Root of ALL EVIL.....Money....pga players, what's next?

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Old 12-30-2023, 03:32 PM
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Football?, baseball?, apple pie?, congress I'm sure, I just hate it! But I'm sure when offered $556,000,000 (like jon rahm), most of us would be history also, have we no moral compass any more? Where does this end, when Saudis run out of money?
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Football?, baseball?, apple pie?, congress I'm sure, I just hate it! But I'm sure when offered $556,000,000 (like jon rahm), most of us would be history also, have we no moral compass any more? Where does this end, when Saudis run out of money?
I don't understand. What does a moral compass have to to do with it? He plays golf for a living. It is a job. It is his J O B! He's not throwing old ladies out of their homes, or tying damsels to railroad tracks or other dastardly things. He opted to get a better paying position in another company. Like an American League player moving to the National League.
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For over a half a billion dollars, my morals are for sale.
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For over a half a billion dollars, my morals are for sale.
My allegiance to my country and my wife are the only things not for sale!

Note,the two things listed in alphabetical order.
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Football?, baseball?, apple pie?, congress I'm sure, I just hate it! But I'm sure when offered $556,000,000 (like jon rahm), most of us would be history also, have we no moral compass any more? Where does this end, when Saudis run out of money?
So?
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So?
That's tellin' him.
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Football?, baseball?, apple pie?, congress I'm sure, I just hate it! But I'm sure when offered $556,000,000 (like jon rahm), most of us would be history also, have we no moral compass any more? Where does this end, when Saudis run out of money?
That ship sailed in 1979 when Nolan Ryan became the first athlete to earn $1M in a single season.
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Football?, baseball?, apple pie?, congress I'm sure, I just hate it! But I'm sure when offered $556,000,000 (like jon rahm), most of us would be history also, have we no moral compass any more? Where does this end, when Saudis run out of money?

No matter what profession it’s ALL about money and ALWAYS will be until money is worthless. Then, that’s when real animals show their face.
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...... have we no moral compass any more?

So in your world, anyone who takes a better paying job with less work, and more benefits, lacks moral compass.
I never realized all my working years I lacked moral compass!
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Football?, baseball?, apple pie?, congress I'm sure, I just hate it! But I'm sure when offered $556,000,000 (like jon rahm), most of us would be history also, have we no moral compass any more? Where does this end, when Saudis run out of money?
I saw an interesting interview with Lee Trevino, & (spoiler alert) he said the PGA can't compete. I'll look to see if I can find it again.
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I saw an interesting interview with Lee Trevino, & (spoiler alert) he said the PGA can't compete. I'll look to see if I can find it again.
Here it is. “I don’t know where it’s going, but I will say this: that if it is true that they have $600 billion in that kitty, I don’t know how we’re going to compete,” Trevino said. “When you look at it, they’re starting to get better and better players. If they get points — they’re negotiating now, if I’m not mistaken, to get points — if that happens, if they go to four rounds at LIV and take that tour to 60, and still pay these players, I can’t tell you how many players we’re gonna lose. And good ones.

“They can absolutely drown you,” Trevino continued. “What can we do? We’re nonprofit. And when we run out of money, there’s no way we can fight it. And you know what I’m afraid of? If they get a network, then they might not need the tour.”

Lee Trevino's take on the PGA Tour's uphill battle with LIV Golf
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I don't understand. What does a moral compass have to to do with it? He plays golf for a living. It is a job. It is his J O B! He's not throwing old ladies out of their homes, or tying damsels to railroad tracks or other dastardly things. He opted to get a better paying position in another company. Like an American League player moving to the National League.
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...... have we no moral compass any more?

So in your world, anyone who takes a better paying job with less work, and more benefits, lacks moral compass.
I never realized all my working years I lacked moral compass!
Well said.
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...... have we no moral compass any more?

So in your world, anyone who takes a better paying job with less work, and more benefits, lacks moral compass.
I never realized all my working years I lacked moral compass!
Story from long ago....this is an adult board, right?

A gentleman approached a lady and asked "would you sleep with me for ten million dollars?"

"Of course", the lady replied. "I'd be a fool not to".

The gentleman then asked "would you sleep with me for TEN dollars?

"What do you think I am", the woman snapped at him. "A w___e?"

"We've already established that", the gentleman replied. "Now we're just trying to agree on price".
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“Root of ALL EVIL.....Money”

A pretty big part of most good in our society too.
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Saudi's, their intent is not about making America great (hmmmm!), no, they are making Saudi's better, a country at the heart of an attack on America, which I will NEVER forgive because their future intent has not changed, nor will mine.
I would NEVER challenge intents of others BUT, with my broad brush, I can safely say, Saudi leadership is BAD TO THE BONE!
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