Monday, 17 June 2024
Creator: Jodi Balsam
It’s been a yr for the reason that surprising announcement in June 2023 that the PGA Tour[1] and LIV Golf[2] had settled their antitrust litigation[3] and, with the DP World Tour (the European Tour), had entered a Framework Settlement to create a “international golf partnership.”[4] But, unification nonetheless eludes the game as negotiations towards a definitive settlement drag on and authorities concern in regards to the consolidation has surfaced at each the U.S. Senate[5] and the U.S. Division of Justice[6] (DOJ).
In the meantime, LIV Golf’s proprietor — the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund[7] (PIF) — continues to pour its wealth into LIV whereas the PGA Tour strives[8] to (1) generate income to compete with LIV and (2) empower and enrich its golfers sufficiently to maintain them loyal. This text examines how skilled golf has advanced throughout this tentative truce, the authorized shoals it nonetheless should navigate, and the prospects for the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf alliance:
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Jodi Balsam
Professor of Scientific Regulation/Director of Externship Applications, Brooklyn Regulation College at Brooklyn Regulation College.
Professor Jodi Balsam is a member of the school of Brooklyn Regulation College, New York Metropolis. She teaches Sports activities Regulation there, and at NYU College of Regulation. She is a co-author of the main Weiler Roberts Sports activities Regulation casebook, and ceaselessly seems within the media commenting on sports activities regulation developments. Previous to becoming a member of academia, she was Counsel for Operations & Litigation on the Nationwide Soccer League. She acquired her J.D. from NYU College of Regulation, and her B.A. in Historical past from Yale School.
