OT: LIV/PGA Merger

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Originally Posted by zephyr

You're giving a very vague explanation of what you think will come out. Like what? It was anti-trust stuff. I think they saw how much money would be spent going up against the Saudi money just because they sued out of spite.

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……well guess/hope to find out something in a lil bit……but it happened very quickly!

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Originally Posted by zephyr

No surprise? LOL. Nobody saw this coming. Both tours were spending boatloads of money in anti-trust lawsuits against one another. I think this was the last thing people expected.

Plus, one of the major criticisms of the LIV tour from the PGA tour was the human rights issues that they claimed the players were somewhat violating by taking the money to play LIV and now you are in bed with the Saudi's? LOL. Weird. I never expected the PGA to want anything to do with LIV.

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The PGA was already in bed with the Saudi’s.

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Originally Posted by Duckster

Never imagined a merger so quickly. As the saying goes, "united we stand, divided we fall". More money to be made by just burying the hatchet and getting along.

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And that’s what the elite P5 teams will do once the ACC works out the GOR issue and old tv contacts are expendable. Follow the money. Greed will be the common bond.

If enough money is out there, I can envision the Vandys of the world getting cut out for FB. Either at the inception or down the road.

At least the SBC seems secure for the next 5 to 10 years.

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Originally Posted by cajuns80

PGA didnt want to have to lift the veil on their non profit status. They couldn't go to court.

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That and neither did PIF want a financial exam in court. Plus PIF could have drained PGA TOUR dry, kept signing players and won in the end.

This way the Tour gets paid and their members will all get paid, not as much as the LIV guys got, but the LIV guys took the chance and won.

Realignment is not done, and look for more movement, at least the announcements, over the next 12 months.

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Originally Posted by MelRock

Realignment is not done, and look for more movement, at least the announcements, over the next 12 months.

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Colorado, Arizona and Uconn to Big 12....

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Originally Posted by Dad04

That and neither did PIF want a financial exam in court. Plus PIF could have drained PGA TOUR dry, kept signing players and won in the end.

This way the Tour gets paid and their members will all get paid, not as much as the LIV guys got, but the LIV guys took the chance and won.

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There was no way the LIV tour could have driven the PGA out of business. The LIV tour was DOA. The issue is the PGA players who were threatened by the tour to be permanently barred from tour events if they signed a deal with the LIV tour. Those players have a hell of a case now if they decide to sue the tour themselves. If there was ever a case of anti trust, this is it.

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Originally Posted by Bandwagon King

There was no way the LIV tour could have driven the PGA out of business. The LIV tour was DOA. The issue is the PGA players who were threatened by the tour to be permanently barred from tour events if they signed a deal with the LIV tour. Those players have a hell of a case now if they decide to sue the tour themselves. If there was ever a case of anti trust, this is it.

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Well all suits between the two organizations have been dropped, so who will sue with an antitrust suit? Just like the NCAA and pro sports, who has the coin to take them on?

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

Spending boat loads of money on litigation often results in compromise. Litigation is expensive negative energy. Resolution allows that money to be redirected towards success of the venture(s).

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Like I said yesterday . . .

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Well all suits between the two organizations have been dropped, so who will sue with an antitrust suit? Just like the NCAA and pro sports, who has the coin to take them on?

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The players who were threatened with being banned from the PGA tour if they joined LIV should have a great case to sue the PGA.