1/9
Does a two-tiered PGAT system actually make it more likely for really good PGAT players stuck in the two-tiered purgatory to jump to LIV?
It's really just game-theory...
Does a two-tiered PGAT system actually make it more likely for really good PGAT players stuck in the two-tiered purgatory to jump to LIV?
It's really just game-theory...
2/9
Let's say for two consecutive years you finish 52nd and 59th in the #FedExCup. Missing out on easy guaranteed money the next year by such a close margin.
What if LIV comes calling?
You're probably a top-100 player in the world, or close to, if you're doing that well...
Let's say for two consecutive years you finish 52nd and 59th in the #FedExCup. Missing out on easy guaranteed money the next year by such a close margin.
What if LIV comes calling?
You're probably a top-100 player in the world, or close to, if you're doing that well...
3/9
... and LIV is always going to be looking for Top-100 players to pad their ranks.
They offer a contract. 4 years, guaranteed money. They've got some smart people so they back into what you'd probably make over the next 4 years, and then they 2.5x that number...
... and LIV is always going to be looking for Top-100 players to pad their ranks.
They offer a contract. 4 years, guaranteed money. They've got some smart people so they back into what you'd probably make over the next 4 years, and then they 2.5x that number...
4/9
What if that happens with 5-10 guys per year?
The long-game with LIV is Euro-soccer model with countless teams working through various leagues all trying to get to the top-tier.
Promotion. Relegation. Bigger the league, bigger the stakes. Model has already been proven...
What if that happens with 5-10 guys per year?
The long-game with LIV is Euro-soccer model with countless teams working through various leagues all trying to get to the top-tier.
Promotion. Relegation. Bigger the league, bigger the stakes. Model has already been proven...
5/9
You see the big picture, right?
This isn't just about 1 LIV league. This is about creating a whole new golf eco-system with 4-player teams, playing around the world.
Will it happen?
Who knows.
I'm just a bystander, but we all need to see the big picture...
You see the big picture, right?
This isn't just about 1 LIV league. This is about creating a whole new golf eco-system with 4-player teams, playing around the world.
Will it happen?
Who knows.
I'm just a bystander, but we all need to see the big picture...
6/9
Then what happens, when 30 or 40 of the top-100 players are on a LIV-affiliate (ranked by an unbiased system of course 😉 - TUGR.org).
What do the majors do then?
Of course they capitulate, it's game theory.
Look, we have no dog in the fight....
Then what happens, when 30 or 40 of the top-100 players are on a LIV-affiliate (ranked by an unbiased system of course 😉 - TUGR.org).
What do the majors do then?
Of course they capitulate, it's game theory.
Look, we have no dog in the fight....
7/9
... but we are pretty good at looking at the game-theory of what's happening. LIV is playing the long-game and they have the money to do so.
It may never happen and in 10 years we'll all be saying, "remember that LIV thing..."
... but we are pretty good at looking at the game-theory of what's happening. LIV is playing the long-game and they have the money to do so.
It may never happen and in 10 years we'll all be saying, "remember that LIV thing..."
8/9
But if it does, watch out.
PGAT is following the classic playbook:
1st: Dimiss idea
2nd: Slander idea
3rd: Change biz model and dig heals in (current stage)
4th: New model backfires
5th: Capitulate (will be interesting how this occurs)
6th: Become a Harvard case study
But if it does, watch out.
PGAT is following the classic playbook:
1st: Dimiss idea
2nd: Slander idea
3rd: Change biz model and dig heals in (current stage)
4th: New model backfires
5th: Capitulate (will be interesting how this occurs)
6th: Become a Harvard case study
9/9
Who knows. It's all speculation, but there's a reality where PGAT just gutted their "middle class" talent by creating a potential feeder to LIV, which would just accelerate their bigger aspirations.
Really, it's just free market economics 101
Who knows. It's all speculation, but there's a reality where PGAT just gutted their "middle class" talent by creating a potential feeder to LIV, which would just accelerate their bigger aspirations.
Really, it's just free market economics 101
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