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Originally Posted by Tvflguy
IMO “loyalty” goes just so far. Opportunity and money talks in real life. Six months ago I was against LIV. But after time and the reactions by PGA officials I (for what it’s worth) I have flipped 180.
I put myself in the shoes of a pro golfer with family and personal responsibilities, and yep - I would join too. Reality sets in. Loyalty does not pay the bills. Odd how PGA found all the new $$$ purse money the last few months. Competition is a good thing.
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Competition in many businesses is a good thing, but not(in my opinion) in sports. Do not like monopolies but who is against the NFL? Best players in the world are not competing against each other. Golf viewership is not going up and LIV is not going to help and is diluting golf viewership. Are we(US CItizens) going to watch shot gun start tournaments that are being played 1/2 way around world on You Tube?. To make matters worse, these 48 players have a lot less incentive to win since they have already received huge guaranteed contracts
Mostly agree that players had easy money decisions. What happens when, and if, Saudis do not continue to fund this tour(no tv contract, huge up front salaries, low attended tournaments). If this was a publicly traded business, I see no reason to invest in it.
Greg has had and still has personal vendetta against the PGA. His tour has already created considerable animosity between players, not to mention golf fans.