Yeah. To be clear, I can root for the LIV tour to fail because I think a racist/sexist/homophobic/murdering government built on oppression is throwing money at celebrities to curry favor with the West so they can keep on doing horrible things. And at the same time understand that when James Piot got a look at how hard it is to compete on tour, and how far he is from even being able to sniff a tour card, that getting millions to simply end up on Dustin Johnson's team a few times in joke events is tough to pass up. Which is exactly why I applaud Alex for rejecting the opportunity.
Hell, I can even recognize that the impact of the LIV tour on the PGA Tour is partially positive. It will pressure them to improve payouts, give more paths to earning money, and potentially better and more creative experiences for viewers.
But there's a line, obviously. If a country leveraged slavery to fund a rival football league to the NFL, paid every starter on current NFL teams $500M each to play 10 games in the middle of the NFL's season - it wouldn't get off the ground. It wouldn't matter if they put go-pro's and mic's on every player. There wouldn't be any ends justifying the means arguments. There's no effort to make a profit or even break even here. The entire endeavor is a nefarious one, despite all the bullshit about "growing the game" or "expanding the reach of golf." Nobody cares about any of that at a level that even approaches the weight of the actual money.
