***2023 PGA Tour Thread***
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Did you think they were going to ban players for life after going to LIV? There isn't a world where guys like DJ were going to be turned down by the PGA the moment they wanted to come back.
They passed up the money and stuck with the PGA to beat LIV, which this mostly does.
That had to have been the thought though, right? Otherwise why are guys like Rory, Rahm, Matsuyama, etc. passing up the money? If they always knew they'd eventually be welcomed back you'd totally have taken that money.
I'd be curious to know if any player who passed up the money could sue the PGA Tour. I'd be amazed if some don't try.
Wonder if this happens? Maybe not get the full amount they were offered but still a big amount of it:
I'd guess it's more that they preferred the PGA for whatever reason and didn't know if there'd be a PGA Tour worth coming back to if enough of those guys went to LIV.
I mean, even if you pay them 1/2 of what they were offered you'd probably be talking several billion dollars.
It's almost unfathomable how bad Monahan ****** this up.
That's the interesting part of this deal. That could happen if the PGA has full control over the $$, but I'm sure that's not what happened. I wonder how much control the PGA just gave up to take huge injection of cash and expand.
I just can't imagine the PGA did this as some kind of cash grab. I really don't think they'd been that hurt by the LIV defectors. My guess is that there have been some unsavory accounting methods used to maintain that non-profit status and they wanted no part of that lawsuit. But I'd also venture to guess the lawsuits are only just now beginning.
Will shorts now be allowed on the Tour? Music cranked up on every hole? Will be interesting to see how this all pans out.
At its core, golf is a money game. If you aren’t playing for money then you’re playing a different game.
“Uh, yes, Your Honor - I was an idiot when I turned down the fat LIV paycheck to stay loyal to the PGA, and went as far as calling LIV “corrupt” and labeled the players smart enough to jump “traitors bought with blood money. I demand the PGA compensate me for my loyalty by reimbursing me with the money I spat at when I stayed loyal.”
I mean, that’s effectively what they’ll be saying to the judges, right?
Funny how they’re all radio silent on social media - almost as if all the **** they talked the last several years has come back to bite them in the ass.
Bonuses for players would be great in theory, but I don’t know how you’d quantify it.
A more likely outcome might be some collective bargaining and soft-unionization to improve players’ employment rights.
