End of the rainbow--LPGA to golfers: speak English or get off the tour

[Marc Velasco]

as in 'somewhere over the rainbow"?
or perhaps more literally, after a long, colorful, arcing sort of
conversation ?

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 9/6/2008 06:09 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:
> >The LPGA article quotes California state senator Leland Yee, in
> >which he uses the phrase "at the end of the rainbow." It seems to be
> >used like "at the end of the day."
> >Is anyone on the list familiar with this usage?
> >
> >"In 2008, I didn't think an international group like the LPGA would
> >come up with a policy like that," Yee said. "But at the end of the
> >rainbow, the LPGA did understand the harm that they did."
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> I wondered whether it had anything to do with the pot of gold that
> the sponsors were assumed to continue to provide only if the players
> all spoke English, and the fact that State Farm, one of those
> sponsors, had shortly before spoken up against the proposed LGPA policy.
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> Or, the rainbow of diversity?
>
> However, both stretches, I think.  Perhaps someone should ask Yee.
>
> Joel
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