09-08-2022, 08:57 PM
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#743
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
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How funny would it be if they cut it to 54 holes?
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09-12-2022, 10:54 AM
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#745
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Probably Hovland, I bet. He was already rumoured once earlier this summer, I believe.
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09-15-2022, 12:54 AM
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#746
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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I count 6 Canucks in the field this week in Napa.
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09-19-2022, 01:12 AM
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#747
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Oooof. Danny Willett had 3'7" to win and 3jacked.
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09-19-2022, 08:59 AM
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#749
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Franchise Player
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I was very much into the sports world this weekend, but had absolutely no clue there was a LIV event going on. I don't think LIV stands a chance at legitimacy and a truce with the rest of the golf world as long as Norman is at the helm.
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
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How many times is "back and to the left" going to be in the replies?
Last edited by Flabbibulin; 09-19-2022 at 09:01 AM.
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09-25-2022, 05:54 PM
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#750
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Franchise Player
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I just caught some of the Presidents Cup matches and my one takeaway is than man, Corey Conners needs to get that putting thing figured out.
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09-26-2022, 09:00 AM
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#751
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
I was very much into the sports world this weekend, but had absolutely no clue there was a LIV event going on. I don't think LIV stands a chance at legitimacy and a truce with the rest of the golf world as long as Norman is at the helm.
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Not to mention, the Saudis and Trump.
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09-26-2022, 04:40 PM
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#752
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Franchise Player
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I wonder if it is time to modify the Ryder and President Cups? I'm thinking Ryder becomes US vs International and President Cup becomes two random teams selected by Captains. Make the Captain selection some sort of vote by fans or tour players and then have those Captains select their teams.
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09-27-2022, 10:50 AM
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#753
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I wonder if it is time to modify the Ryder and President Cups? I'm thinking Ryder becomes US vs International and President Cup becomes two random teams selected by Captains. Make the Captain selection some sort of vote by fans or tour players and then have those Captains select their teams.
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It'll never happen but imagine the hype behind a PGA vs. LIV event.
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09-28-2022, 05:15 AM
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#754
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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From Greg Norman saying "four or five network deals were on the table" to ad buying to not even get on network TV is about right. I would imagine MyPillow, shady gold companies and shady reverse mortgage companies will be dominating the commercials. If nothing else it probably sets a clear timeline for the end of LIV. I would guess after the two years they either get a real TV deal, or pull the plug.
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LIV Golf is nearing a deal to purchase air time for its tournaments on U.S. cable television, multiple sources have told Golfweek. The potential agreement — which is still being finalized — is with Fox Sports 1.
While media companies typically pay sports leagues a substantial rights fee to air their products, the deal would not see LIV receive payment, said a source familiar with the discussions. Instead, LIV — which is controversially financed by the Saudi Arabian regime’s Public Investment Fund — would buy time on the cable channel to air its events, a move that will be widely interpreted as a failure to attract serious commercial interest in what it is offering.
Just two weeks ago, the CEO of LIV, Greg Norman, said he was fielding intense interest from media companies eager to broadcast LIV tournaments.
“We’re talking to four different networks, and live conversations where offers are being put on the table,” he told ESPN. “They can see what we’re delivering.”
A well-placed industry executive says LIV struck out with approaches to multiple broadcasters, including NBC, CBS, Disney, Apple and Amazon, and that Fox Sports got involved only at the behest of Lachlan Murdoch, the executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corp. Last month, Sports Business Journal reported that Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, had been calling broadcasters trying to generate interest in a LIV television package. In 2021, Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, secured $2 billion in funding from the Saudi Public Investment Fund.
“There were people at Fox who wanted nothing to do with this,” the source said. “They were forced to do it.”
LIV requested a rights fee for year two of any deal and a guaranteed time slot on network television but both proposals were rejected by Fox, according to a source familiar with the specifics of the conversations. It is believed Fox has offered to re-evaluate network placement at a later date. LIV will also be responsible for the production of its tournament broadcasts and for selling commercial sponsorships during its time slots, two tasks that would usually fall to a broadcast partner.
“Any advertiser who touches this will get blasted,” a longtime sports TV executive said. “It’s a weak product but it’s a tainted product on top of that.”
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https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0...r-tournaments/
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09-28-2022, 07:51 AM
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#755
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
From Greg Norman saying "four or five network deals were on the table" to ad buying to not even get on network TV is about right. I would imagine MyPillow, shady gold companies and shady reverse mortgage companies will be dominating the commercials. If nothing else it probably sets a clear timeline for the end of LIV. I would guess after the two years they either get a real TV deal, or pull the plug.
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Were they even in it to actually generate any profit? Seems like a fun hobby the Saudis sink money into just for the sake of it.
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09-28-2022, 07:53 AM
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#756
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I wonder if it is time to modify the Ryder and President Cups? I'm thinking Ryder becomes US vs International and President Cup becomes two random teams selected by Captains. Make the Captain selection some sort of vote by fans or tour players and then have those Captains select their teams.
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Keep it US vs the world but allow Europeans in the Presidents Cup. Would have been fun to see Mcilroy with the Koreans this past weekend.
ORRRRR like some pundits have brought up, open it up to women as well!
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09-28-2022, 09:34 AM
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#757
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Originally Posted by kobasew19
Were they even in it to actually generate any profit? Seems like a fun hobby the Saudis sink money into just for the sake of it.
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That's the thing, it's nearly impossible to see a path to revenue that covers even 10% of what they're paying out players. The scary thing about being a player who gave up their career for liv is that it will only exist as long as the Saudis wish to fund it, as there is no sustainable business going forward.
I wonder if they pull it off YouTube when they go to FS1? YouTube actually much greater reach these days, and they've kind of lost their niche of golf being available to cord cutters.
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09-28-2022, 09:50 AM
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#758
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by kobasew19
Keep it US vs the world but allow Europeans in the Presidents Cup. Would have been fun to see Mcilroy with the Koreans this past weekend.
ORRRRR like some pundits have brought up, open it up to women as well!
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A mixed tournament would actually be great to see and would probably even things out quite a bit because if I'm not mistaken the international women are a bit ahead of the US women.
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09-28-2022, 10:33 AM
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#759
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Paradise
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
From Greg Norman saying "four or five network deals were on the table" to ad buying to not even get on network TV is about right. I would imagine MyPillow, shady gold companies and shady reverse mortgage companies will be dominating the commercials. If nothing else it probably sets a clear timeline for the end of LIV. I would guess after the two years they either get a real TV deal, or pull the plug.
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Dont knock Mypillow till you've tried it!
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09-30-2022, 03:57 PM
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#760
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Mackenzie Fkn Hughes ladies and gentlemen!!!!
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