OT: LIV/PGA Merger

[Bandwagon King]

Why do they "deserve" it? Each player made his own risk assessment and made a choice. Worked out for some, didn't for others.

Not everyone had to take the same risk. Some didn't take the money because the tour was leading them to believe this would destroy the tour. Some had no choice but to shut up & do as told. Those people weren't given a choice, since the tour was their only viable opportunity to make a living plying their trade. They were stabbed in the back by their organization. If that isn't the very definition of an anti trust violation, then there isn't one.

[Bandwagon King]

It’s called business . . . sometimes those who are Lilly White do not end up on top. They all made business decisions. Any suit now should probably result in those who want to litigate as opposed to play, get to litigate. If they choose that path, it is quite possible that they are banned from the very organization which they stuck with and will not get to play . . . not really an option . . .

Remember this post the next time you want to whine about NIL, or the transfer portal.

[CajunVic]

Remember this post the next time you want to whine about NIL, or the transfer portal.

You have definitely mistaken me for some other poster.

[Grantvb]

I’m definitely not a GOLF guy. Is this good or bad for the sport?

[Bandwagon King]

It’s called business . . . sometimes those who are Lilly White do not end up on top. They all made business decisions. Any suit now should probably result in those who want to litigate as opposed to play, get to litigate. If they choose that path, it is quite possible that they are banned from the very organization which they stuck with and will not get to play . . . not really an option . . .

It's called golf. And the sport has functioned under one entity for decades. So it has a monopoly simply by tradition. It is not exempt from anti trust litigation & has enjoyed the welfare for the rich tax exempt status for decades by not paying it's own way as a "non profit" for many years now. None of us are members of the PGA, but I would wager that the vast majority of those members are feeling like they just got the screw job of their lives. And since the PGA only exists to display the greatest players in the world, it should have to answer to those players who have made the directors of the sport filthy rich beyond anything they deserve. How much you want to bet this ends with a golfer's union & a monster size historic settlement being given directly to the players who didn't get an opportunity to make a deal because of the underhandedness of the PGA & it's board?

[CajunVic]

I just don’t see it that way . . .

[Bandwagon King]

I just don’t see it that way . . .

I thought you were an attorney. Isn't that why we have courts? We don't see things a lot of ways in which they end up turning out. The only thing the PGA did was swap law suit partners &   their legal mess onto the LIV tour's lap. This is going to end up as a massive law suit & settlement in favor of any player who was threatened with a life time ban if he sought a deal with the LIV tour. It could also end up doing exactly what the PGA didn't want to in destroying the tradition of the sport as we know it. Of course if tradition means nothing to our nation's institutes of higher learning, then why should it mean anything to any of our other cultural traditions?

[CajunVic]

I thought you were an attorney. Isn't that why we have courts? We don't see things a lot of ways in which they end up turning out. The only thing the PGA did was swap law suit partners &   their legal mess onto the LIV tour's lap. This is going to end up as a massive law suit & settlement in favor of any player who was threatened with a life time ban if he sought a deal with the LIV tour. It could also end up doing exactly what the PGA didn't want to in destroying the tradition of the sport as we know it. Of course if tradition means nothing to our nation's institutes of higher learning, then why should it mean anything to any of our other cultural traditions?

I still don’t see it that way . . . Only time will tell . . .

[BabbForHeisman]

I’m definitely not a GOLF guy. Is this good or bad for the sport?

I think its good. Puts all the top players back in the same spot (instead of split between multiple tours). Also creates some animosity between players. I want fistfights!

[R1Letterman]

If the PGA called the LIV players out for being pro Saudi/anti 9-11 victims, as did the media that airs the PGA, wouldn't this now make them all pro Saudi as well? Does this include espn/abc/disney/CBS and nbc?

[R1Letterman]

It's called golf. And the sport has functioned under one entity for decades. So it has a monopoly simply by tradition. It is not exempt from anti trust litigation & has enjoyed the welfare for the rich tax exempt status for decades by not paying it's own way as a "non profit" for many years now. None of us are members of the PGA, but I would wager that the vast majority of those members are feeling like they just got the screw job of their lives. And since the PGA only exists to display the greatest players in the world, it should have to answer to those players who have made the directors of the sport filthy rich beyond anything they deserve. How much you want to bet this ends with a golfer's union & a monster size historic settlement being given directly to the players who didn't get an opportunity to make a deal because of the underhandedness of the PGA & it's board?

Wouldn't some of that same rationale make athletic departments status as non profit questionable as well? Especially p5 football coaches