tigerfan88

I think the distinction is Yasir didn’t care about making money. And they gave Yasir an incredibly long leash to do what he wanted before they really checked on him. And when they finally did that they turned out it was unpalatable

I don’t see the phrase fully funded” in there anywhere.

“Decided to fund” has a pretty wide variance. Could mean they’re giving every dollar that LIV was expecting to get back in January, could mean they’re giving them enough to keep the lights on but not nearly as much as LIV was expecting, which could definitely still cause logistical problems as the season goes on

Other than the fact that it’s a terrible product whose entire premise was to turn golf tournaments into unserious walkabout exhibitions with bright colors and stupid logos and pop music blaring at all times. No stakes because everyone is paid a bazillion guaranteed dollars, the shotgun start is an awful idea for tournament golf and borderline invalidates the entire competition.

The team idea, the backbone of the whole idea, is one of the stupidest, most poorly thought out and implemented concepts in modern sports history. A vast majority of the players who went are tools. Greg Norman is a huge tool. Despite you trying to waive it away, it is Saudi backed which, regardless of if you think it raises moral questions, was always problematic because it wasn’t tethered to any sort of economic or viable business/sports reality.

Oh and having multiple sports leagues is bad in general because it just waters down the product, especially when week to week golf already faces an uphill battle with the majors for stakes and star power. The same reason every other successful sport in the world has conglomerated into one ultimate league that sits atop the pyramid over the past 100 years. Even soccer has to a degree with the champions league and now the club World Cup.

Other than those? Yeah no logical reason to not like LIV.

So then why did LIV say it was because of course conditions and heat and the World Cup?

Seems like Louisiana had some very legitimate concerns and LIV is trying to steer people away from asking if Louisiana was right to be concerned about payment

Joel Beall on Golf Digest just dropped an article saying saying double digit LIV players have reached out to the tour about coming back asap, and that Bryson’s reps have switched in recent weeks from negotiating mainly for a new LIV contract to focusing on how to get him back on the pga tour.

Interestingly though the current sentiment is to play some hard ball with Rahm and Bryson since they didn’t take the offer that Brooks did. Especially Rahm, who apparently burned more bridges than anyone else when he left

Yasir spent $5 billion dollars so that the LIV Bots/trolls could have a two week run of glory when Bryson beat Rory at pinehurst.

Hope that was worth it

The fricking victory lap the LIV boys took a couple of weeks ago because LIV Mexico went on as planned (with a Bryson WD and several broadcast blackouts) only to now have LIV Nola cancelled and the fricking WSJ say that PIF funding is officially done and LIV has nothing else lined up.

We still need a lot moves to hit and make good additional signings/draft picks to elevate into the strata of solid playoff team and hopefully actual SB contender.

But considering that when we hired Moore heading into the 2025 draft most people, including our own fans, had us as the (not unfairly) least talented and most hopeless team in the NFL, we’ve had a hell of a 15 month turnaround.

Also we want to avoid summer heat and the World Cup, so we’re going to play in September which will probably be hotter than June and go up against the NFL and college football.

That makes sense

It’s still very possible they have the other events because Saudis take further pity on them. But it’s also very clear that Louisiana asked LIV to prove they wouldn’t have any funding issues come LIV Nola and they couldn’t do that.

Which is clearly not full speed ahead