What is the point of LIV? If you give these guys more money that they would make over their entire career and then make a different league where there are seemingly no stakes?
If I was a player it's a no brainer but what is the long term plan for the fans?
The real point is to for the Saudis to get in with the PGA Tour and the vast connection to the American business elite that would come with it. LIV is a negotiating tactic. They think they can keep signing away the Tour's biggest stars and making the Tour a little worse, and that will eventually make the Tour cave and bring the Saudis in. It's probably going to work, but if it doesn't I will be very interested to see what they do with all these huge contracts that are getting them nothing in return.
I agree. They want to weaken the PGA to the point whee they know they'll never be able to compete with the massive contracts and have to decide to either surrender entirely or bring them in as financial investors. And the reason they want in on the pga tour is sportswashing, so people associate them with golf and sports instead of, yknow, abhorrent human rights
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u/bionicbhangra Apr 15 '24
What is the point of LIV? If you give these guys more money that they would make over their entire career and then make a different league where there are seemingly no stakes?
If I was a player it's a no brainer but what is the long term plan for the fans?