The second season of the Saudi League marks its progress, with the transfer from 10 to 14 occasions. However, as we’ve got seen, it additionally marks a step change in participant remuneration coverage. The LIV Golf executives had communicated to the gamers that the Groups could be liable for the journey bills of all of the entourage (relations, employees and caddies) of every of them.
To this finish, the staff prizes of every occasion have modified path, now not getting into the participant’s financial institution accounts, however the staff’s. This with a view to creating the administration coverage of the Groups in a company sense. On the occasion held in Tucson, which was gained by Brooks Koepka (the primary LIV participant to win two tournaments), LIV executives used (figuratively) the wand on the gamers.
LIV Golf, statements
In response to Sports activities Illustrated, LIV Golf has criticized the Groups for not being lively sufficient to generate new income. The enterprise mannequin primarily entails the seek for sponsors and the help of followers, and it’s a formulation that Greg Norman additionally believes has nice potential, particularly in view of the event of the League.
To this point, the Groups are owned by the Saudi League which, nevertheless, plans to promote them over the following two years. However there are different information which were disclosed. The primary: three extra groups can be added in 2024. Twelve extra gamers would nonetheless permit the formulation to be maintained with shotgun begins.
One other very fascinating change issues the end-of-season rating. The highest eight gamers will obtain the two-year exemption, whereas these ranked ninth to twenty-fourth can be exempted for only one 12 months. These labeled from twenty fifth to forty fourth can be thought of free brokers: they may be capable to signal with any staff, however won’t be assured to take part in tournaments.
The underside 4 gamers of the rating can be ‘relegated’ and must take part within the {qualifications} that can be launched. The introduction of {qualifications} is clearly linked to the truth that, by now, there are extra LIV gamers than the 48 who take the sphere, as demonstrated by the truth that the reserves exist already (the final case of substitution, that of Martin Kaymer).
Whether it is true that the PGA Tour is shifting, in some respects, like LIV Golf, it have to be acknowledged that the alternative can be true.
