So Kelly Tilghman has been suspended. Two weeks by the Golf Channel. The reason you might ask? Al Sharpton.

Sharpton said that even though Tiger Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, called it a "non-issue," it is one. He demanded she be fired. The Golf Channel suspended her three hours after he's sticking his two cents in.

Sharpton's point is that even though Woods was not insulted, the rest of the African-American community was. That's fair. I actually like Sharpton more than most, but I've always found it interesting that he's the first guy in against Tilghman, Don Imus (who I think should've been fired) and those Duke Lacrosse kids. Then when Isiah Thomas of the New York Knicks calls a black employee a derogatory word, albeit none with a racial tie, Sharpton doesn't think there's a need for any further action.

He picks his moments, certainly, but some group, just once needs to say, "No." Sharpton has some influence no question, and no one is defending Tilghman's comments, but there was no intent on making that a racial statement.

What Imus said about the Rutgers' women's basketball team was said with the intent of igniting racial feelings. Tilghman said that younger players basically wished Woods was not around. The word "lynch" has an awful history to it, but look at Tilghman's intent and Woods' treatment of it and take a step back.

Here's The Golf Channel's statement:

"The Golf Channel regrets the poorly chosen remarks made by Kelly Tilghman on a recent broadcast and, again, extends our apologies to anyone who was offended. There is simply no place on our network for offensive language like this. While we believe that Kelly's choice of words were inadvertent and that she did not intend them in an offensive manner, the words were hurtful and grossly inappropriate. Consequently, we have decided to suspend Kelly for two weeks, effective immediately."

This just seems like too much.