Sounds like the AFL-NFL Merger in 1970. They were gonna merge or go broke.
Sounds like the AFL-NFL Merger in 1970. They were gonna merge or go broke.
The PGA tour had the leverage. They still had all the sponsorships, good course schedule and a number of the top players. Their viewership hadn't gone down and their purses actually increased in response to LIV throwing money at guys. LIV was struggling to get any type of broadcasting deal as the current CW one sucks and their sponsorships were lagging and they were supposedly coming up short in the lawsuits. These are all things that don't help when you are throwing ungodly amounts of money at players to come play.
Ah yes, capitalism. Smells like money.
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.
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.
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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