WhiteWonder

Yup

The original XFL was supposed to be a competitive product to the NFL. It failed because it was gimmicky (although it gave us sky cam) but probably the biggest reason was they had no talent. Only a handful of XFL guys went on to make any sort of NFL impact. LIV doesn’t have that problem as it continues to acquire top level talent that golf fans care about. It has to be careful not to be too gimmicky (3 rounds, shotgun starts, teams, etc) but it’s not like we are talking strippers in the stands. If the team aspect ever achieves that soccer club feel that I think they are going after, look out.

I think 10 is a nice even number

You’ll start to notice as certain big names lose their eligibility for certain majors. A lot of the big name LIV guys have lifelong masters exemptions or won a major recently though. LIV gains traction by doing what any new league does (last year was its first full season)… tweak to try and increase interest. but more importantly, buying talent. Naysayers were holding tight to the washed up veteran narrative but then guys like Dustin, Cam Smith and Niemann jumped ship. Now Rahm. Add in guys who still have a following either here or overseas like Phil, Bubba, Reed, Sergio, Oosthuizen etc and the “talent” gap is quickly dwindling.

No idea I just tossed out event names I enjoy watching and are usually popular. Guess they did axe it.

yes and no. Because of no OWGR points, and expiring exemptions, there are certain LIV golfers who can't or soon wont be able to play in every or any major. Also there are other big time events that LIV guys can't currently play in or qualify for on their own like the Players, Match Play, Ryder Cup. Two of those are PGA Tour sanctioned events obviously but they lose appeal because of the divide. As i've mostly said all along, i'd rather none of this happened but the people acting like the PGA and the players who blindly stuck with the PGA are some sort of saints are oblivious.

i have not paid too much attention to it lately but didn't jay boy make a deal with saudi/liv anyway? Gotta think at some point this all just becomes one golf league again.

I picked Finau and Harman. I think i'm still alive