Just to be clear on this paying the players situation ...
The players are 100% right, to demand to get paid.
The Ryder Cup belongs to the PGA (NOT the PGA Tour). It is the prime revenue source for the PGA and their estimate earning from the Cup is over $200,000,000.
Where does that money go? Up until this year, ZERO dollars went to the PGA Tour Pros who are the attraction. ZERO.
Almost every dollar the PGA makes from the Ryder Cup, goes to support the PGA's infrastructure. The PGA is a Union, plain and simple. One might refer to them as a "bunch of crooks".
Tom Brady is getting paid $75M to play a game of Flag Football.
PGA Tour Professionals were getting paid ZERO for 2 weeks of preparation and 5 rounds of golf.
Does that put things into perspective?
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