Do professional athletes owe anyone anything when a game is over? More precisely, is it their duty to talk to the assembled media about what just happened, win or lose?
Collin Morikawa, the world's fourth-ranked golfer, had some thoughts on this earlier in the week that drew some criticism. And following Friday's second round of The Players, he had some more thoughts on said criticism.
Let's go back to the beginning.
Last Sunday, after falling a stroke short of possibly winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Morikawa left without talking to the media. Tuesday, he was asked about that, and had this to say:
"Yeah, just heated.