When you really think about it the PGA does almost nothing.
The PGA is a bureaucracy. Nothing more, nothing less.
I have never understood why colleges let the NCAA do/take anything from them.
For $1b+ per year the ncaa do work that could be accomplished by half a girls’ dorm floor at any public university in the country
The NCAA doesn't even do the scheduling. The schools do their own, amazing.
On this, you are correct
Yeah. And you gotta think that huge guaranteed contracts and splitting the players up will diminish interest. Or at least change the demographic of those who watch. Maybe less guys like us and more young kids and Middle Eastern people or something.
I agree here as well. I love golf and watch a lot of it, but to your point I don't give a shit about the smaller tournaments. I also think that golf needs a revamp. Need to change some rules and also see how you can mix it up. I like that LIV is trying to incorporate a team atmosphere and at least looking for change.
Totally agree, if they go the Liv way, these tournaments are nothing but exhibitions, I won’t watch as much , and certainly won’t attend in Person,
Yeah but why?
imagine thinking Rory is on the short list of historical PGA Tour greats
the result of all this will be more fans, more exposure and more opportunity, just like with NIL+transfer portal/conference realignment and college football
Like baseball. LOL.
moving the goalposts immediately, I see.
It will definitely bring a different demographic of fans. The reality-show American-Idol-type...they'll probably even have audition-shows to cater to that crowd. And foreigners.
I don’t necessarily disagree with your last point
I agree with this. The new generation will see colleges buying players as normal...golf being nothing but exhibitions as normal...no teams to like, just individually marketed players...etc. In some countries, the dictator even buys (or enforces) the outcomes of the games. That may be seen as normal to the new generation too, and they might have more viewers than when we watched.
Well said. Fans adjust to the new normal or leave. Is baseball better today than when Mantle, Yogi, and Moose were plying their trade for the Yankees? No. But players are making a killing, and presumably so are owners, and that's all that matters, even though I personally don't participate and could care less about the game I once loved. Golf may be headed down a similar path.
The problem is people like you want change at any cost , just like what’s happening in Washington, good luck with the new country dipshit!
Please read the posts on page 1
In other posts you have criticized people that fight change, and I agree with you in some ways , sometimes change is needed , but sometimes it’s bad,, if I read you the wrong way I apologize!
I think people who fight change with "damn millennials", or who defend the status quo for no other reason than something being an "American institution" are intellectual lightweights, yes
My response is directed only to this:
scott piercy is melting down as we speak
This has nothing to do with Saudi money, , I talked to a friend who works for the PGA , they don’t want the members playing another tour , it would be the same if it was a China based tour , it seems like you are trying to start something that doesn’t exist!
I’m an avid golfer and watch a lot of golf on TV. I also have a number of friends who are in the same boat. Having said that, I don’t know a single person that has watched a minute of the first two tournaments. I realize the Saudi money is very large but sooner or later interest wil need to increase or it will go the way of the USFL. JMO.
the PGA Tour itself believes being backed by Saudi Arabia and those complicit with Saudi Arabia (3M, EA Sports and 21 more sponsors) is good for the game. otherwise, it would turn its nose up at Saudi dollars.
your first argument is comparing apples and oranges - LIV and PGA Tour events are not the same
