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Money is the ONLY factor. Greg Norman has been trying to pick this fight for 30 years.
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Maybe, but those who hate LIV would still hate LIV because it is a competitor to the PGA Tour. Both sides of this are disingenuous about the motivation/reasoning behind their arguments. The Tour hates LIV because it is a competitor to the Tour, and the LIV guys joined for money.
Guys like Rory, IMO, are just as disingenuous as guys like Phil. Rory might have more of a genuine personal connection with the Tour, its history, etc., than guys who joined LIV, but Rory hates LIV because it threatens to make what he has achieved (and will achieve in the future) on the Tour look less impressive if a bunch of good players continue to defect. It is why Tiger is so involved now as well; even though LIV didn't exist when he was in his prime, having the Tour where he achieved everything that he achieved disintegrate would look bad.
For the rest of Rory's career, I think he fears a Dr. J in the ABA-type of thing, although in reverse. Dr. J went from a league perceived to be inferior to one perceived to be superior, but Rory potentially is going from the superior league to one that isn't as superior as it used to be. He doesn't want a "Well, just how impressive was Rory's PGA Tour career once LIV came around?" debate.
Guys like Rory, IMO, are just as disingenuous as guys like Phil. Rory might have more of a genuine personal connection with the Tour, its history, etc., than guys who joined LIV, but Rory hates LIV because it threatens to make what he has achieved (and will achieve in the future) on the Tour look less impressive if a bunch of good players continue to defect. It is why Tiger is so involved now as well; even though LIV didn't exist when he was in his prime, having the Tour where he achieved everything that he achieved disintegrate would look bad.
For the rest of Rory's career, I think he fears a Dr. J in the ABA-type of thing, although in reverse. Dr. J went from a league perceived to be inferior to one perceived to be superior, but Rory potentially is going from the superior league to one that isn't as superior as it used to be. He doesn't want a "Well, just how impressive was Rory's PGA Tour career once LIV came around?" debate.
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There is a group of us that don’t hate it. We just don’t find it entertaining enough to follow or watch. For me, except for a few exceptions, all the players are washed up or have never been good enough to win anything in the PGA Tour. There is no history and no drama. The team concept is silly and uninteresting. It reminds me of the original USFL. The first wave of owners had enough money to keep the league going for a few years. But the product was not interesting enough to generate the revenue to sustain it once the owners got tired of dumping their own money into it. Maybe the backers will stay in it forever, or maybe like the USFL owners they will lose interest. Or maybe it will grow in appeal and will bury the PGA over time. But right now I don’t see that.
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Sounds like somebody played the odds and lost.
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