bagger05 said:That's fair. And I'm not saying these guys are necessarily DUE anything. But I understand where they're coming from. I think "How are you going to make this right?" is a fair question for those guys to be asking Monahan.Bunk Moreland said:bagger05 said:The context they had when they made those decisions included:Bunk Moreland said:AggieDruggist89 said:What about Hideki and Will Zalatoris? Where's their rewards?AgLA06 said:AggieDruggist89 said:LIV guys got the reward without showing any loyalty.zgolfz85 said:MarathonAg12 said:
Lol where is the money coming from? The purses?đ¨đ°đ¤ PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says Rory and Tiger âwill be rewardedâ for their loyalty. @TWlegion @TrackingRory pic.twitter.com/hb5kZrIrcU
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) June 7, 2023
Haha at least the 2 already insanely rich guys are gonna be take care of. Jay is a ****ing moron. How about the guys that have to actually fight for their cards each year that were offered much smaller sums, but attractive sums nonetheless?
They just took a huge risk on a start up and being black balled from the monopoly in town that owns the media and gullible fans. No big deal. Not near as hard as doing nothing.
They chose not to jump. Everyone knew the quick big pay day was a one-time opportunity. Aggie369 with his PGA pro connections said a lot of guys began to call back and the offers were drastically reduced or gone.
I don't understand this concept that the guys who truly turned down offers should be 'made right' somehow. They chose not to go. That's fine. I admire their loyalty. They don't deserve a penny for that. And they'll likely still stand to earn a lot more based off this news for future Tour events.
- If you leave you can't come back
- You're going to lose access to most qualification methods for the majors, possibly forever
The very people who laid out this context are now changing it. The arrangements were made in secret. So far the only person with clear cut benefit is Jay Monahan himself. And he's the person who blocked any cooperation in the first place and was most vocal about not wanting to have any sort of partnership.
The players who decided to stay for loyalty probably don't have any actual standing to get recourse. And as Rory said in his presser, executing any recourse would be complicated. Maybe impossible. But that doesn't mean that it's not f'd up.
They had all the same information the other guys had. And the other guys chose to take a chance. Rules get changed all the time. Just last summer Rory was already being quoted saying all sides need to come together ultimately. What did he expect back then? That he'd be retroactively paid for staying?
Agree completely. Monahan has bungled this for 4 years now...starting by not listening to player complaints (not just Phil) and refusing to pick up the phone with the PIF wanted to throw a bunch of money at the PGA Tour a long time ago without a rival league.