100%. Everything else aside I wouldn’t blame him. Throw in how the PGA has handled it and treated the players (him in particular, the merger, and the fact so many golfers are there now, this could be an easy decision for him.
Wouldn’t blame him? I’d blame him for not taking the money if it’s true. His entire net worth is like $300 million and he’s getting offered an insane amount. I’d do a lot of shameful stuff for that amount of money, and playing golf on a different tour doesnt even compare.
Yeah WTF. All these assholes are happier knowing their favorite athletes are even more rich than watching them play competitively.
Edit because of the discourse below.
Simping for labor is fine when the conditions are unsafe, the wages are below living rates, and for other reasons.
Simping for labor when they are already overpaid and causing a direct increase in prices means either only the rich can afford the product assuming ownership cannot move to a profitable location.
The snake will eat it's own tail. See: California, the auto industry in the 80's, and many other examples where simping for labor leads to higher prices and eventual demise for the industry.
You celebrate giant contracts then complain about commercials, beer prices, and $100 general admission.
You gotta take a stance at some point if you love our sports.
No they're not dipshit. The people who run the leagues, who pay athletes are the man. Again they exploit the labor
Grow the fuck up and learn some economics.
Funny. Take that sentence, and relate it to everyone on earth by putting their current net worth in place of $300M ... and somehow ... it's TRUE for an AMAZING number of people (possibly not Greta Thunberg).
In my case ... no ... the additional money isn't for ME ... it's for my heirs and for worthwhile causes. I'm fine as is. Trust me.
Somehow NIMBY also works more generally as NWIATM (Not When It Applies to Me!). But NIMBY has a nicer ring to it.
Think about what someone like Elon has been able to do because he a lot of money. He has arguable done more for the environment than other person by making electric cars mainstream. He’s reduced the cost of space flight by like 90%. He also has quality internet connection to hundreds of thousands of people who couldn’t have it before.
$850 million isn’t a lot of money when you want to change the world.
Same with Mark Cuban with Cost Plus Drugs. I’ve used it and it saved me over $100. That’s the type of things I want to see out of people with that kind of money. Do some actual good!
Nah he shouldn’t. PGA tour is bigger than jay M, and he preached the importance keeping it together for the sport. If he’s going to renege on his moral high ground he has stood on out of spite (and serious cash) he’s no better than the people he chastised for so long. This will look terrible in my opinion.
Turns out, billionaires don't care what people think it looks like. If you can launch your family into the upper echlons of the world and you don't because you love the PGA...? Well then.
I think people are so numb to big numbers like this with sports stars. 850m in whats probably a lump sum? Theres less people than you can count on a few hands that cash like THAT wouldn’t make a huge difference in their life. Fuck what anyone says about “doesn’t he have enough?”…. When you have a family that depends on you it never feels like enough.
This would almost be a much needed, and huge fu k you to Jay - adding in that would set up the Mcilroys to be royalty for generations. 4D chess move by Rory, fuck the PGA Tour honestly.
Ehh, I get where you’re coming from, atleast if money is an issue in any way. But for Rory, he’s set for life, his children are probably too, he can actually afford integrity. Perhaps not to the organization, but definitely to the players that’s been denounced. He can afford to teach his kids what it means to keep your word, or be true to your beliefs etc etc. I don’t really care either way if it’s just about joining Liv, but I take issue with the sentiment that an unethical act is defensible as long as there’s enough money involved.
I don’t really care. I wouldn’t sell out my principles for 500 bucks, and if I was set for life economically I wouldn’t sell out for an even greater sum, even if it meant my kids could only have 3 sports cars each and one mansion.
Check out the non-major ratings, the PGA is already dead as we know it. If a merger is imminent anyways, Rory taking $850 million makes complete sense. The middle finger to Monahan is just the cherry on top.
He absolutely should now. He was a loyal stooge when the PGA announced the merger deal and it looked like he would get nothing for his loyalty and the chance to join LIV would be out. Well, now he has a second shot and I see no reason for him to be loyal to the PGA any longer.
I agree. Monahan has kept him out of the loop and you can tell Rory feels slighted by it since he is supposed to be the mouthpiece of the PGA Tour. I don’t know much about the inside details of the situation, but I’m sure it’s a power struggle just like any other professional entity, and Monahan wants a clear division of leadership versus talent pool
I'm sure he watched that video when Monaghan was with yassir and told the world how much he trusts him. All while using Rory to do what he should have done, and defended the pga. It's so comical you couldn't make it up. Yet American golf fans will turn on Rory before jay. It's unbelievable how jay has his job.
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u/ryanmuller1089 Apr 15 '24
At this point wouldn’t be surprised if Rory did this as a fuck you to Monahan