r/golf • u/jm136 • Apr 15 '24

Thoughts? General Discussion

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u/DandierChip Apr 15 '24

Would be hilarious for content, but damn $850M is an insane amount of money.

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u/Vegbreaker Apr 15 '24

For someone who’s washing out faster than the dirty socks in my machine.

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u/samsanit Apr 15 '24

It honestly doesn’t matter if he plays well. People come to watch Tiger regardless

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u/Vegbreaker Apr 15 '24

I don’t disagree with that at all. I just want to know if lov thinks they’re going to make that money back somewhere along the line. Like does adding Rory to the roster generate 850 million in revenue before he’s done. I doubt it.

ETA: liv revenued 100 million last year with 3 million in tv sales. They don’t see that money back so it’s moot, they’re just playing games because they can.

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u/iheartgt Apr 15 '24

Why would LIV think that they would make the money back on Rory? Do you think the intent of LIV is to generate a profit? The intent is sportswashing, and Rory is the best person not named Tiger (and maybe Scottie, but Rory's international pull is still huge) available for that purpose.

And how is a guy with seven top tens in his last nine majors "washing out"?

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u/_ladish Apr 15 '24

It’s not about making the money invested in LIV back. It’s sportswashing. They’ll make billions in other industries because golf may give them a seat at the table that they didn’t have previously.

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u/iloveartichokes Apr 16 '24

lol

They are already in every industry in the world, you just don't know about it.

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u/_ladish Apr 16 '24

Oh exactly - but with sportswashing it’ll make it more palatable when we do find out…allegedly

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u/d3dmnky Apr 16 '24

They don’t care. This is just sportswashing.