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Agreed. I’ll probably still watch majors and Ryder Cup but kind of makes me lose almost all interest in PGA Tour.The PGA loves that dirty Saudi money. Sadly, a lot of PGA-only fans just got a huge dose of reality and are honestly hypocrites if they follow golf at all anymore.
The PGA loves that dirty Saudi money. Sadly, a lot of PGA-only fans just got a huge dose of reality and are honestly hypocrites if they follow golf at all anymore.
The whole talking Saudi money is so funny. YOU personally are paying for it. How do you think the Saudis get their money? Your every day driving it’s basically a slush fund for them which is fine, just don’t bring up Saudi “blood” money.
True, but what 'choice' do we have?The whole talking Saudi money is so funny. YOU personally are paying for it. How do you think the Saudis get their money? Your every day driving it’s basically a slush fund for them which is fine, just don’t bring up Saudi “blood” money.
No you don’t, but this is also the government we’ve “voted” for a million years running so you can’t say not my fault.True, but what 'choice' do we have?
Chill JB, you should’ve taken the money.Jay Monahan needs to be fired. What a hypocrite and not even consulting the players on this can’t be a popular thing around the Tour.
Monahan went on national TV and said the guys going to LIV were betraying their country by taking Saudi money and now he does it himself. All the while not telling the people he was begging to stay loyal to him. Doesn’t matter your take on LIV, Monahan looks like a fool here.Chill JB, you should’ve taken the money.
Fool? Or dumb like a fox?Monahan went on national TV and said the guys going to LIV were betraying their country by taking Saudi money and now he does it himself. All the while not telling the people he was begging to stay loyal to him. Doesn’t matter your take on LIV, Monahan looks like a fool here.
I’d say a fool. He begged guys like Rory, JT, Spieth, etc. to turn down the money to stay with the PGA Tour. They did so. Then he turns around and takes the money. I’d imagine a lot of players are upset.Fool? Or dumb like a fox?
Lots of interesting things come out of this:Jay Monahan needs to be fired. What a hypocrite and not even consulting the players on this can’t be a popular thing around the Tour.
I think it’s likely Monaghan is out eventually. I don’t know how he can look the players in the face after this. All of those guys that made the tough decision and stuck their necks out for him just got blindsided and betrayed.Lots of interesting things come out of this:
#1: I see no scenario where Monahan is not fired/dismissed in the next three months over this. Players are reportedly irate over this, especially since the PGA is supposed to be a players organization. If you are a player who rejected LIV's overtures and turned down tens of millions, you are not a happy camper this morning. I think of Tiger turning down close to $1 billion on this LIV project (not that Tiger needs more money).
#2: I wonder how sponsors react to this. It was well known that the Saudis were thinking of buying WWE a few months back and signals were sent via television providers in the U.S. and sponsors that such a move would not be welcomed. Sponsors matter a great deal in the golf world so I wonder if any of them get skittish about endorsing a Saudi financed projected that was taken over U.S. golf.
#3: Are there any efforts by some prominent forces in the golf world like Jack, Tiger, Rory, etc. to create a breakaway league of their own? This is a far fetched scenario because of the undertaking that it would have but if the players are angry enough at this then it could have some really crazy effect.
In first lines of the letter, it mentions PGA tour is tax exempt. I never knew this about pro sports. After a quick google, looks like many pro sports like nfl are tax exempt. So they have avoided paying billions in taxes over the years. Are these pro sports leagues included when people say the “rich, tax cheating corporations that make too much money need to start paying their fair share “? I figure this thread already went to politics so I added to the political conversation.
2013 article:
OTL: PGA Tour giving fueled by tax breaks
The PGA Tour's nonprofit business model has allowed it to avoid paying up to $200 million in taxes over 20 years, and its tournaments -- designed to benefit local charities -- operate short of acceptable charitable practices.www.espn.com