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And that seemed to signal the end of the controversy. LPGA players and administrators have concluded that the best course is to move forward rather than to pursue a who-said-what-to-whom debate that probably wouldn't resolve anything anyway.

By the end of the Skins weekend, the affair had been smothered by the LPGA's determined goodwill, good golf and cheerful references to the corporately sponsored future.

The question of whether Wright ever made the comments attributed to him will probably never be answered. But another intriguing question has risen out of this issue: Why has the LPGA been so lacking in indignation? The LPGA players do not seem to resent CBS or Wright, whom some players defend as a longtime friend of women's golf, or the double standard by which women athletes are judged, for appearance and sexuality as well as ability.

Instead, the players appear to be most resentful of the media for raising the specter of lesbianism. The media has been unfair in stamping it an LPGA issue. But surely it doesn't do the LPGA image any good when players seem unwilling or unable to speak intelligently about a cultural or social issue. Confronted with some of the more profound problems in women's sports--Why are the sexual preferences of female athletes constantly questioned and their appearance remarked upon?

Why are women athletes still considered second-class citizens in the eyes of networks? Some of the girls have different lifestyles. Good luck to them.

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