Quotes Of The Day -- Hypocrisy And Greed

 

ICYMI, now that the murderous, repressive Saudi regime owns professional golf internationally:

 9/11 Families United is shocked and deeply offended by the newly announced merger between the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf league that is bankrolled by billions of sportswashing money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi operatives played a role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and now it is bankrolling all of professional golf.

“PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan co-opted the 9/11 community last year in the PGA’s unequivocal agreement that the Saudi LIV project was nothing more than sportswashing of Saudi Arabia’s reputation. But now the PGA and Monahan appear to have become just more paid Saudi shills, taking billions of dollars to cleanse the Saudi reputation so that Americans and the world will forget how the Kingdom spent their billions of dollars before 9/11 to fund terrorism, spread their vitriolic hatred of Americans, and finance al Qaeda and the murder of our loved ones. Make no mistake – we will never forget,” said 9/11 Families United Chair Terry Strada, whose husband Tom died in the World Trade Center’s North Tower. “Mr. Monahan talked last summer about knowing people who lost loved ones on 9/11, then wondered aloud on national television whether LIV Golfers ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour. They do now – as does he. PGA Tour leaders should be ashamed of their hypocrisy and greed. Our entire 9/11 community has been betrayed by Commissioner Monahan and the PGA as it appears their concern for our loved ones was merely window-dressing in their quest for money – it was never to honor the great game of golf.”

If that wasn't enough, how can you really be sure the venal Jay Monahan and his supporters are on the wrong side of morality and history?  How about we hear from Dolt 45, who looks to cash in with his Saudi buddies, too:

“Great news from LIV Golf,” tweeted the 45th US president, who has hosted LIV events at his courses.  “A big, beautiful, and glamorous deal for the wonderful world of golf. congrats to all!!!”

Yeah, congrats, you rats!

BONUS: Read Sally Jenkins' scathing article in the WaPo on the despicable deal.

PGA Sells Out To Sportswashing Saudi LIV "Golf"

 

 

This is a terrible, terrible day for anyone who follows golf, or anyone with a conscience for that matter:

PGA Tour will merge with rival LIV Golf, ending litigation and becoming a larger golf enterprise.

The agreement will combine the golf-related commercial businesses and rights of the Public Investment Fund, which includes LIV Golf, with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, to create a new “for-profit entity to ensure that all stakeholders benefit from a model that delivers maximum excitement and competition among the game’s best players,” according to a news release.

The agreement ends pending litigation between PGA Tour and LIV Golf. LIV Golf is backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, which is controlled by the Saudi crown prince, according to CNBC. 

“After two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day for the game we all know and love,” said Jay Monahan, PGA Tour commissioner, in a news release. “This transformational partnership recognizes the immeasurable strength of the PGA Tour’s history, legacy and pro-competitive model and combines with it the DP World Tour and LIV — including the team golf concept — to create an organization that will benefit golf’s players, commercial and charitable partners and fans.”

PGA Tour members allegedly found out about the news with the rest of the world. Wesley Bryan, who competed in the 2018 Masters Tournament, tweeted that the PGA Tour should be “ashamed.”...

You're damn right they should be ashamed.  After so many players opted to do the right thing and not cash in on the Saudi blood money being offered in the LIV tour, their organization betrayed them and all who despise the murderous Saudi regime of Mohammed "Bone Saw" bin Salman.  Like Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods:

Earlier this year, the Human Rights Watch said that Saudi Arabia was attempting to cover up its human rights violations with LIV Golf, calling it “sportswash.” In 2022, Tiger Woods allegedly turned down $700 million to join the professional golf tour. Woods said he disagreed with players who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position,” he said. 

Venal hack Monahan says this is an historic day, and it is, but not in the way he imagines.  What a disgusting, blood- money- worshipping POS.

BONUS:

 

“The PGA Tour has wimped out — let's just say what it is — and they've gone into business with the Saudis, the people who killed Jamal Khashoggi, the people responsible for 9/11. I am shocked.”

— @cbrennansports condemns the announced PGA-LIV Golf merger pic.twitter.com/kH1E47JoNS

— The Recount (@therecount) June 6, 2023

 

So, you preach loyalty to a tour and convince guys not to take 8 and 9 figure deals based, in part, on that loyalty and, in part, on the source of the money. Then those guys find out on Twitter YOU took the very same money?

Nino Brown, “Always business, never personal.”

— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) June 6, 2023

 

BONUS II:  As you might imagine, there are a lot of Twitter assholes (oxymoron) mocking PGA players for not taking the blood money and running.  Here's how certain classy, two- legged rats are taunting McIlroy --

BONUS III:  9/11 Families United has issued a blistering statement on Monahan's hypocrisy and betrayal.

(Image:  Phil Mickelson and Bone Saw/  Paul Childs-Action Images/Reuters via USA TODAY; Pool via REUTERS/Andrej Isakovic)