Kolek planning to go pro
china paying you?? and i thought they were out of line for giving all that money to president magoo and his family. maybe you should tell them your friends of the big guy and his ever so brilliant artist offspring you are funding china by watching the NBA, buying apparel, shoes, etc. and all of the human rights abuses they are committing to this day
??China isn’t “paying you”? Of course not . Neither are the Saudis. You’re paying them and they pay the NBA. Just like people pay the Saudis and they pay the golfers. Or we pay the Saudis for oil now that we’ve decided energy independence isn’t important.
China isn’t “paying you”?
"paying you?"
No, the Saudi’s are paying individual golfers and using them to get a seat at the table. They now have it. LIV is dead. They used those golfers greed to their benefit. They have no interest in “growing the game”. It’s a toy for them
Money is fungible. And a lot of it comes from dubious places. Are you mourning the NBA being in bed with China? Boycotting Apple and all other things produced there? If not, spare me.
A seat at the table? As the leader of OPEC they’ve had a seat at the table for quite awhile. A $$$ infusion by definition grows the game. And sports have been a toy for the very rich since before you were born. Your naïveté amazes me.
I thought being American I was allowed to have a particular grudge against the guys who did 9/11 without having to answer for China and the Uyghurs.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you Lenny, but Monahan shouldn’t have used that excuse only to take money from them a year later. That’s what bothers me the most. Using people like the 9/11 families to your benefit, only to drop them when the $$$ got too big.
BurrowOf course you’re allowed to hold whatever grudges you choose. But to my knowledge it’s never been proven that the Saudi government orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. OTOH, the China/Uyghur situation is certainly government policy.Look, I’m no fan of the Saudi government - but the fact is we (as a country and as individuals) do plenty of business with bad actors. Your, mine or anyone else’s outrage isn’t going to change it.