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Rory McIlroy gets a sports Darwin award



I didn't know how to put this is nicer terms, so I haven't: Rory McIlroy is an idiot. And don't get me wrong, Jason Pierre-Paul, who is currently in hospital after playing with fireworks - and getting his hands burned - on the July 4th weekend is an idiot too.

There are reports that Pierre-Paul just lost a $60m contract offer with the New York Giants. McIlroy SHOULD be losing that with Nike for his decision to play soccer on the July 4th, and getting himself badly injured.

Because by getting injured, he's just lost the chance to win another Major (The Open Championship, which becomes decidedly less interesting for him in it), make a lot of money by winning, and get the Nike tick on the TV a lot.

McIlroy could have done with the win. The last majors everyone's been talking about Jordan Spieth. Mainly because McIlroy hasn't shown up during the opening days of the last two opens, while Spieth has been more dominating than Christian Grey.

Anyway, on Monday Twitter explodes with the news that the cool Irish kid has ruptured an ankle ligament.

Was he helping an old lady with her shopping? In the gym working out for the Scottish Open? Screw it up in practice while trying to thump something towards Saturn?

Nope. He was playing football with his buddies on the July 4th weekend.
























Football? Who did he think he was, the second coming of Lionel Messi, Pele or Norman Whiteside? Listen Rory, you're a PROFESSIONAL GOLFER. Your job during the season is WINNING GOLF TOURNAMENTS and earning a lot of money doing it. You've earned a lot of money from tournaments and sponsors doing what you do best. So what made you think, just two weeks before a tournament: "Oh, I'll have a kick about?" Who did you think you were, Zeus?

And I might not be the most pissed-off person out there. That would probably be Nike, who saw its prized golfing possession now out potentially for the rest of the year, while Under Armour's prize golf possession - Jordan Spieth - is only two away from a grand slam.

Nike's lawyers should be talking to McIlroy's agents and asking for a lot of money back from the player. The injury didn't come because of a golf-related injury. He was playing about.

Was the injury sad? Sure. Jesus, the only one who wasn't sad about it is probably Jordan Spieth, who is secretly clenching his fist like he's just holed in from 70 feet. His Slam hopes just got easier. The British Open's spectators must now be feeling screwed, as must the organisers, the sponsors and the TV guys.

"Can't wait to see Rory", says a big-time TV sponsor to The Open Championship head guy. "Oh, we've got a problem with. You see, he thought he was Lionel Messi and screwed up....." Imagine that conversation. And the millions of others.

Sorry, Rory: You deserve all that's coming to you because of this. One thing you don't deserve is sympathy.




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