PMS 2.0 919 - THE PGA TOUR AND LIV GOLF HAVE OFFICIALLY AGREED ON A MERGER, Scott Van Pelt, Ian Rapoport, Pacman Jones LIVE In The ThunderDome, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

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🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 178 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, Pacman Jones, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the breaking news that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have officially agreed on a merger, seemingly out of nowhere, and what it means for the future. They also discuss the Golden Knights routing the Panthers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and the news that Colts CB Isaiah Rodgers Sr. has allegedly been caught gambling on the the Colts and the NFL from the facility. Joining the show is absolute legend in the game, host of SVP, Scott Van Pelt to talk about the PGA/LIV merger and how it is an actual bombshell that no one saw coming, what it means for everyone moving forward, and where we go from here (16:51-42:37). Later, NFL Network Senior Insider, Ian Rapoport joins the progrum to discuss the Isaiah Rodgers Sr. situation, what he’s hearing about Dalvin Cook and DeAndre Hopkins, and all the other things floating around the NFL that we need to be aware of (1:21:26-1:48:02). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello beautiful people. Welcome to our humble about the thundered out on this glorious holy shit. What just happening golf Tuesday June 6, 2023 hour.
0:11.4	It's now.
0:12.9	Sports crazy. What's happening towards me? There are some news coming out of the golf world that literally just dropped this morning.
0:19.8	Seemingly out of the clots. Seemingly unbeknownst to everybody in the golf community.
0:26.9	Announce this morning is that the live golf. Yes. That live golf backed by Saudi Arabia. Okay.
0:35.2	That tour golf apart in disrespected America and did terrible things in the sports washing world has now merged with the PGA.
0:44.0	Yes. That PGA. What? What? The PGA that was telling all their golfers that if they were to go to live golf,
0:49.9	they were basically terrorists, terrible people and people that don't want the best for golf or for the United States
0:56.2	or for the world or society as a whole. Now the two have become one for one major golf league. Congratulations to golf.
1:05.5	Yeah. That's good.
1:07.5	All right. It sounds like that's good news. But boy, I will tell you what, there's some news that came out of the golf world that I would assume
1:13.6	some of these guys that maybe turned down 100 million. What? 150 million. What?
1:17.9	200 million dollar contracts. Wow.
1:19.5	I would have remained in PGA and potentially talk about the PGA being where it's all about tradition and legacy and carrying a lead that has been carried by the greats before.
1:30.0	It's not just about an instant gratification payday. It's about something much bigger than 300 million. What?
1:36.3	400 million. What? It is bigger than that. It is about the PGA.
1:41.8	Right.
1:42.8	Now those three same thing. Yep. Yep.
1:46.8	Left Scott Van Pelt joining us in about 15 minutes or so.
1:49.8	Left Scott Van Pelt worked for the golf channel before he started working for ESPN.
1:53.8	We've seen money ESPN for the better part of two decades. Massive fan, massive golf guy, massively plugged into golf community.
1:59.8	Excited to hear the ripple effects of reaction when his thoughts are right now. We can all kind of zoom out a little bit.
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