One of These Things Is Unlike the Other

I'm not one to sit here and rip writing, especially from someone as accomplished as Rich Lerner, but after reading through his "Hooks and Cuts" piece (I'm not sure if this is a regular piece), I had to point out one thing. He wrote -- "Tiger admitted he went to Abu Dhabi for the seven-figure appearance fee. Can you imagine Tom Brady bowing out of a Patriots’ regular season game to go play in China because a bank threw $2 million at him?" I hate to knock down a fellow golf scribe, and I know we've all made mistakes in our writing before, but football to golf? Really? A team sport to an individual sport where you play all around the world? If Tom Brady said, after China (?) offered him $2 million to go play in their made-up football league (CFL 2?), "Hey team, I'm going to skip the next game because I'm going to go play football in China," they would simply tell him he couldn't because it would breach his contract, thus losing ...