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Jon Rahm on LIV Golf contract: 'I don't see many ways out'
Jon Rahm said he has multiple years left on his contract with LIV Golf and doesn't see "many ways out," as the league attempts to find new financing.
Cyclonepride
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Just saw another article where Rahm wasn't sure he had a way out of his contract, but LIV not being able to pay that contract seems like a pretty obvious (and likely) way out.
He also said they expect to take big cuts to what they're paid. (also implying the contract isn't voidable)
The new money wrangler in charge also said the team part of it "was starting to make money".
I have no idea what that would even mean, nobody attends, nobody watches.
I don't understand where the CEO expects to gather funding from. Whose going to pony up the money for that tour? Buying teams?.. yeah right. Those teams aren't even worth what the teams in the TGL are worth.
Every major bank/money wrangler has already said, “Are you ******* kidding me?”.
Scotty Scheffler is playing in the 3M open here in the Twin Cities. If any of you down in Iowa haven't seen a PGA event in person, it's worth the trip up.
Cyclonepride
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Bryson going through the same thing: https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/48688305/bryson-dechambeau-plans-focus-youtube-liv-golf-ends
No, Bryson, the PGA Tour does not need you and doesn't think you can do great things for them. No, your LIV teams aren't worth anything at all. No, you aren't getting financed until the 2030s. The only ego that needs to get dropped, is your own. What's best for the game is golf is to stop making fake spin-off leagues and parlaying that into Youtube channels.
No, Bryson, the PGA Tour does not need you and doesn't think you can do great things for them. No, your LIV teams aren't worth anything at all. No, you aren't getting financed until the 2030s. The only ego that needs to get dropped, is your own. What's best for the game is golf is to stop making fake spin-off leagues and parlaying that into Youtube channels.
I don't really agree with what he says but I've come around on Bryson a little bit.
His Youtube videos are super enganging and it's fun to watch
Youtube is such a better place for golf. It's so much more entertaining listening to the guys during the round. The Bryan Bros and Grant Horvat starting the Your Golf Tour is going to be awesome.
His handlers did a great job creating an engagement farm and reshaping his online persona for him. Whatever PR firm he has is incredibly good at their jobs.
For the record, I'm not against YouTube golf. I am against using it as an illegitimate character farm. I'm never convinced that guys just suddenly stop being dickheads permanently because they started recording canned events.
How are these contracts setup? How is it that you are forced to take a large pay cut but are still held to your end of the contract? Is it based as a percentage of the league profits or something?
Cyclonepride
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He's certainly never going to have to make a choice in regard to money again (unless he is horrible with it), so to me, it just depends on what drives him and what he wants to accomplish.
If he wants to do his own thing and build his own things, he can do that, though he may find that his relevance fades the more disconnected he gets from the mainstream golfing world.
My guess is that he's using that as a bargaining chip so that he can rejoin the tour with only a little penalty. It's obvious that the PGA Tour would want him back, even if he's not a critical need for them.
How can they not penalize people the way they penalized Brooks? That seems like a stiff penalty which I understand...but I would think that should be the floor of penalties going forward.
Cyclonepride
Thought Police
I don't think they'll lessen the penalty for Bryson (or anyone else), but Bryson is worth a lot to the tour, so I'd bet that he'll get a similar deal.
They also look like giant cucks if they don't punish them. Letting them off merely sets those players up to run off again when the next conflict comes by.
