway so long as a gopher boy (I’m paid for this, right TG?) goes Pinnacle diving and throws it on the green.
You say your game is so bad. . .I wonder if course conditions even matter to a player who will be playing his ball from O.B. all round anyways???

Speaking of paying people to play sports. . .

One thing sickened me more than the Pistons’ beatdown in game 3 vs. the Pacers.

That’s when Jim Gray spoke with breakout center Jeff Foster’s dad, and praised him for PAYING his high school son to grab rebounds instead of scoring points.

What a role model, Mr. Foster – rather than a postgame soda or pat on the back, you’re paying your kid to to realize the glory you probably never had. Forget the countless other non-monetary rewards a growing kid receives from doing his best in sports, lets just show him what’s really important – the “chedda", the “scrilla", the “benji’s".

This practice is done in Junior golf tournaments constantly, where teenagers can’t accept trophies too big in order to keep their amateur status – but can accept a Mustang from their pops if they break 80.

And to country club dads everywhere: don’t pay your kids based on performance, because it’s these same sissy boys I saw crying on the course and throwing clubs or cheating in tournaments. The game itself will reward them plenty if taught right.

I think I’m going to call Foster’s high school and college and tell them they have to forfeit every game Foster ever played.