CD277: PGA LIVs

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

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🗓️ 15 July 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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The Chief Operating Officer and a board member of the PGA golf tour recently testified to the Senate as part of its investigation into the possible merger between the PGA and LIV golf tours. In this episode, hear a summary of their testimony which was about monopoly powers, labor rights, Saudi Arabian oil money, loyalty to country…. So much more than golf. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd277-pga-livs Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD195: Yemen PGA Tour "PGA TOUR History." 2022. Official 2022-23 PGA Tour Media Guide. Saudi Arabia "Who we are: PIF is driving the growth of new sectors, companies and jobs, as a catalyst of Vision 2030." Public Investment Fund. "Jamal Khashoggi: All you need to know about Saudi journalist's death." February 24, 2021. BBC. LIV Golf LIV Golf Website "How Much Did LIV Golf Pay Phil Mickelson?" Fergus Bisset. February 1, 2023. Golf Monthly. "Tiger Woods Was Offered LIV Golf Contract in $700M-$800M Range, Greg Norman Says." Doric Sam. August 1, 2022. Bleacher Report. LIV vs. PGA "LIV Golf's anti-trust lawsuit against PGA Tour handed severe blow in federal court." Tim Schmitt. February 17, 2023. Golfweek. "Phil Mickelson among 11 golfers to sue PGA Tour over LIV Golf suspensions." PA Media. August 3, 2022. The Guardian. "U.S. Department of Justice investigating PGA Tour for behavior toward LIV Golf." Mark Schlabach. July 11, 2022. ESPN. Yemen "The Yemen War Can Be Over — If Biden Wants It." Ryan Grim. May 18, 2023. The Intercept. "The Houthis after the Yemeni cease-fire." Bruce Riedel. January 27, 2023. Brookings. "As U.S. Focuses on Ukraine, Yemen Starves." Shuaib Almosawa. March 16, 2022. The Intercept. Audio Sources The PGA-LIV Deal: Implications for the Future of Golf and Saudi Arabia's Influence in the United States July 11, 2023 Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Watch on C-SPAN Witnesses: Ron Price, Chief Operating Officer, PGA TOUR Jimmy Dunne, Board Member, PGA TOUR Robin Williams Live on Broadway: Golf 2002 HBO Music Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Editing Pro Podcast Solutions Production Assistance Clare Kuntz Balcer

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0:00.0	My hope is that you will resist those bucketful of money.
0:05.2	I think a lot of players, a lot of sponsors, a lot of charities and frankly the 9-11 families
0:12.5	are hoping that the PGA tour will stand up and frankly avoid the sellout that this deal
0:19.9	seems to be.
0:22.2	So he wants the PGA to stand up to Saudi Arabia while Congress won't.
0:28.1	While Congress continues to allow weapon sales to Saudi Arabia, while Congress does nothing
0:33.2	to push Saudi Arabia to end the blockade that is prohibiting food and fuel from getting
0:38.2	into Yemen, while Congress continues to hold zero investigative hearings into Saudi Arabia's
0:44.0	role in 9-11.
0:46.0	Congress does nothing to address the core issues that we have with Saudi Arabia's historical
0:51.2	and present use of violence, but a golf tour.
0:55.2	A golf tour is getting shamed by members of Congress into taking a stand.
1:01.3	The hypocrisy is stunning, if not at all surprising.
1:25.2	Hello, my friend, and thank you for tuning in to the 277th episode of The Listeners Supported
1:42.7	Congressional Dish.
1:43.9	I'm your host Jennifer Briny.
1:45.9	Now Congressional Dish, if this is your first time checking it out, is a podcast about
1:49.5	government, not politics.
1:52.2	This podcast is about what happens in Congress after we elect people to represent us.
1:57.3	This is a podcast about what they do with our money and in our names.
2:00.8	And one of my favorite things about Congress, one of the things that actually got me interested
2:04.9	in watching Congress in the first place, are the investigations that Congress is empowered
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