Given the numbers that were flying around for the players, I would assume Monahan is personally getting a billion dollars to basically scuttle the PGA from the inside and sell the controlling interest off to a foreign government, a petro-state no less.
Yep, he is way too calm explaining the reasons for his turn around. He doesn't care because he just scored some FU money. The rich get richer. Business as usual.
I wish they'd stop calling it a merger. The PGA was just purchased by Saudi Arabia. We don't know the numbers and complete terms but if the PIF is getting the ultimate say it's a sale, not a merger.
He answers to a board of a nonprofit entity - he would be in serious trouble with not only the IRS, but with the PGA if he took money outside of his salary.
The Saudis have done this to all the other sports they have touched (F1, EUFA, FIFA, La Liga, the EPL), why would anyone think the PGA was going to be any different? They walked into the meeting with LV cases full of cash and told them to take the money or they would buy all the talent from the tours.
because Jay is in charge of a 501(c) and doesn't want the public to see his books... same with PIF. This way he can keep the PGA tour inc. side and do what he wants with those funds. It's much like the morman church.
This "Information" Jay had was knowing how much money he has in his bank account and how much more he COULD have by getting it from terrorists. Great work Jay.
Did we say "Never forget" with the countless US companies in business with SA, such as PepsiCo, Google, Coca-Cola, Raytheon, Starbucks, Boeing, IBM and more? I find it humorous we attack people who do business with Saudi Arabia, but excuse not only corporations but our own US Government's 80+ year relationship with them. Hypocrites.
the question is not how many Billions did they buy the tour for. The question is how much did the commish and a few other top ppl recieve personally, under the table, to sell their and our souls. No way did he do that to make golf better. You know he got a very nice sum to sell out. I for one am done with golf.
why hold the PGA to a higher standard than we hold our own government? we're quibbling over golf while we sell them missiles and combat aircraft. the "outrage" is silly.
I'm 67 and have been a golf fan since I was 6 years old. Professional golf is now dead to me. I had no problem giving up the NFL and I don't see a problem giving up this.
For me - first it was the NFL - then the NBA - now the PGA. Seems for now - the MLB players are the only ones standing up for America. Just made almost every weekend free for me to spend my time doing something else besides sitting in front of a TV and watching their product.
@@tomjodis8670 MLB is the next domino to fall. The Saudis would like nothing more than to wash their blood money using America's favorite past time. I would argue they just dug their bloody claws in the second one, golf.
Thank you Rich for asking these important questions. The dollar amount will be staggering. If it ends up starting with a "T" vs a "B" I would not be surprised.
It's definitely a stupid number with a B but it has to be a gut punch to the PGA players because the LIV tour is a joke . No one watches it and their are literally like 3 guys that people tune into watch
@@tacotom3492 sounds a lot like the pga tour, there’s no doubt this is better from a fan perspective. We all wanna see the all the best players compete against each other.
Rory took the moral high-ground and that was meritorious but he is also wealthy enough to weather this storm. It is the many also rans who struggle to make a decent living out of Pro golf and people like Ricky Fowler, who appear at this stage to be really burnt by this deal.
oh yeah have the pieced back together Abdulrahman al-Awlaki or Namir Noor-Eldeen or Saeed Chmagh, clean your own glass house before you start pitching stones and don't think for a minute the security state of the U.S. would not do the same to Assange if given the chance
How come the US didn't invade Saudi arabia in the early 2000's? Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia etc but never Saudi arabia.. and how come 9/11 is brought up so much when it comes to golf but not weapons deals or any other business deals? I am super confused how 9/11 has to do with any of this...
It has nothing to do with Golf whatsoever, but the mainstream news networks in USA used 9/11 to criticize LIV Golf since it threatened their partnership with the PGA. Saudi money is connected to dozens of sponsors for PGA tour events for years now and not a peep from anyone, let alone this fucking snake Rich Eisen, but a little competition shows up and now they decide to use the morality card. The mainstream news media are the last people who should be playing that card with god knows how many stories they've buried about people (Weinstein ring a bell???)
Because u do not know history. You never protected ur family or country 🇺🇸. So u will never understand. Do u know what is December 7th 1941 is? Google it.
For me, I love golf enough to watch the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, The Open and the Ryder cup and mayyyyyybe 2-4 final rounds where Rory, JT, Jordan or the other big players are contending… that’s it!
Crazy Rory is trusting the word of Jay about not letting LIV players back without consequences right after Jay legitimately blind sided the entire Tour with a decision he said could never possibly happen 😅
This is how he got bamboozled the first time. Dude is delusional thinking they won’t get back in with repercussions. As if Jay or the PGA has any leverage over the Saudis and the liv players. Hilarious
But you’ll drive your car. Where do you think the oil in your car comes from? The oil used to make your gasoline? Do you own any Nike products? Or any name brands that aren’t made here in the U.S.? We all try to act so moral and holier than thou, but in the end, we are all guilty of lining the pockets of people who are “bad people”.
@@ebarefield316 Only 5% of US oil comes from those bastards. If Biden hadn’t stopped the oil pipeline and oil exploration we would easily be totally independent. No Nike products for me. Yes it’s impossible not to buy something that doesn’t have foreign products in it but I sure as hell can control my entertainment.
It is too late to get a reversal but it isn't too late to let the networks ( who are now going to be bidding billions to televise the Saudis golf league) and the sponsors of PGA events know that the buying public is not happy. How many iconic American companies are going to want to be associated with these people?
So long watching golf. That'll give me more time to play it. The hypocrisy of Monahan is appalling. I feel bad for all the PGA players that stayed loyal and stuck to their ethics.
We're allies with Germany, Japan, and Italy today. Does Rich drive a BMW or Mercedes? What about the Rich Eisen mug, is that made in China? What about his shoes? Nike? Adidas? Does he boycott all the companies sponsoring things in S.A.? Stephen A. Smith listed a bunch of those companies. He hates it because Greed is Good, as he likes to quote. It's quintessential America. You want to be pissed off, I'm down with that, but you better not be a hypocrite about it...
America is pious. Illegal wars they started and fomented continue. This doesn’t absolve Saudi Arabia for its despicable acts and human rights violations, and the hypocrisy is strong with Americans.
They can buy the entire NFL, NBA and MLB combined and have change left. People really dont seem to understand just how DEEP their pockets are. NFL Total Value - $212 Billion NBA Total Value - $167 Billion MLB Total Value - $164 Billion Saudi Family Estimated Net Worth - $847 Billion
Fun to play golf, but it's boring to watch golf. All good that players are making money, but this is way too much money for a game. Same for any sport.
The players need to start, "The Players' Tour" and boycott everything else. Then u call your own shots. If u don't like it cut all of the middlemen out.
Shouldn’t it be question for US government ? I don’t see anyone complaining that US Goverment and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is best Business partners for a long time now, US Goverment and US Businesses that deal with Saudi should be called out. It’s unfair to go after LIV Golfers, that’s looking after themselves and there families.
Everyone is clowning Rory because he didn't take the money. Fine, but you know what? His soul is still intact. He still has his integrity. To a real man, that's worth far more than gold. He still has generational wealth that he accumulated through hard work, sacrifice, and talent. He didn't need to double his wealth by selling out and being greedy. "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?" Truer words are rarely spoken.
Golf always held two important positions from my teens until I cut the cord in 2008 at the age of 45. It was a PC- or console-based recreational activity (Jack Nicholas with Accolade, Tiger Woods with EA Sports) and a televised Sunday sedative (some of my best naps were during the majors). Beyond that, I couldn't be more disinterested in the future of golf if I tried.
It's kind of hard to argue about people doing business with the Saudi's when the US Government continues to do business with them. They should lead the way.
Jay 'bin' Monahan sold out. Regardless of the issues, I cannot support a Saudi backed tour. I kinda feel bad for CBS who seems to broadcast the most golf. Now they get the Saudi Golf Tour.
You better hold Moscow Mitch, Trump and the other politicians regards to party affiliation to the same standards as the athletes in regards to making money which is not the case by a long shot. Don’t be a hypocrite.
Whatever happened to the old saying "WE ARE NOT FOR SALE". Except it was Jay Monahan who sold it behind the players backs (from what i've read and seen). The players should walk out and/or sue the pants of them, then we will see how long this "new entity" lasts.
The point is saying one thing then doing the other. I'm sure you are used to it being a Republican, but for the rest of humanity, we try to do as we say.
While the PGA never received a nickel from me and never will...I feel for the golfers who stayed with the PGA Tour and now have to make the decision of taking money from the killers, the woman haters, the LGBTQ+ haters or finding another line of work.
We can all get off the moral ground. Everyone is vulnerable to money, it is and will always be the greatest influence in our reality, I wish everyone would just stop with hypocrisy and just accept it as a fact of life. I guarantee you that I can say with 100% conviction that nobody if given a choice would choose a situation that does not serve his end goal the best. Luckily, most of these hard choices we make nobody has to know. Unluckily for some, their vulnerable decisions seem to be everybody’s business. News commentators are the worst, truly the real hypocrites in my opinion.
This is just Rich being Rich, i.e. influenced into what to think and feel by ideological institutions carrying out a system-supportive propaganda function. So every once and a while he gets whipsawed when the 'system' adjusts itself to a more productive state that contradicts a previously propagandized ethical-moral stance.
This is getting tedious.. US sales and average to 10.7 Billion in military Equip to the Saudi's every year.. doesn't matter if the Pres has a blue tie, or a red tie.. that makes this a side show by comparisan.. almost if by design... Don't fall off that high horse just yet..
*How much is the going price for a soul, Monahan, Phil, Koepka, DeChambeau....how much is the price for the blood of women, gays, journalists, 9/11 victims...HOW MUCH?*
I’m curious what the actual hell golf got out of this? Everybody is talking about Monahan like he put golf in a better spot but he just put out the huge fire he created and didn’t even do it well, shits still burning oil.
Pga was losing money without Tiger. Pga needs the money. Big sports is about money and this is no moral high ground in business including the companies that have paid Rich. There will be no consequences for LIV players. Team aspect will remain.
Rory is wrong about not welcoming the LIV players... Rich is right in my opinion ... Rory should thank LIV for the money that the PGA found to raise the purses for 2023... That doesn't happen without LIV Rory!!!
9/11 doesn't happen without the people behind liv ! Foh telling someone to be thankful for money cuz money. "Be thankful to your master cuz he let's you have 3 hot baths a week and doesn't chain your ankles to the floor when you sleep (: he's a good master((: " piece of trash
Good point. I haven't watched golf in years after starting in 1972. Not missing much I reckon especially with the bad presenters. I tried to watch the PGA the other day and it was anything BUT golf.
Yes, Rory oozes hypocrisy. Punish the LIV players? For doing the same exact thing the PGA just did!? So, how should the PGA be punished? (which includes Rory). Someone tell Rory, LIV is PGA and PGA is LIV. He keeps trying to separate the two. He says he still "hates LIV, but not the investing body". Huh? He's clueless.
There’s a word that this world and the people in it have forgotten, it’s integrity. And no one seems to have it.
Right. But you wouldn’t take their $20,000,000? 😅
I know one word or thing that trumps INTEGRITY...It's call MONEY 💰 🤑 💸
Exactly... i've been thinking the same all week... the love of money is the root of all evil! Once you lose your integrity its over baby!
Add the word honor to that. Seems to be a foreign concept nowadays.
@@wchulkster the root of all evil is NOT having money. Poverty is a crime.
Given the numbers that were flying around for the players, I would assume Monahan is personally getting a billion dollars to basically scuttle the PGA from the inside and sell the controlling interest off to a foreign government, a petro-state no less.
jay definitely has an offshore account with a couple hundred milly after this 😂
Yep, he is way too calm explaining the reasons for his turn around. He doesn't care because he just scored some FU money. The rich get richer. Business as usual.
Agree
I wish they'd stop calling it a merger. The PGA was just purchased by Saudi Arabia. We don't know the numbers and complete terms but if the PIF is getting the ultimate say it's a sale, not a merger.
He answers to a board of a nonprofit entity - he would be in serious trouble with not only the IRS, but with the PGA if he took money outside of his salary.
The Saudis have done this to all the other sports they have touched (F1, EUFA, FIFA, La Liga, the EPL), why would anyone think the PGA was going to be any different? They walked into the meeting with LV cases full of cash and told them to take the money or they would buy all the talent from the tours.
lol
do u think anyone can stand against Saudis
u don't understand
Why is the PGA tour so afraid of litigation home and abroad??
Because the DOJ investigation had a case against them they had no choice but to do a deal or the feds would have prosecuted
because Jay is in charge of a 501(c) and doesn't want the public to see his books... same with PIF. This way he can keep the PGA tour inc. side and do what he wants with those funds. It's much like the morman church.
We may never know the answer to that question but you can be sure that it has its reasons.
@@eddievangundy4510$$$
This "Information" Jay had was knowing how much money he has in his bank account and how much more he COULD have by getting it from terrorists. Great work Jay.
Jay should be kicked out of the USA🇺🇸.
Scum bag!!
Business works best when you don't let it get cluttered up with moreal questions. Never let integrity get in the way of making a buck. Or so it seems.
What LIV Players sound like to me "Stop calling us out for our Greed. 😭😭😭😭"
lmao, the PGA is the EMBODIMENT of greed, but sure...
You sound bitter and broke. What a combo. Good luck at the warehouse tomorrow
I love Rich's enthusiasm and position regarding this merger. Especially with his
New York perspective. Never forget!
Did we say "Never forget" with the countless US companies in business with SA, such as PepsiCo, Google, Coca-Cola, Raytheon, Starbucks, Boeing, IBM and more? I find it humorous we attack people who do business with Saudi Arabia, but excuse not only corporations but our own US Government's 80+ year relationship with them. Hypocrites.
the question is not how many Billions did they buy the tour for. The question is how much did the commish and a few other top ppl recieve personally, under the table, to sell their and our souls. No way did he do that to make golf better. You know he got a very nice sum to sell out. I for one am done with golf.
Yea he can be fired , but he has billions now.
These guys are not trying to make a better world for anyone. They are ALL trying to make as much money as possible. What a joke.
why hold the PGA to a higher standard than we hold our own government? we're quibbling over golf while we sell them missiles and combat aircraft. the "outrage" is silly.
Annnnd?? That's pro sports
“Never forget…for 19 years.”
- Bryson
Saudi Arabia is trying to buy every sport out
I'm 67 and have been a golf fan since I was 6 years old. Professional golf is now dead to me. I had no problem giving up the NFL and I don't see a problem giving up this.
Fair play.
Bye!
For me - first it was the NFL - then the NBA - now the PGA. Seems for now - the MLB players are the only ones standing up for America. Just made almost every weekend free for me to spend my time doing something else besides sitting in front of a TV and watching their product.
@@tomjodis8670 MLB is the next domino to fall. The Saudis would like nothing more than to wash their blood money using America's favorite past time. I would argue they just dug their bloody claws in the second one, golf.
Same, I only watch Augusta, but that may come to an end the way things are going. No worries more time for some tang😮
Thank you Rich for asking these important questions. The dollar amount will be staggering. If it ends up starting with a "T" vs a "B" I would not be surprised.
I bet you Monahan got his 1st yr salary upfront just like the LIV players.
if they were willing to pay tiger 800 million to just play I imagine they paid at least 25B for it minimum
It's definitely a stupid number with a B but it has to be a gut punch to the PGA players because the LIV tour is a joke . No one watches it and their are literally like 3 guys that people tune into watch
@@tacotom3492 sounds a lot like the pga tour, there’s no doubt this is better from a fan perspective. We all wanna see the all the best players compete against each other.
Rory took the moral high-ground and that was meritorious but he is also wealthy enough to weather this storm. It is the many also rans who struggle to make a decent living out of Pro golf and people like Ricky Fowler, who appear at this stage to be really burnt by this deal.
Rory said the players that didn’t go should be made whole. Ie, get paid. That cash is coming from PIF so what’s the difference?
@@bencoleman8171 the point is keeping terrorists out of the centre of society...., like GOP is keeping themselves outside of it
Circumstances change, did they find Jamal Khashoggi hanging out some beach in Hawaii?
oh yeah have the pieced back together Abdulrahman al-Awlaki or Namir Noor-Eldeen or Saeed Chmagh, clean your own glass house before you start pitching stones and don't think for a minute the security state of the U.S. would not do the same to Assange if given the chance
@@wgsmit02 You are absolutely correct as these atrocities are unforgiveable, the PIF should take their money out of American golf and never come back.
How much did Jay Monahan get paid after telling his players for two years not touch blood money? 100mil, 200mil?
At least a billion.
Let's not forget it was Monahan's awful handling of LIV that got us to this point. A case study of ineptitude for generations to come.
Monahan is just the figurehead of the PGA, it has a board and other executives. He doesn't own it.
How come the US didn't invade Saudi arabia in the early 2000's? Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia etc but never Saudi arabia.. and how come 9/11 is brought up so much when it comes to golf but not weapons deals or any other business deals? I am super confused how 9/11 has to do with any of this...
great comment
It has nothing to do with Golf whatsoever, but the mainstream news networks in USA used 9/11 to criticize LIV Golf since it threatened their partnership with the PGA. Saudi money is connected to dozens of sponsors for PGA tour events for years now and not a peep from anyone, let alone this fucking snake Rich Eisen, but a little competition shows up and now they decide to use the morality card. The mainstream news media are the last people who should be playing that card with god knows how many stories they've buried about people (Weinstein ring a bell???)
Because u do not know history.
You never protected ur family or country 🇺🇸.
So u will never understand.
Do u know what is December 7th 1941 is?
Google it.
I heard the PGA will be responsible for holes 1-8 and 12-18. The Saudis will be responsible for 9-11.
Wow - the de Chambeau statement was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. And that takes some doing these days!
Glad someone has the cahones to say it. Thank you, Richard Eisen.
For me, I love golf enough to watch the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, The Open and the Ryder cup and mayyyyyybe 2-4 final rounds where Rory, JT, Jordan or the other big players are contending… that’s it!
at this point, I just want to play NCAA football 14
Crazy Rory is trusting the word of Jay about not letting LIV players back without consequences right after Jay legitimately blind sided the entire Tour with a decision he said could never possibly happen 😅
Nah Man. He got paid!
This is how he got bamboozled the first time. Dude is delusional thinking they won’t get back in with repercussions. As if Jay or the PGA has any leverage over the Saudis and the liv players. Hilarious
Exactly. The LIV players will waltz back in like nothing ever happened.
and now Crazy Rory gonna look like an equally big hypocrite if he ever takes another dime from the PGA Tour
All the golf greats who are no longer with us are rolling in their graves
I’m done. Don’t watch LIV and not watching a Saudi funded PGA tour.
But you’ll drive your car. Where do you think the oil in your car comes from? The oil used to make your gasoline? Do you own any Nike products? Or any name brands that aren’t made here in the U.S.? We all try to act so moral and holier than thou, but in the end, we are all guilty of lining the pockets of people who are “bad people”.
@@ebarefield316 Only 5% of US oil comes from those bastards. If Biden hadn’t stopped the oil pipeline and oil exploration we would easily be totally independent. No Nike products for me. Yes it’s impossible not to buy something that doesn’t have foreign products in it but I sure as hell can control my entertainment.
DeShambeau ought to be ashamed of himself with that statement
He doesn't do shame.
J Moneyhands was bought out for the merger, then he will be sacked when all the signovers are done.
Well the PGA killed off Australian golf, it's killed of the DP tour with big money lures. Hypocrisy is plain to see and hear from Mr Eisen.
It is too late to get a reversal but it isn't too late to let the networks ( who are now going to be bidding billions to televise the Saudis golf league) and the sponsors of PGA events know that the buying public is not happy. How many iconic American companies are going to want to be associated with these people?
They all already are lol every major contributor to the PGA already has their hands out from the Saudi's; wake up
Great comment!!
So true!!
You can tell that Rich is pissed!
oh no - everyone hide 🤣🤣🤣
alan s hit the jackpot and the liv payroll with that initial phil interview. they paid for his opinions going forward.
So long watching golf. That'll give me more time to play it. The hypocrisy of Monahan is appalling. I feel bad for all the PGA players that stayed loyal and stuck to their ethics.
Agree 100%.
Will play more, just watch Masters and Kapalua.
Everything else is dead to me!
@@scottpowers5191 bye. You won't be missed.
Ok buddy 🤣🤣🤣
What ever your legend in you own mind thinks😎🤣👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍
@@zerosn1nz Ok Buddy 🤣🤣👍😎🇺🇸what ever you as a legend thinks😎👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@scottpowers5191 haha you had to post the same thing twice. What a loser. Gfys
Start a new tour. I'll support it. There are thousands of extremely good golfers out there to watch.
Expect lawsuits & boycotts. Get what you deserve.
We're allies with Germany, Japan, and Italy today. Does Rich drive a BMW or Mercedes? What about the Rich Eisen mug, is that made in China? What about his shoes? Nike? Adidas? Does he boycott all the companies sponsoring things in S.A.? Stephen A. Smith listed a bunch of those companies. He hates it because Greed is Good, as he likes to quote. It's quintessential America. You want to be pissed off, I'm down with that, but you better not be a hypocrite about it...
Germany, Japan & Italy _surrendered_ to the Allies, and they paid a heavy price.
Ya nailed it!👍👍👍
America is pious. Illegal wars they started and fomented continue. This doesn’t absolve Saudi Arabia for its despicable acts and human rights violations, and the hypocrisy is strong with Americans.
Really.
9/11
Pearl Harbor
Death of your fellow countrymen and women!
Do u drink Bud Light?
The better question is why they own it all. Where did they get all that money? It's saddening if you go down that rabbit hole.
Monahan got his bag. He's garbage. My hope is Tiger and other leaders start a rival league.
Tiger and other "leaders"???
If hypocrisy is the issue Rich then you better stop watching the NBA
This is the most attention that ive paid to golf my entire life.
Can the Saudis buy baseball and make that interesting for a few days too?
Is the sport interesting you or a bunch of Saudies buying stuff? Thats what happened here, sport still boring AF
Jamal Khashoggi was not available for comment.
I've never gone to work for an alleged murderer just because the pay would have been good.
They can buy the entire NFL, NBA and MLB combined and have change left. People really dont seem to understand just how DEEP their pockets are.
NFL Total Value - $212 Billion
NBA Total Value - $167 Billion
MLB Total Value - $164 Billion
Saudi Family Estimated Net Worth - $847 Billion
NHL, MLS teams also. They couldd literally do the European Super League by themselves if they buy enough clubs.
They can have them all, I've been done with pro sports for a while now.
A dictator who controls an entire countries wealth can buy things!
Saudis Arabia has a GDP 1/25th of the US, calm down.
Fun to play golf, but it's boring to watch golf. All good that players are making money, but this is way too much money for a game. Same for any sport.
This just goes to show how shallow business can be. Sad. Money over all. 😢 gross
The players need to start,
"The Players' Tour" and boycott everything else. Then u call your own shots. If u don't like it cut all of the middlemen out.
now that the saudi bought the pga, next target the masters and its golf course.
Shouldn’t it be question for US government ? I don’t see anyone complaining that US Goverment and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is best Business partners for a long time now, US Goverment and US Businesses that deal with Saudi should be called out. It’s unfair to go after LIV Golfers, that’s looking after themselves and there families.
Everyone is clowning Rory because he didn't take the money. Fine, but you know what? His soul is still intact. He still has his integrity. To a real man, that's worth far more than gold. He still has generational wealth that he accumulated through hard work, sacrifice, and talent. He didn't need to double his wealth by selling out and being greedy. "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?" Truer words are rarely spoken.
Golf always held two important positions from my teens until I cut the cord in 2008 at the age of 45. It was a PC- or console-based recreational activity (Jack Nicholas with Accolade, Tiger Woods with EA Sports) and a televised Sunday sedative (some of my best naps were during the majors). Beyond that, I couldn't be more disinterested in the future of golf if I tried.
Well said neil
Golf drama has never been better. The players are also as good as they’ve ever been 😎
It's kind of hard to argue about people doing business with the Saudi's when the US Government continues to do business with them. They should lead the way.
Jay 'bin' Monahan sold out. Regardless of the issues, I cannot support a Saudi backed tour. I kinda feel bad for CBS who seems to broadcast the most golf. Now they get the Saudi Golf Tour.
You better hold Moscow Mitch, Trump and the other politicians regards to party affiliation to the same standards as the athletes in regards to making money which is not the case by a long shot. Don’t be a hypocrite.
dont make excuses
The whole thing is disgusting. Especially since the Saudis aren’t held accountable for their past and current transgressions.
Haha. I don't care.
How much?
Show me some top golf!! I love seeing how mad you guys are. Haha
I don't see an issue. The Saudis have been in business with the American government for over 80 years. So what's the problem?
Whatever happened to the old saying "WE ARE NOT FOR SALE". Except it was Jay Monahan who sold it behind the players backs (from what i've read and seen). The players should walk out and/or sue the pants of them, then we will see how long this "new entity" lasts.
Be cool if a lot of current PGA TOUR players broke off and started their own tour.
Start a new tour. I'll support it. There are thousands of extremely good golfers out there to watch.
yeah it was called LIV and oh yeah the PGA tour ........
...and the tournament winners will get thousands, maybe tens of thousands.
@@springinfialta106 Why is that important to you?
They are not. They are about to get paid alot of MONEY 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
I wish Bobby Jones could walk the earth for just one day. Golf has lost its way.
How can Jay Monahan keep his job and How much did Jay get Personally for doing this deal ???
Unfortunately, there's a price for almost everything.
How many billions does the US government get from the Saudis in terms of trade and selling them weapons?
Who makes your iphone and shoes Mr wokesie?
Not the point
This is exactly right!!!
The point is saying one thing then doing the other. I'm sure you are used to it being a Republican, but for the rest of humanity, we try to do as we say.
While the PGA never received a nickel from me and never will...I feel for the golfers who stayed with the PGA Tour and now have to make the decision of taking money from the killers, the woman haters, the LGBTQ+ haters or finding another line of work.
Relax, bud 😂
We can all get off the moral ground. Everyone is vulnerable to money, it is and will always be the greatest influence in our reality, I wish everyone would just stop with hypocrisy and just accept it as a fact of life. I guarantee you that I can say with 100% conviction that nobody if given a choice would choose a situation that does not serve his end goal the best. Luckily, most of these hard choices we make nobody has to know. Unluckily for some, their vulnerable decisions seem to be everybody’s business. News commentators are the worst, truly the real hypocrites in my opinion.
This is just Rich being Rich, i.e. influenced into what to think and feel by ideological institutions carrying out a system-supportive propaganda function. So every once and a while he gets whipsawed when the 'system' adjusts itself to a more productive state that contradicts a previously propagandized ethical-moral stance.
How long did America take to accept Japan after WW2?
PGA players should demand that Jay Monahan be terminated from any leadership role in this new merger.
This is getting tedious.. US sales and average to 10.7 Billion in military Equip to the Saudi's every year.. doesn't matter if the Pres has a blue tie, or a red tie.. that makes this a side show by comparisan.. almost if by design... Don't fall off that high horse just yet..
Jack Nicholas Tiger Rory JRahm Scheffler JT and the others could start a new tour and id watch. But never LIV
Rory said today that he wasn't offered any money.. where'd he get this "Half Billion Dollars " from?
The PGA controls holes 1-8 and 12-18 and the Saudis do 9-11.
Pga tour players complaining about liv tour players after theyve put extra millions of dollars in their pockets is SOOOO rich. Like STHU
PGA Tour retains majority ownership, veto power, and governance.
But go ahead and keep saying that LIV owns everything. 🤦♂️
Dumb comment.
Saudi’s just did a takeover.
Go back to school.
*How much is the going price for a soul, Monahan, Phil, Koepka, DeChambeau....how much is the price for the blood of women, gays, journalists, 9/11 victims...HOW MUCH?*
I’m curious what the actual hell golf got out of this? Everybody is talking about Monahan like he put golf in a better spot but he just put out the huge fire he created and didn’t even do it well, shits still burning oil.
Pga was losing money without Tiger. Pga needs the money. Big sports is about money and this is no moral high ground in business including the companies that have paid Rich. There will be no consequences for LIV players. Team aspect will remain.
You're a fool if you don't think they have a plane pointed right at the major tournaments.
“Everyone should come together because of the fat check I’m getting from my new boss.”
Gotta be $15 billion
Americans have been getting really good at cancelling. Maybe all of that was a trial run for this. I know I will never watch golf again.
Rory is wrong about not welcoming the LIV players... Rich is right in my opinion ... Rory should thank LIV for the money that the PGA found to raise the purses for 2023... That doesn't happen without LIV Rory!!!
9/11 doesn't happen without the people behind liv ! Foh telling someone to be thankful for money cuz money. "Be thankful to your master cuz he let's you have 3 hot baths a week and doesn't chain your ankles to the floor when you sleep (: he's a good master((: " piece of trash
Also if you need more than 50-999 million there is something deeply fuxking wrong with you and you'll get no sympathy for selling ou to do so
At what point (eg how many years later) did we forgive Japan for Pearl Harbor? It may not have been exactly 20 years, but we did forgive them.
They’re still killing their own people for not agreeing with the government. Big difference.
The US showed their forgiveness by firebombing most of their cities and nuking two. That helps.
How much can you support a country that sells some of its most sophisticated military equipment to Saudi Arabia?
Really,
Like u know,
Go back to school,
dechambeau is proof being a pro golfer doesnt mean you have thoughts
Does Rory want LIV players punished but also want to be compensated for turning down the deal?
He is such a cry baby 😅
Don’t you find it interesting that this amount announcement was made after the fourth and the last major of the year.
Boycott all golf events.
20 years ago no reparations but 200 years ago is ok?
How much did JM get for selling out PGA players????
Good point. I haven't watched golf in years after starting in 1972. Not missing much I reckon especially with the bad presenters. I tried to watch the PGA the other day and it was anything BUT golf.
LIV players need to pool their money to pay all the loyals comparably.
PGA tour players don't kid yourselves, this was only for the best interest of Jay Monahan.
It won’t be tested. Golf will only keep growing
Let’s get off Saudi oil (and oil in general)! Problem solved.
Network is literally my favorite movie. I can’t stop thinking about it these days.
We have found a way to get along with Japan and Germany.
It’s very simple PGA Players we’re getting the money not PGA Tour that’s what changed,
Never wanted the merger.... was happy watching LIV and the format. Does that mean it's back to the dinosaur run events. So disappointing
I wonder how much Jay Monahan's new Swiss Bank Account is worth.
Rory: the league is in better shape than ever after the merger
Also Rory: we need to punish the players that left
LOL. My god 🤦🏻♂️
Yes, Rory oozes hypocrisy. Punish the LIV players? For doing the same exact thing the PGA just did!? So, how should the PGA be punished? (which includes Rory). Someone tell Rory, LIV is PGA and PGA is LIV. He keeps trying to separate the two. He says he still "hates LIV, but not the investing body". Huh? He's clueless.