43. "They only need 3 faces on LIV. Cam Smith, Brooks & DJ" In response to In response to 38 Wed Jun-07-23 10:55 PM by josephmurf2384
There are 2 things they needed and it was not players:
-Money for the elevated events, if they could have waited 2 years to announce those LIV would have fizzled out, but they acted quickly to keep more defections from happening. Ratings are down and sponsors were not going to want to keep footing the bill to subsidize scrubs getting paydays at the bottom end of fields.
-Shield themselves and the sponsors from discovery in the LIV lawsuit. Everyone knows what would have come out on LIV's side, but what could have come out on the PGA side could potentially result in violations of free trade/monopoly protections as well as maybe losing their tax exempt status.