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   Judd Legum (juddlegum@journa.host)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 13:57:28 JST Judd Legum

   1. One thing that is getting lost in the PGA Tour's proposed merger with LIV and the Saudi government is that IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE PGA TOUR BOARD

   Which means it is not a done deal

   Which means it might not happen

   And there are a few groups people who can stop it

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     Judd Legum (juddlegum@journa.host)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 13:57:25 JST Judd Legum

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     4. The other big players are the PGA Tour sponsors. Do they want to associate their brand with a government that ordered the assassination and dismemberment of the US-based journalist? Do they want to be targets of the ire of 9/11 families?

     We'll see.

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     Judd Legum (juddlegum@journa.host)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 13:57:26 JST Judd Legum

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     3. McIlroy had some positive things about the deal today. So maybe the players won't stand on principle. But there are some other avenues.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     2. One key fact: the world's top players on the PGA Tour were NOT CONSULTED ABOUT THIS DEAL

     Tiger wasn't looped in.

     Neither was Rory McIlroy, even though he is ON THE PGA TOUR BOARD

     If the top 10 or 20 PGA Tour players came out against this, it's dead