Must have all been republicanCrimeCartelSoldiers..........

Another example of golf courses being a waste of real estate. Golf sucks!!! A billion dollar football stadium takes less acres than a friggin golf course. People actually care about football and it brings in more revenue to the surrounding communities. What does golf do for the communities they are in? Not a damn thing.

@dissapointed and ashamed

Another example of golf courses being a waste of real estate.

Well I won't argue that but they are hardly more of a waste than a billion dollar stadium that sits empty 3/4 of the year and costs more to the taxpayer than they will ever get back.

That's not true at all. The stadiums are used year round by colleges, local sports, local schools, fund raisers, for concerts, charity events, and by fans who even have weddings there. There are visitors that come and see the stadiums and support local businesses and buy fan gear year round. Take a look online and see what Robert Kraft has done with the Patriot Place at Gillete Stadium. It's like it's own city with fantastic restaurants and night clubs.

Either place is out of reach for the many who go hungry in this country.

@dissapointed and ashamed

The stadiums are used year round by colleges, local sports, local schools, fund raisers, for concerts, charity events, and by fans who even have weddings there.

I'm aware of that, that's why I said they were empty only 75% of the time. If it were used for pro football only they'd literally be empty 98% of the time.

There are visitors that come and see the stadiums and support local businesses and buy fan gear year round.

A few local vendors in that particular town benefit a little but there are only a max of 10 NFL games at a stadium during the year. Local vendors don't benefit from any of the other business a stadium does because if there was no stadium all of those events would be held somewhere else in the area anyway. Meanwhile the taxpayers all across the state chip in to build it with zero return on their investment.

Take a look online and see what Robert Kraft has done with the Patriot Place at Gillete Stadium. It's like it's own city with fantastic restaurants and night clubs

I'm not doubting that they are great places and far better than any golf course just refuting the notion that they are a good investment for anyone other than the guy who owns the team. The taxpayers never get their money back. If they want to spend their tax dollars to ensure they've got a pro team that is their business but they shouldn't be conned into believing they will get anything more than just that or that they'll get their money back.

@dissapointed and ashamed. Not all stadiums are used year round. Ravens stadium and Camden Yards in MD sit empty for most of the year. And golf does bring a lot money to the cities that hold tournaments.
Having said that, golf is still an elitist sport that takes up far too much land just to hit a little ball around.

Just because you don't like golf doesn't mean everybody hates it. There are a ton of businesses that are built around golf, tours, proshops. I bet golf gets more air time on TV than football or baseball.

Seems like another example of libtards trying to control everything and tell all of us what we can and can't do.

Oh, and FragrantLady, don't be such a hater.

Probably the democrats trying to get more taxes out of us FragrantLady

People are injured by lightning on a golf course, and the first thing you cretins think of is that golf is a waste of time, money and real estate? No wonder there are so many Democrats in elected office. Amazing. Oh, and yes, MSNBC; please please post this to my Facebook Wall. Another firm signal of the approaching apocalypse.

@Worm meat

Seems like another example of libtards trying to control everything and tell all of us what we can and can't do.

Oh, and FragrantLady, don't be such a hater.

Wait. You're calling her a hater for doing the same thing that you did?? That seems a bit hypocritical.

Curious as to how/why this unfortunate incident that injured 15 people morphed into a condemnation of golf. I am aware that many golf courses are built on marginal use land (next to airports, on top of former landfills, etc.). Evaluating golf courses on the basis of personal interest is handled in the marketplace by who is willing to buy & build tem. Evaluating golf courses on the basis of frequency of use, as compared to an NFL stadium, opens the debate to other comparisons. How about airport runways (typically 2 miles long)? How about public schools (typically closed 3 months of the year)? Fire Stations? Finally the economic impact os all sports is over-rated, because it doesn't generate new spending, it diverts spending to a category. For example, a decision to attend an NFL game typically precludes attendance at another sporitng event - either due to timing or the funds available to the person.

How the hell is this a politics issue? -boggle-

I live near a golf course, and the thought of plopping the Superdome ontop of it is hilarious. It's a residential zone, nothing but 1 lane streets, and on the side of a mountain!

dissapointed and ashamed:

At 3.5 million people, Connecticut is WAY too small to support their own football team, given the proximity of New York (both teams), Boston, Philadelphia, and even Pittsburgh, Buffalo & Washington have significant numbers of fans... not to mention the other teams.

What do golf courses do? Well, first off they give people who aren't you a place to play golf, for starters. They also provide open space for wildlife. And, unlike football stadiums (see the Meadowlands, Detroit, et al), they INCREASE rather than decrease real estate values. (It's a rare golf course you find next to a slum.)

Have you ever BEEN to North Stonington? 5000 people, 15000 deer.

Don't mess with lightning and it won't give you any static.

watts happening...

Internet news. No one has the time to find out all the facts. They let us sort it out LOL

They should just post the Head lines and let us fill it in.

Like 15 taken to hospital due to being on a Golf course during a storm

Now we all can run with this and spin it 20 different ways. I think this would be more entertainer that what they posted

The news yourway dot com

A direct strike isn't necessary to cause serious damage to a person.

should read } more entertaining this way then the way they posted it.

Stand inside a small metal building that get's struck by a large lightning bolt and tell my well your hearing is afterwards. As a nature photographer and storm chaser, I've been outside when a bolt struck very nearby and it's LOUD. I can only try and imagine the intense level of noise that a direct strike of a small metal building WHILE YOU WERE INSIDE IT may be like.

The victims were workers at the course, fire officials said.

Glad you pointed this out to Mark S..Some folks just can't wait to jump in with their childish comments..I wonder if his Mom knows he is on the computer instead of doing his homework..

double posting kind of like a FB stock thing

If the building was made of metal it should have acted like a Faraday cage. None would have been shocked but the boom and conclusion wave would have knocked them to the floor

MarkS - you should be very careful if you see thunder clouds. These people you want to thin out of the "stupid genepool" were workers at the golf course that were prepping for a golf tournament. It seems to me that you came from the shallowest end of said genepool.

if it was to weed out the stupid gene pool then you and your voter should have been there since they were grounds keepers required to be there

@MARK S-971793

lol just thinning the stupid genepool ! zap those fools who are on golf course in a lightining storm

Says the person who is too stupid to read a half page article. - "The victims took shelter in a shed on the course..."

Obviously you did, since you took the time to read and comment on the article.

No Terelyn, I suspect he doesn't really care, he just likes the banter.

How is that a real story unless it actually happened? You can't start a sentence by saying, "The Real Story is whether...". At that point it's not a story but rather an assumption. In your case you are assuming some sort of culpability on an employer for some dumb@$$es getting struck by lightning. I know, the blame-game is the template of the day but sometimes you just don't go out on a golf course in a storm; worker or not.

Hope the golf course has a good commercial liability policy in force. 15 claims on that occurence? Wow!! Talk about a case of gross negligence! :)

jq u are just ignorant about what a labor job is, first, and second, strong storms have a quick onset, which you are also ignorant of. Strange that you are so ignorant considering how wise you think you are. Another thing you didn't seem to consider is the size of golf course, seems they mght have done best thing possible.

Sounds like it's a case of "@!$%# happens" no ones at fault no ones gonna get sued no one was seriously hurt.

@Peggy J

The real story is whether management forced workers to stay on the course...

Another person who jumps at the opportunity to attack something without bothering to take the time to actually read the story. They had taken shelter in a shed so I guess there is no "real" story from your jaded perspective.

kevinjp -

Your assertion of my ignorance of labor and meteorology is also an assumption based on ignorance... LOL. For all you know I could be an amateur storm chaser who mows lawns for a living between tornadoes. These guys were not caught out at sea trying to outrun a squall, they're on a freakin golf course. I'm assuming (I know, I shouldn't) they have a pretty good view of the skies and they have access to 24 hour weather forcasts; it's Connecticut not Thailand. You know what, maybe they didn't have time to get away and it was just horrible luck; it's still absurdly typical to attack an employer without evidence of wrongdoing and I believe it's a trend worth combatting.

@JQ 12261891

These guys were not caught out at sea trying to outrun a squall, they're on a freakin golf course. I'm assuming (I know, I shouldn't) they have a pretty good view of the skies and they have access to 24 hour weather forcasts

You've never been caught in a sudden storm? Really? Well some of us actually spend a fair amount of time outdoors and some people, like these guys, actually work outside. You can't run from every storm cloud and not every cloud forms a dangerous storm. Storms can quickly form from virtual blue skies and I'm going to assume that people working on a golf course would be aware of the risk and not get caught in a storm that didn't pop up unexpectedly.

God truly must love ignorant people. As this thread proves, He made so many of them

You do not have to be directly struck by lightning to be injured..A nearby strike can do serious damage..A direct strike and you are more than likely gonna' be dead..

Ever hear of the term "arching" lawful1? :P

@AQ-3307763

Ever hear of the term "arching" lawful1? :P

I have. I've also heard of the term "arcing".

Ummm - almost hitting the lottery pays out too. But a better comparision would be "almost being hit directly with a grenande", there still damage.

AQ--ever heard of 'arcing'?

I'd take that bet. It is a 5 star course. Probably nicer than anything you have ever been on. The workers there are the nicest people and speak English very well. Matter a fact there are a couple of English ment that work there.

Although thier choice of shelter was not the best.

Yeah who'd have thought to go into a building when it's raining ! duh.. what would you have done ..stand under a tree !?

I'll take that bet as well. There are 2 golf courses here and the only language any of them speak is English.

johnm-1308966, I believe that in order to provide much protection from lightening, the building would have to be plumbed and wired properly.

oops, I meant lightning...lightening is safe anywhere...

The problem is people suing this never has happend in the past years, Now people want the easy money... And most of the time it just causes higher prices every where....

? Wow! No comment comes to mind, can only shake my head in laughter at the lack of intelligence.

don't eat the brown acid!

Good advice, CoRavensFan. But apparently it's too late for JDBird. We just have to hope it wears off before he posts again.

Only if you're willing to get zapped

Ya it's being held under a tree ;P

No illegals here. 5 star course. Check it out.

@tbuckl

What happened to the rules of reporting.....Who, What, Where...and Why ?????????

They wrote new rules for MSNBC they go like this- Cut...Paste...Link.

No good sir. You are the @!$%# who can't even read. They were workers not players. doofus.

Who cares Ryan Gallacher? Is that a name? Only Idiots use their real names here.

Ohhh Nooooo, please don't hack my facebook.

@Bob Cotton

Just when you think you have seen the dumbest human they continue to show up each day. I see thses as*holes all the time wacking balls around like IDIOTS in all bad weather

Yeah, these types are almost as annoying as the idiots who post messages bitching about articles they never bothered to read.

It's a "Gay Game" when you play with your clubs and balls.

Thor was merely playing through and they neglected to yield him right of way.