Another post about sports and politics. Greg Norman said that the new golf tour sponsored by Saudi Arabia will go on despite the set back caused by the comments of Phil Mickelson. Couple of months ago, Mickelson said that Saudi Arabia is scary, killing journalists, sponsoring terrorism etc. But he is able to overlook all of these things because he thinks that golfers need leverage against the PGA tour. Those comments alarmed some of the top golfers who opted out of the Saudi tour even though that they had signed up and received upfront money already. Still, Norman says now there are enough big name players for the tour to go on, although with less tournaments. The money is still big.
Mickelson was ostracized for his comments and he stayed out of the lime light for awhile, even missing the Masters. But apparently he is scheduled to play on the new tour now. I don't know how much money one needs or how much leverage against the PGA the golfers need. I think they are very well paid now and certainly much better paid than tennis players. Whereas many top tennis players worried about Peng Shuai's safety and the WTA boycotted events in China, these golfers have no problems playing on the Saudi tour, making the same money that funded Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 terrorists. Well, I guess they are no different than the U.S. government who are willing to sell Saudi Arabia the best weapons so that they can commit genocide in Yemen.
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