re: The PGA is about to have a big content creator issue - suspended Wesley Bryan

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So you want the tour to pick and choose how they penalize members/former members etc?

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The big difference is Wesley only has partial status on the Tour right now. They're basically telling a guy who only status to play in a handful of tournaments a year he can't go make money playing in other tournaments without permission from the Tour

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What's wild is they suspended Wesley and, the same week, gave Grant, who also played in the LIV event, a sponsors exemption to Baracuda

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They didn’t give grant a sponsors exemption, the sponsor did

They merely didn’t ban the creators who had no status on tour

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The big difference is Wesley only has partial status on the Tour right now. They're basically telling a guy who only status to play in a handful of tournaments a year he can't go make money playing in other tournaments without permission from the Tour

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This is a huge distinction, imo

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You aren’t such a fricking loser. You understand this, you’re just addicted to being a cocksucker

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I think it’s worth noting the sponsor gives out the exemptions not the tour

Umm, yeh. I just think it’s a distinction worth noting the PGA tour didn’t go out and pick grant as the exemption this very week

That would make the optics even worse

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The big difference is Wesley only has partial status on the Tour right now. They're basically telling a guy who only status to play in a handful of tournaments a year he can't go make money playing in other tournaments without permission from the Tour

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I'm guessing the PGA Tour's stance is that he can go play on the Korn Ferry Tour and make money there. Wesley can make more money playing in these types of events than he can on the Korn Ferry, though.

I definitely see both sides of it.

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The PGA (and Jay) have never been the good guys. Phil has been vindicated at every turn.

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The last time I looked, Jay and the boys were at the White House trying to get a deal done with LIV, with Trump as mediator. Apparently, this Commish believes in everything but giving golf fans what they want. Politics is neck deep now, and really has nothing to do with being rational or thoughtful toward the game.

In my lifetime, I have been privy to the 2 worst Commissioners in pro sports history. Unfortunately, both Monahan and Manfred keep getting raises at the expense of destroying the sport they oversee.

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Well you’re wrong

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Instead of playing in the content creators event.

I understand he's now suspended from the Korn Ferry too.

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They didn’t give grant a sponsors exemption, the sponsor did

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and the PGA is allowing him to play in the tournament

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They merely didn’t ban the creators who had no status on tour

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I'm aware. It's hypocritical to suspend a guy who only had partial status and allow a guy who competed in the same LIV event to play in a PGA event

They're also basically setting a precedent to not be able to suspend players who quit the Tour or players who never joined the Tour to come back and play PGA events whenever they feel like it. They had no status right. So they can't suspend someone with no status. That's what they're saying letting Grant play and suspending Wesley

I watched Smylie's interview with Grant last night and he seemed very conflicted in even accepting to play ( he hasnt accepted it yet at the time of filming) in this event as he knows he isnt at that level. It would not shock me for Grant to not play in it now that Wesley is suspended. He is very close with the Bryan Bros.