Posted on 06/01/2016 2:21:16 PM PDT by george76
A three-time major winner is turning into a major headache for the PGA Tour.
In a memorandum filed with the New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday, Vijay Singh accused Tour officials of subjecting him to "absurd" and "unfair" treatment by ignoring the use of deer antler spray by five other professional golfers playing on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour and then lying to the public by "characterizing Singh as a cheater who caught a break."
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Singh's lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, claimed that the Tour's legal strategy attempts to rewrite their rules to cover their own tracks.
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As a mirror into his mentality, Commissioner Finchem under oath in discovery in this litigation was asked to explain his multiple, false and misleading public statements about the Singh matter," Ginsberg wrote. "Remarkably, Commissioner Finchem refused to respond to the questioning about whether WADA ever changed the list or why he told the world that WADA had changed the list, and, instead, stormed out of the deposition, and refused to return
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organizational failure that raises questions about the way the Tour conducts its business.
"As detailed in the filing, the PGA Tour's bogus rationalization for treating Vijay differently than it treated multiple other players, and then Commissioner Finchem's unwillingness to remain in his deposition and explain why the PGA Tour ignored WADA's guidance about the Spray and then misled the public, speak volumes about the golf organization's conduct and failure to fulfill its duties and obligations. Either the PGA Tour was woefully ignorant or woefully arrogant, but, either way, it was woefully irresponsible and Vijay suffered as a result."
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
Deer antler spray?
Internally or externally?
Plus, the PGA is bigoted against Americans who love America. They pulled out of a Trump owned property in Florida to move a tournament to Mexico.
The PGA: Pathetic Golf Association
Hang the PGA!!!
this is some type of steroids stuff..?
“Deer antler spray?”
Read the article. It is only one click away.
It’s a joke, right?
the World Anti-Doping Agency determined the product didn’t contain enough of the hormone IGF-1 to be performance-enhancing.
Sounds like something you’d use for hunting.
Yeah, but now it’s a scroll up and click. Sigh...guess I’ll never know...
The story is real, the product is essentially snake oil.
At lease Singh has enough class not to raise the race card....
Which seems very likely was the cause of the different non-explanations why he was singled out....
Started a couple or so years back. Not a joke as the spray contained trace
amounts of a banned growth hormone IGF-1.
google will give you some info if you care to explore further.
And what race are people from India????
That is like suggesting that some how arabs should play the race card....
Interesting.
Singh is from Fiji.
In 2013, The Tour announced its intention to suspend Singh for 90 days following his admission to Sports Illustrated that he had used the spray, which contained trace amounts of the banned growth hormone IGF-1, but quickly lifted its suspension when the World Anti-Doping Agency determined the product didn’t contain enough of the hormone to be performance-enhancing.
So what is your take on Singh’s allegation that five other players used the spray without consequence. (ps... I didn’t read the article, but just the comments.)
I was wondering if you thought his complaint holds up? Sounds as though the Commissioner ducked out and ran for cover, on the question.
I really do not know, I hardly ever watch any sports anymore. Golf was never at the top of the list when I did.
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