U.S. Should Consider Something like Seve Cup

I'm not an advocate of doing the thing that makes the most short term money. I'm not even an advocate of doing the thing that makes the most money, even if I happen to think that's winning, so in this case would be a mutual benefit by coincidence !!! But I'm curious ....

What event would have the largest commercial appeal

A North versus South match featuring 24 American players and 2 captaincy teams of Americans

or

The US versus Australia and few Southern Africans

I ask becuase Europe has the 'Seve Trophy' where the UK & Ireland play continental Europe. It's low key and doesn't command a television audience of any note. What it is being used for increasingly is a training ground. Most of the top players don't play it anymore (don't need to) and to be honest, we don't learn anything by them participating other than a handful passing on experience. In the past Rory's played it, but no longer does. I think Poulter might have been the senior pro on the last round with Lawrie

Basically 24 emerging European players play it and in effect bond, train, and learn in an environment that replicates aspects fo the team match play. We've seen the deadly partnership of Dubuisson and Super Joost form!!! Beware.

Mind you, I should say that we saw Stephen Gallacher flop in it, yet that wasn't enough to prevent McGinley picking him!!! It doesn't always work. McGinley got away with his mistakes (or his team bailed him out) Watson didn't

Just for context, this was posted a couple of hours ago in the Fred Couples thread where the issues of the Presidents Cup was being questioned, but for some reaosn has shown up here as a new thread

Even though the proceeding post was about reforming or removing the Presidents Cup from the roster and mine a resposne to that. I trust you moved that as well?

No - didn't think so

So someone block quotes me in the previous post, turns the issue (legitimately) into an open question about how America might like to use the Presidents Cup, by way of preparing for the Ryder Cup. I respond to it, (legitimately) and you remove it and create a new thread! Very poor moderating I'm afraid

"up to me"

You're quite right, I'll take that decision, and I see you've been interefering with posts again

Any board depends on its contributions and what its membership wants to talk about. It is the contributors that define the board not its moderators. Officious moderators who seek to become the centre of attention will usually do more damage than good.  If you'd looked back at the thread in question you'd realise it was full of suggestions about how America might improve it's Ryder Cup performance (plenty that don't include box quotes too as if that makes any any difference and is in your T&C;'s). Threads will drift in the direction of the flow that the members take them from time to time. You should embrace this in name of free speech as they usually get back on track without soem commissar continually ruining them. The only scope you leave I'm afraid is narrative, so might as well put up a ticker of RSS newsfeed to inform people of what the latest Fred Couples statement is rather than invite people to broaden it out and comment.

Sadly you're palpably struggling to realise this, and frankly if you're going to intervene to impose your own will on the direction threads take then there really is little point continuing with this place.

None.

As it is, the Presidents Cup is only interesting for some people some of the time. For example Australian viewers when it is played in, say, Melbourne.

The U.S. players have to pretend they find it important. The non U.S., non Euro players have to like it because it's that or nothing. And a poor relation to the Ryder Cup.

Most people like the Ryder Cup because it has history and drama and the disturbing pattern it has taken on over the least decade, and what it reveals about U.S. players.

Any other competition would be as interesting as a silly season cashfest with very little (or zero) commercial interest/potential.

I agree with every word. We've finally gotten rid of most of the silly season nonsense. Let's keep it that way!