Bsean 149 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/pga-liv-golf-merger-rcna87914 Just thought I would start a new thread. It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out for broadcasters given the strain LIV was having on the Tegna/Nexstar relationship. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVLurker 198 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 i felt like ever since LIV Golf proved it could put on a good presentation it was only a matter of time. this is the worst moment for sports in a long time. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 I still laugh at the people who were trying to turn this into this being about Saudi involvement. Like nobody would ever dream of taking dirty money in this country. (Not saying Saudi money is dirty, but that's what they were trying to make it sound like.) All this time it was about squashing a competitor, which is what I said in the first place. I want you all to remember how you were used and now apply this lesson to everything else you hear in the media, especially when it comes from Washington. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVLurker 198 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 2 hours ago, DirtyHarry said: Like nobody would ever dream of taking dirty money in this country. (Not saying Saudi money is dirty, but that's what they were trying to make it sound like.) so is Saudi Arabia money dirty or not? you make it sound like the SG/TEGNA deal's dirty money mattered and this doesn't. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) 54 minutes ago, TVLurker said: so is Saudi Arabia money dirty or not? you make it sound like the SG/TEGNA deal's dirty money mattered and this doesn't. It isn't dirty money for every place else they spend it. It isn't dirty for Tiffany's, it isn't dirty when some sheik has have his cancer cured at the Mayo Clinic, it isn't dirty when they buy F16's from us, but it's dirty for something as insignificant as golf? The people who allowed themselves to get sucked into the propaganda that Saudi involvement was somehow dirty were just basically puppets and used by the PGA and the networks. That's the bottom line. Edited June 7, 2023 by DirtyHarry 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 258 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I didn't see this one coming I thought the earliest would've been 2025 in my opinion, PGA commish shouldn't have ever invoked the 9/11 family victims about LIV Golf in my opinion that was grandstanding to me. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2023/6/9/23754366/brandel-chamblee-pga-tour-liv-golf-pif-blocked-doj Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 The conspiratorialist side of me says that this is all set up in advance as a way for the Saudis to get to buy into the PGA. The PGA, I believe, is a non-profit. No way to buy into a non-profit except maybe through a backdoor merger like this. Monahan and a bunch of key executives probably got payoffs and retention bonuses as well. That's what happens with all these mutual insurance companies that get gobbled up by another company, especially for profit companies. You were all played. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusNewsFan 217 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 6/12/2023 at 12:59 PM, DirtyHarry said: The conspiratorialist side of me says that this is all set up in advance as a way for the Saudis to get to buy into the PGA. The PGA, I believe, is a non-profit. No way to buy into a non-profit except maybe through a backdoor merger like this. Monahan and a bunch of key executives probably got payoffs and retention bonuses as well. That's what happens with all these mutual insurance companies that get gobbled up by another company, especially for profit companies. You were all played. That is exactly what it feels like to me here. They were going to fight... Till they realize that it would be cheaper to merge and have a way to bring in way more cash then it currently does! 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Well...looks like golf is dead... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Yankees4life said: Well...looks like golf is dead... So no more LIV? CW should try for the Pac 12…or what’s left of it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19671-pgaliv-merger/#findComment-287637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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