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Post by sader1970 on Jun 6, 2023 15:01:16 GMT -5
Well, if they weren’t in it for the money, wouldn’t they have just remained amateurs? 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by alum on Jun 6, 2023 15:03:52 GMT -5
Soooooo, all those sanctimonious PGA fellas loudly criticizing LIV fellas for taking Saudi cash are now happily taking Saudi cash. I've seen phoney-balonies and virtue-signalers ad nauseum of late but this one is really something. To be fair, it isn't clear yet that the players have had any say in these negotiations but you are right about the Tour officials themselves. See Chris Murphy's tweet
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Post by hcpride on Jun 6, 2023 15:42:57 GMT -5
Well, if they weren’t in it for the money, wouldn’t they have just remained amateurs? 🤷🏻♂️ I think the PGA was arguing about taking Saudi money. As one wag pointed out earlier today: Matt Fuller @mepfuller Saudi Arabia: Hey PGA golfers! We have a bunch of money to offer you for our new league. PGA Tour: You’re ruining the game and sportswashing your reputation of human rights abuses. SA: OK but what if we offered *you* a lot of money? PGA: Today, we’d like to announce a merger w
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Post by timholycross on Jun 6, 2023 18:20:58 GMT -5
Geez and it took the NBA/ABA and the NFL/AFL ten and 6 years respectively to merge. These guys did it in maybe two?
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Post by alum on Jun 16, 2023 11:22:36 GMT -5
Just looked at tickets for the Tour event formerly known as, inter alia, the Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. Grounds passes for Friday are $83 plus Ticketmaster fees. Yowza.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 15:47:02 GMT -5
Just looked at tickets for the Tour event formerly known as, inter alia, the Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. Grounds passes for Friday are $83 plus Ticketmaster fees. Yowza. The corporate money we were paid for the US Open last year was insane....
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 16, 2023 16:13:29 GMT -5
Just looked at tickets for the Tour event formerly known as, inter alia, the Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. Grounds passes for Friday are $83 plus Ticketmaster fees. Yowza. The corporate money we were paid for the US Open last year was insane.... Wait til you hear what the good photographers got paid!!
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 18:18:45 GMT -5
The corporate money we were paid for the US Open last year was insane.... Wait til you hear what the good photographers got paid!! If you even knew my client list...
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 17, 2023 9:22:24 GMT -5
Geez and it took the NBA/ABA and the NFL/AFL ten and 6 years respectively to merge. These guys did it in maybe two? AFL was ten years. The AFL's all time leading scorer Gino Cappelletti played in all of them. His scoring record is among the safest in all of Sports. Interesting that the last AFL champion and the last NFL champion is the same team, the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Post by hcpride on Jun 17, 2023 9:55:34 GMT -5
Geez and it took the NBA/ABA and the NFL/AFL ten and 6 years respectively to merge. These guys did it in maybe two? In this case the legacy organization was being challenged by a far wealthier adversary willing to spend endlessly. And, of course, players could be lured because there are no PGA owners/contracts.
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Post by alum on Aug 1, 2023 10:10:46 GMT -5
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