As a card-carrying Libertarian since 1979 (before we had cards, actually), each professional ought to have the right to play wherever and whenever they like. However, it is also the right of the PGA Tour to "reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone" - to paraphrase an old saw.
That stated, any professional who takes the bait (read money, while already incredibly wealthy) and supports that evil, vicious "kingdom" of oppressive, misogynist, theocratic hypocrites has lost my respect. Plenty of them - since the Euro Tour already has knuckled under. But hey, let's ban Trump properties from tournament play. The fucking hypocrisy . . . .
Look, if Al-Qaeda[/size] or the Taliban scraped together the money and held a lucrative tournament in Kabul, would that be okay with everybody? At what point are these indie contractors simply empowering totalitarian filth? It is their right to pursue whatever appearance fees and prize money that is being offered, but it is also the right of their sponsors to boot them out the door.[/color]
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[/size]How about China? They ruthlessly steal club and ball technology, violating legal patents - and slide their phony knockoffs into America with impunity. You think Callaway (for instance) would be happy about their stable of professionals playing in an event sponsored by the very government that wrongfully steals part of their market share?[/color]
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[/size]Everybody got all excited about players heading to South Africa in the apartheid era, but the filthy, murderous Saudi family is somehow okay? Hey, how about if the LPGA agrees to a tournament in Riyadh? Well, there is already one there - in a country where their women cannot drive a car and must wear head scarves.[/color]
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[/size]Everybody is free to make their own choices, but until a line gets drawn, oppressive governments like the Saudis will never change. [/color]
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