Hour 3 - Mergers & Acquisitions
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Bernie Fratto is in for Ben Maller and talks about the controversy surrounding the merger of PGA & LIV Golf, what it means for the future of the sport, how it could potentially affect other sports, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, that's right you heard the man. |
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| 0:27.6 | You know, buried in the draft coverage the other night was the news that the Katari Investment Authority is about to close and buying a stake in the Washington Wizards, the Washington Capitals, and the Washington Mystics. |
| 0:40.5 | That would add the NBA, the NHL, and the WNBA as the first American major sports leagues to receive an investment from a sovereign wealth fund. |
| 0:51.2 | It comes just three weeks after the Saudi takeover of the PGA tour. |
| 0:56.5 | Let's unpack this for a second because this story has tremendous legs, political implications, |
| 1:03.2 | ethical implications. And I want to start with a story, and this is what allowed the live tour to make such a splash. |
| 1:12.6 | So I, as you know, I spent 17 years in Michigan, 14 years on the airwaves there, |
| 1:17.6 | CBS Radio, WKRK 971, Lions, Pre and Pulse 10 years. |
| 1:21.6 | Covered, one of the tournaments I covered was a TPC tournament in Dearborn, Michigan in 1997. |
| 1:32.2 | And here's why I remember this, because Lee Trevino was at address and getting ready to tee off. |
| 1:37.6 | And someone was talking in the gallery. |
| 1:40.2 | And as you know, Lee Trevino is not exactly shy. |
| 1:44.0 | And he stepped away from his address and he looked to the |
| 1:47.7 | Gallery and says hey shut up over there. I'm trying to work. I loved it and the guy you know the guy in the crowd |
| 1:53.7 | He might have had a few cream dements. He was a hot July afternoon. He was cooling off and |
| 1:58.4 | He might have been hooked up to a blender since that morning. I don't know |
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