The Crisis Files
The Crisis Files
Roshini Rajkumar
Case File #3: Is the PGA a Monopoly?
16 minutes Posted Aug 10, 2022 at 1:10 pm.
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The new LIV Tour has fundamentally changed the professional golf landscape by creating direct competition with the well-established PGA, which is often labeled a monopoly. Business and entertainment attorney Steven Silton joins host Roshini Rajkumar to explore all angles of this complex issue just as Phil Mickelson and other LIV players file an anti-trust lawsuit against the PGA . Did the PGA overstep when it banned its players from participating in the LIV tour? How does Saudi-connected ownership of LIV affect people’s perception of the new tour? Should the PGA get into the modern world when it comes to player compensation?