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Related: About this forumOf course tRump would side with LIV golf tour......pig.
Former President Donald Trump took the side of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour over what he called a very disloyal PGA in a Monday morning post on TruthSocial.
LIV is the controversial start-up golf tour backed by Saudi millions that have led many top pro golfers to leave the PGA tour, namely Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, and many others, who have received enormous and guaranteed payoffs for their participation. Saudi Arabia has long been criticized for their poor record on human rights, which has come to light recently in part due to the state-sponsored murder of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump wrote:
All of those golfers that remain loyal to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big thank you from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year. If you dont take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place, and only say how smart the original signees were. Good luck to all, and congratulations to really talented Cam Smith on his incredible WIN!
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-sides-with-saudi-backed-liv-tour-over-very-disloyal-pga-in-fiery-truth-social-post/
rsdsharp
(10,139 posts)Trump telling the other USFL owners they had to start playing in the fall, and sue the NFL for antitrust violations. The USFL would win a billion dollars. A billion dollars I tells ya! And then the leagues would merge.
Follow me! Follow me!
They did. They sued, won a whopping $1.00, which was trebled to $3.00. The league folded right after. And Pete Rozelle told Trump he would never get an NFL franchise as long as Rozelle was Commisioner.
Golfers! Unite with LIV! The PGA will have to merge with us.
a kennedy
(32,111 posts)rsdsharp
(10,139 posts)Trump is pissed because the PGA wont book tournaments on his courses. He wants to leverage LIV to get that back. As a bonus, LIV will pay him to use his courses in the meantime. Its all about Trump. Again.
Bleacher Creature
(11,436 posts)I'm thankful every day that he wasn't able to scam his way into buying my Bills, although he may not have run for President had he won the bidding. . .
rsdsharp
(10,139 posts)He couldnt have been worse than Bud Selig. Alas, what might have been.
at140
(6,134 posts)Not fun to watch others playing, but great fun playing yourself.
Golf is the only exercise I can do for 4+ hours without getting bored.
Walking 18 holes at hilly golf course of Orchard Hills CC pushing my golf cart is the main reason my health came back from half a dozen health issues back to zero health issues.
a kennedy
(32,111 posts)no_hypocrisy
(48,822 posts)Like the major networks? Will the outcomes be prominently in newspapers?
Or will they be ignored?
Bleacher Creature
(11,436 posts)The competition isn't as good, the courses aren't as challenging, it's way too gimmicky, and it's a PR mess.
The only thing is has on the PGA tour is that it pays better for anyone willing to accept blood money.
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)The fact that Trump is siding with LIV would make me Team PGA all the way.
#ETTD
keithbvadu2
(40,149 posts)How many of those thousand of Muslims celebrating 9-11 were Saudi, Donald?
You said you saw them.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=trump+saw+muslims+celebrating+9-11+
a kennedy
(32,111 posts)Golf analyst David Feherty and NBC have parted ways, the New York Post reported. And he is expected to join the LIV Golf tours broadcasts.