"I don't know how it works. I looked at it for the first time the other day to see where I stood."

That's Lucas Glover describing the drama-deprived concept that is the FedEx Cup, which we will have to endure another year of starting Thursday. John Strege considers the state of the cup, talks to several players who have some interesting things to say and also points out the lousy timing of the "playoffs."

The FedEx Cup still has obstacles, obviously, widespread indifference among them, even as the networks dutifully update us on FedEx Cup points each week. FedEx Cup points. How does that work again? Another obstacle: the calculus on which the tour relies to produce a champion. Who can understand it without an MIT degree, or at least a slide rule? "It's just a little difficult to follow," Glover said.

Four bullet points are offered in the section on the FedEx Cup, beneath the heading, "2009 Changes," in the PGA Tour Guide. The last of them is this: "Streamlining the points structure for ease of understanding."

Really? Here's the first bullet point: "Shifting the points reset from the beginning of the Playoffs to after the BMW Championship, which means points earned during the PGA Tour Regular Season will be carried through the first three Playoff events."

"They need to make it easier for the fans to follow," Ben Curtis said. The players could use some help, too, he might have added.

I know we've warn this one out, and I still stand by the concept I floated in Golf World a couple of years ago.

The main positive, as noted by Doug Ferguson in a recent tweet, is Tiger Woods playing golf right now when he ordinarily would not be teeing up. And while that's signficant if you are a network looking for ratings, at some point FedEx is going to get fed-up with an association to a bean-counting, yawn-inducing, head-scratching and integrity-challenged farce of the "playoff" world during arguably the most exciting time of year in sports.