Doesn't Make Sense...

The Schloss-Blog is watching some things that just don't make sense.

Like in the U.S. Open golf tournament, why do these incredibly talented pros take 3-5 minutes to size up a shot, examine their notebooks, consult with their caddies, study their lies (of the ball, that is), measure up every angle of their putt from every which side of it, and then ...

...put the ball in a sand trap, in the water, 20 feet past the hole on a putt, on a slope on which it is impossible to keep the ball from rolling all way to Cleveland, or just plain leave it in a place where it is impossible to hit it anywhere near the hole.

I take not even a quarter of that time and do the same thing, which makes me feel not so bad about my game.

Why do so many politicians lie (speaking of lies) in their campaign ads? Outright lie. In Arizona, Martha McSally keeps saying she is all in favor of protecting patients with pre-existing conditions. In reality, she voted for legislation that would've eliminated such protection. Eight times.

Eight times.

Yet, a lot of people are going to vote for her because she worships at the temple of Trump. Interesting, because she didn't even attend his super-spreader rally in Arizona, mostly because she didn't want to be in an audience where masks are the exception, not the rule, and social distancing is nonexistent.

She about deserves to be in the U.S. Senate as much I do.

It doesn't make sense to me that the Big Ten conference announced the cancellation of its fall sports and now has reinstated them. Why?

As I always said t my students in class, IT'S ALWAYS THE MONEY and the conference has more than $700 million in TV revenue on the line, or about $55 million per member school.

Did anyone really think they'd walk away from that?

The players, by the way, the student-athletes, get none of that. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

However, the SEC, the ACC and the Big 12 had already decided they'd play and collect their fare share of TV revenue and the PAC-12 is considering it.

As renowned USA Today sports columnist and commentator Christine Brennan put it, the Big 10's decision was the day it became the SEC.

Student health matters not. Concussions? Meh. Sprains? Tape 'em up. Bruises? Rub some dirt on 'em.

COVID-19? Good luck. Ten percent positivity rates are OK. The World Health Organization says 5 percent is the acceptable rate for any community, region, state, school district, college, etc.

The sad part of that is the schools have allotted remarkable resources to be able to test athletes multiple times per week, with same-day turnaround.

Meanwhile, the student body at so many of these schools will not only be barred from attending the games, they're home, learning remotely, electronically, and paying full tuition for it.

Paying for the COVID-19 tests their fellow "student-students" are able to get, daily, if need be.

But back to golf. Tiger Woods stunk up the course at the U.S. Open. So many great golfers have not made the cut.

Heck, I could've done that. In half the time.

Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you Mrs. Robinson.