I put a path out for JLo, Shakira, and Salma Hayek. Still haven't heard back. PGAT is looking to get the guys they want so they made the offer out there.
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I think there is more potential here than you think. Will anyone else jump? Probably not. But to act like there is zero potential is silly.
Never said potential… my comment was perceived leverage.
Because David Puig and Eugenio Chacarra don’t draw the same kind of viewership.
They want the big names back - if nothing else than as an “F U” to LIV. I’m sure the PGAT decision process is still very grudge based.
Equally as silly as assuming this "resolution" doesnt increase the chances of more PGAT players leaving
I think there is some leverage. How much? I have no idea. I have said before, the merger didn't happen because the tour see's or at minimum thinks they have the upper hand. If Bryson or Rahm leave. LIV is basically done.. Brooks as I said, is a cut that needs a few stitches. Rahm or Bryson is getting your throat cut..
I think LIV is going to wither anyway. It is just a matter of how long it takes.. could be 3 years could be 5 years.. I have no idea.
Like who? There are 5 or 6 tour players that matter in this battle. Just like there are really only 2 to 4 players on LIV that matter in this fight.
If they just thew darts, names that they think would benefit the face of the tour then why didn't they also include names like DJ, Niemann, Hatton. Contracts wouldn't have prevented these other guys since Smith, Rahm and Bryson aren't at the end of their contracts. I'm just thinking that Smith, Rahm and Bryson weren't randomly offered the same deal (or similar deal) blindly. If so, didn't the PGA, essentially, throw them under the bus by mentioning their names?
Not the big names. Probably just the two biggest names. The PGA Tour, (at least the Commissioner and the people he answers to or who advise him) seems to be desirous of having Rahm and Bryson back.
I wonder why that might be.
They clearly move the needle in professional golf in ways more than just viewership.I wonder why that might be.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes, so I will agree there is always potential and/or leverage. In this case the leverage and/or potential isn't what the PGAT thinks it is, no matter how long they slow play the merger. The initial billions they got from the SSG will dry up while LIV and the PIF will not have funding issues.
Rahm or Bryson leaving would be huge and would drastically change how LIV is viewed, but I am not sure it goes away. They have established something globally that the domestic US audience can't understand because it's not traditional to our viewing.
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The merger didnt happen because they convinced people to give them a ton of money.
Without that money, the merger happens, because the greed is just as big on the PGA Tour side.
Oh i forgot about that.....i could've sworn one of the requirements was he lose PIP in a column. Maybe i dreamed that
They have not spent any of the money received from SSG. That has been reported a number of times. So it is not running dry..
They have used some of it (see the bolded)
SSG, a consortium of U.S. sports team owners led by Fenway Sports Group, invested up to $3 billion in a new for-profit entity called PGA Tour Enterprises (which handles the Tour's commercial operations, media rights, tournaments, etc.).
- The deal closed with an initial investment of $1.5 billion.
- The remaining up to $1.5 billion would come later (potentially tied to performance or other triggers).
- Part of this funding supported player equity grants (nearly 200 players became equity holders), with breakdowns like ~$930 million allocated from the initial $1.5 billion across various player groups, plus ongoing annual grants.
They may have not used it all, but they have tapped into it for the players equity and for raising the purses of signature events.
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They have and will be. They should have added yet. Having cash because of gambling against future TV doesnt help long term, which is what the new lead needs to build for.
Unfortunately its just been catering to a select few players that are basically running things.
Thats AI right? I am going off what they have said..
It is. I asked to search for any PGAT use of SSG funds for operating tournaments.
So while they may not have used it all, it has been allocated and in some cases used to boost purses.
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This entire thing is a separate discussion.
But the idea that they havent spent any of the money is incorrect.
Furthermore, without the elevated purses, more leave.
They are on the brink of what I think every golf fan would like, which is no more divide, and if they could get out of their own way, it could happen.
f**k LDSer feelings, fix golf.
The notion that they walked from the merger for any other reason other than they got a ton of cash is just flawed in my opinion.
Yes, LIV are suddenly in a very precarious position, if indeed they are still trying to make it work.
The two key players are Rahm and BDC. Effectively if one man leaves, then LIV is closed. (Smith is already yesterdays man and no longer a real factor for either tour).
I wouldnt have been expecting either to, yet anyway.
But the time limited return to the PGAT tour offer is strange. Why would it be offered if they werent trying to get one of them over the line, and there was already some hint they were open to the possibility ? If they werent primed to the possibilty, all it does is give the two of them extraordinarily strong hands to play in contract extensions with LIV. And unless they are betting on that hand being so strong that it forces LIV to call it a day, I dont know why the PGAT would gift them such a boosted position so overtly.
Strange goings on.