Former golfer and analyst Mark Lye has been fired from his SirusXM job. While co-hosting Saturday’s episode of, “The Scorecard,” Lye said he’d rather shoot himself than watch the WNBA. Here’s more of what he said and how he responded to the backlash…
Here’s a partial transcript of what Lye said Saturday that’s been floating around on social media: “You know, the LPGA Tour to me is a completely different tour than it was 10 years ago, and I don’t know if you were working that tour that long ago, Craig, but you couldn’t pay me to watch. You really couldn’t. Because I just, I couldn’t relate at all. It’s kind of like, you know, if you’re a basketball player – and I’m not trashing anybody; please, don’t take it the wrong way – but I saw some highlights of ladies’ basketball. Man, is there a gun in the house? I’ll shoot myself than watch that. You know, I love watching the men’s basketball. I love watching the men’s golf. I never used to like watching ladies’ golf. But I will tell you this. I’ve been up close watching these ladies play because I used to have a big function every year called the Lucas Cup and I’d have LPGA players and PGA Tour players.”
Here’s how Lye responded to what happened on his Twitter page:
It’s a SPORT! At the end of the day, does it matter if a male or female were playing? His comment that he “can’t relate” makes NO sense. So me as a woman can’t relate to men playing? I’m confused.
This guy is appropriately named. Caustic soda is sodium hydroxide. Caustic potash is potassium hydroxide. Both are known as lye and the comments this guy made are certainly caustic.
Cancel culture at play, straight up for real.
I think he wouldn’t have taken much heat if he hadn’t made the “shoot myself” comment. What you have to remember is that until 1972 there was no title IX. When I was in high school there were no girl’s sports. So in the 70’s and thru the 80’s you were teaching girls skills to play a game many had never played before at that level. I called girl’s high school basketball games in Iowa where they played half court basketball. 6 of the girls on the floor never shot the ball, they played only defense. So where women’s basketball is today is a huge step ahead of what it was even 25 years ago, and it will keep getting better.