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Comment on Golf Galaxy And Leading Manufacturers Sued For Sex Discrimination by Allan

Allan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:56:34 +0000

It is very disappointing that in this day and age we still have discrimination taking place. I would like to think that it was just oversight on the part of promoting the event that lead to the discrimination, but in any case there are legal consequences for these kinds of actions. In the end everyone want to be treated equal so laws are in place to achieve this. I hope that one day we can look back and admire how society succeeded in making the world a fair and equal place!

Comment on Municipality And Golf Courses Creatively Address Valuation Issues by Friday Sports Briefs – CONNECTICUT SPORTS LAW

Friday Sports Briefs – CONNECTICUT SPORTS LAW — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:35:29 +0000

[...] Rob Harris at the Golf Dispute Resolution blog has an interesting post on the Town of Darien’s…. Rather than engage in litigation over the value of golf courses (and corresponding taxes), the town has negotiated lower valuations in exchange for agreements to preserve the clubs as open spaces and the first right of refusal to purchase the property. If you’re interested in golf, you’ll want to follow Rob’s blog. [...]

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Jiggy Hanz

Jiggy Hanz — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:25:10 +0000

It’s interesting how some women want equal treatment for women, but not for men. Or, who believe it’s okay for a Mom-and-Pop shop to charge their good Christian customers – especially those from their fundamental Christian church – less than their non-Christian customers, since they run a family business and there’s no malicious intent.

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Rudy Anderson

Rudy Anderson — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:01:16 +0000

I think we have lost our minds. What about senior discounts (AGE)? Military, etc. This is a remarkable intrusion of government into a free society. California has taken this to a new art form.

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Patricia Hannigan

Patricia Hannigan — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:54:39 +0000

While it may not be the case at Eagle Vines many courses are small family run businesses struggling in the current economy. I’d hate to think of those kind’s of businesses being brought down by similar law suits when clearly there was no malicious intent. This type of suit has been dismissed in other states. Ultimately I feel such suits are more apt to erode public respect for the Equal Rights Amendment and deter rather than promote the serious goals for which it was adopted

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Rob Harris

Rob Harris — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:17:19 +0000

Attorney Peter Mankin, of San Francisco’s Sheldon & Mankin, invited me to share the following comment:

“While as an attorney I have a respect for the law, and consider myself relatively ‘liberal,’ I think these kinds of absurd suits give a bad name to lawyers and the law. I don’t know Mr. Rava or his motivations, but surely there must be a better way to either make money or push one’s causes.

“One of the assistant pros at my club (Contra Costa CC) just took over the Head Pro job at Eagle Vines earlier this year. I hear he is doing great things to improve the club and I am sorry he has to deal with the likes of Mr. Frye and Mr. Rava.”

Comment on Gambling And Golf? Shocking by Larry Gavrich

Larry Gavrich — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:38:22 +0000

A few years ago, I played at the private course of the two Lake of Isles courses across the road from Foxwoods Casino and on Indian tribal land. I did not see any slot machines in the locker room of the club but I wonder if they could put them there if they wanted. I’d be shocked, I tell you, shocked if they could not…

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Jiggy Hanz

Jiggy Hanz — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:35:14 +0000

That should read “. . . didn’t know women were paying less than men . . ..”

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Jiggy Hanz

Jiggy Hanz — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:45:02 +0000

Having researched this law, golf, and this case, while it is clear the golf course was indeed trying to promote golf to women, it turns out that women have been playing golf since at least the mid-1930s when famous female athlete Babe Didrikson played in the 1938 Los Angeles Open, a PGA event, and several female golfers have since played in PGA events, e.g., Annika Sörenstam, Suzy Whaley, and Michelle Wie, while no men, not even duffers, have ever been allowed to play in an LPGA event.

Also, I’ve learned that Steve Frye didn’t know women were playing less than men until after he played that day. And his hands are tied regarding the remedy he is seeking, because these remedies are all fixed by the statute. Discrimination victims in these types of cases can’t select their remedies, they are all fixed by the California Legislature in Civil Code section 52, and this same Legislature increased the mandatory statutory damages from $1,000 to $4,000 per offense in 2002 specificallybecause of the proliferation of Ladies’ Day and Ladies’ Night promotions across the State, despite the then-$1,000 statutory damages penalty. Interestingly, the first remedy listed in his complaint is for an injunction ordering the course to stop charging golfers different green fees based solely on their sex – not for money.

Lastly, according to this law, it also prohibits Eagle Vines from charging white golfers more than black golfers like millionaires Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, or Barack Obama if Eagle Vines were to employ an African-American Day to merely try to promote the game to black golfers.

Comment on Golf Club Sued For Ladies Day Promotion by Golfer72

Golfer72 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:22:27 +0000

I can easily see how everyone is screaming “discrimination”, but I truly do not believe the golf course (Not country club) were trying to discriminate against anyone on purpose.

It seems that they were just trying to promote the game to women, not trying to discriminate against anyone in particular. Why would they when then objective of any business is too maximize profits? No one was being targeted here…..

The truly sad part is that no one is realizing that Steve Frye waited a full year to file the complaint, just so he can max out the $$ in the lawsuit. He did not have the decency to go into the golf shop at the time to say anything, which makes his intentions obivious. It’s plainly obvious that the true reason for filing this lawsuit was for nothing other than MONEY!!!!
According to the article & others about him, that’s how he makes his living!

Wouldn’t senior & military discounts fall into the same catagory? So we are saying no more discount at Denny’s for all those mom’s & pop’s who are on fixed incomes or for any military personal? That would also be considered discimination, correct?