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  1. #13

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    Sounds like the AFL-NFL Merger in 1970. They were gonna merge or go broke.


  2. #14

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    Quote Originally Posted by zephyr View Post
    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.
    PGA didnt want to have to lift the veil on their non profit status. They couldn't go to court.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grantvb View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajuns80 View Post
    PGA didnt want to have to lift the veil on their non profit status. They couldn't go to court.
    They were already in court. There were a number of suits filed and being litigated.

    As a matter of fact, one of the stipulations to the merger would be that both groups would have to drop all litigation against the other.

  5. #17

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    Ah yes, capitalism. Smells like money.


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    Quote Originally Posted by zephyr View Post
    They were already in court. There were a number of suits filed and being litigated.

    As a matter of fact, one of the stipulations to the merger would be that both groups would have to drop all litigation against the other.
    Exactly, they knew what would come out in litigation.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by cajuns80 View Post
    Exactly, they knew what would come out in litigation.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by zephyr View Post
    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.
    ……well guess/hope to find out something in a lil bit……but it happened very quickly!

  10. #22

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    Quote Originally Posted by zephyr View Post
    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.
    The PGA was already in bed with the Saudi’s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duckster View Post
    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.

  12. #24

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajuns80 View Post
    PGA didnt want to have to lift the veil on their non profit status. They couldn't go to court.
    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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