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Golf tour merger coming soon
Michael Morandi:
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--- Quote from: Michael Morandi on February 17, 2025, 08:22:37 PM ---I can’t believe that Monahan still has his job. Friends who know and like him don’t argue with the characterization that he’s just a “suit.” The primary job of any CEO is to identify and repel external threats. He failed to do so and then responded by upping the purses to keep the elite players. Is he like Roger Goodell of the NFL: doing the bidding for the elite players just as Roger does it for the owners?
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How was he supposed to expel an external threat that had unlimited funds? That made players offers they personal couldn't turn down. How do you stop that? Once the most prolific choker in major championship history found his backer to try and destroy the PGA tour I don't see how anyone could have stopped it. Just my opinion.
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If you believe that recruiting Phil was critical to LIV, then conceding name, image and likeness rights to Phil might have stop the lefty, as he requested. Small price. And now Monahan hands out millions to players with the highest social media profiles.
Kalen Braley:
--- Quote from: Rob Marshall on February 18, 2025, 09:30:02 AM ---
--- Quote from: Michael Morandi on February 17, 2025, 08:22:37 PM ---I can’t believe that Monahan still has his job. Friends who know and like him don’t argue with the characterization that he’s just a “suit.” The primary job of any CEO is to identify and repel external threats. He failed to do so and then responded by upping the purses to keep the elite players. Is he like Roger Goodell of the NFL: doing the bidding for the elite players just as Roger does it for the owners?
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How was he supposed to expel an external threat that had unlimited funds? That made players offers they personal couldn't turn down. How do you stop that? Once the most prolific choker in major championship history found his backer to try and destroy the PGA tour I don't see how anyone could have stopped it. Just my opinion.
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100% agree with Rob on this one.
I asked back then and i'll ask again now, what the hell was he supposed to do to repel a competitor who was literally willing to flush billions down the toilet?
We have anti-trust laws to protect against this kind of behavior, so safe to say it sickens me the new regime is apparently willing to look the other way on this.
P.S. Could the tour afford to give just one player like Phil $200 Mill? This is a complete non-starter
Michael Morandi:
Isn’t it interesting how quickly Monahan altered the tour structure with signature events, increased purses and social media rankings with massive payouts? He had these arrows in his quiver and if he was far sighted enough to see the threat of losing top players he might have used them earlier. Ok, PIF offered guaranteed money and few events, but couldn’t Monahan have floated these changes before losing star golfers? There is no evidence that he did. His only strategy was to shame the defectors for associating with sportswashing, even though he approved some playing in the Saudi International when they were on his tour. And now he’s negotiating with PIF. Where’s the shame in that?Weak!
Kalen Braley:
Michael,
I will concede he did what he could, but look at the PIP amounts for example, all to be spread out among dozens of players
$40 Mill in 2021
$100 Mill each in 2022 and 2023
$50 Mill in 2024
Jon Rahm's deal alone was bigger than all of that combined, as the Saudis literally spent billions to get those big names. Its still an apples to oranges comparison. He was never gonna come up with that kind of money and would have lost even more face to pretend that he could.
Rob Marshall:
The tour can't continue to pay these purses. The sponsors get no bang for the buck. They will eventually back out and spend their money else where.
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