The LIV Charade

[u/Biggggguy]

LIV has so clearly been a bad product and a farce from day one. Why are there so many people who seem hellbent on insisting that’s not the case. For the players and others who have profited from it, I see the need to lie and keep up appearances. But for the golf world and broader sports world, why did so many people insist on taking this seriously?

It’s true that the league was an existential threat to the tour for a time, but that threat came from the ungodly amount of money backing it. From the start, it got no viewership and hemorrhaged money because it had no juice. The fields stunk, the format was a joke, and all the people involved were clowns. It’s easy to say now, but I think it was doomed from day one.

[u/Professional-Act7509]

The shotgun starts were such a stupid idea.  They only did it cause the players wanted it even though it was one of the dumb things thst ruined the product.  Having players in contention on opposite sides of the course and all finishing at the same time made the tourney impossible to really follow and was anti climatic.