There’s rising hypothesis that Jon Rahm might “jump” to the LIV Tour for close to $500 million, and that has generated a ton of questions. For instance, what does that imply for his Ryder Cup standing? Wasn’t he one in every of LIV’s largest detractors? I believed LIV was set to merge with the PGA? Why does it matter?
In fast succession:
Who cares?
Sure, Rahm was anti-LIV.
The merger is pending.
And, no, it doesn’t matter.
First an replace on the merger. King goof and PGA commissioner Jay Monahan stated he’s nonetheless eyeing Dec. 31 as a agency goal for the cope with LIV and it’s pointless to again out now that the PGA suffered the requisite PR backlash.
That’s why a man like Rahm, who was outspoken in regards to the gimmicky tour, ought to take the cash. If a greenback of the earnings is tainted by blood cash, all of it is, so screw it. Possibly learn the effective print so the Saudis don’t have Rahm performing trick photographs till age 75, however outdoors of that, it’s OK to cave. The PGA did.
Monahan performed a sport of huge financial institution take little financial institution with the Saudi Public Funding Fund and his league was summarily dismissed. Morality clearly makes no distinction to the organizers of main tournaments and finally, the Ryder Cup’s superiority advanced will crumble, too.
The losers on this complete debacle are the golfers who stood to make silly cash, however opted as an alternative to gamble on the PGA’s ethics. This is identical league that balked at paying its lower-ranked gamers a good wage, and the result was anticipated, if not inevitable.
Because it stands, each PGA and LIV excursions will play their respective 2024 calendars due to the feet-dragging that’s taken place for the reason that preliminary deal was introduced in June. Who is aware of what golf will appear like after the DNA splicing, however the way in which the PGA dealt with every part shouldn’t make American golf followers optimistic.
The game is riddled with executives and fits who’re so near massive enterprise that capitalism was destined to win out. In keeping with the rumors, the signing may not even be about bringing Rahm over to LIV, however somewhat to again Monahan farther right into a nook throughout negotiations.
If somebody supplied me half a billion {dollars} to be a pawn, I’d take it. Apparently, Jason Day and Adrian Meronk (whoever that’s) additionally might be licensed LIV within the close to future. It’s the previous stack casualties methodology of warfare and after a six-month ceasefire, the Saudis appear to be dropping persistence.
There are few entities prepared to throw baggage upon baggage of cash at gamers to lure them to a league that’s debatably expendable. Nevertheless, this was the Saudis’ technique from the beginning. It shouldn’t be a shock that they’d return to it, and it ought to be one million occasions much less shocking that longtime holdouts would flip given the PGA Tour’s hypocrisy.
