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The PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger induced many reactions, principally destructive ones. Many don’t perceive why the PGA Tour determined to do that, contemplating how strongly they maintain their positions. Nonetheless, another issues have been essential to the entire story.
9/11 households expressed explicit anger after studying in regards to the information of the merger. 9/11 Households United chair Terry Strada is livid and thinks Jay Monahan is doing a horrible factor. Though final 12 months he additionally criticized Saudi Arabia and the truth that they’re “destroying” golf, his views are actually the other.
“PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan co-opted the 9/11 group final 12 months within the PGA’s unequivocal settlement that the Saudi LIV venture was nothing greater than sportswashing of Saudi Arabia’s fame. However now the PGA and Monahan seem to have grow to be simply extra paid Saudi shills, taking billions of {dollars} to cleanse the Saudi fame in order that Individuals and the world will neglect how the Kingdom spent their billions of {dollars} earlier than 9/11 to fund terrorism, unfold their vitriolic hatred of Individuals, and finance al Qaeda and the homicide of our family members.
Make no mistake — we are going to always remember.”- she stated.
Terry Strada: Our total 9/11 group has been betrayed
Terry Strada considers this a betrayal. Jay Monahan has criticized LIV Golf and PGA Tour gamers many occasions over the previous couple of months for ‘betraying’ their Tour.
Nonetheless, now everybody will likely be underneath one flag, and the query is whether or not this will even imply reconciliation. “Mr. Monahan talked final summer season about realizing individuals who misplaced family members on 9/11, then puzzled aloud on nationwide tv whether or not LIV Golfers ever needed to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour.
They do now — as does he. PGA Tour leaders needs to be ashamed of their hypocrisy and greed. Our total 9/11 group has been betrayed by Commissioner Monahan and the PGA because it seems their concern for our family members was merely window-dressing of their quest for cash — it was by no means to honor the good recreation of golf”.
