Aftermath are going hard this weekend

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Suddenly, Saudi (Money Is Drying Up)

"The fear is that if the Saudis have come in and propped up a number of these organizations and sports and pastimes with their money, and now that money is in danger of disappearing, it’s basically cutting the legs off the table"
By Nathan Grayson

...[I]n recent months, the [Saudi] moneybags have begun to look decidedly flaccid, and with this week came the biggest casualty yet: LIV Golf, which has been propped up by the crown since its inception five years ago. The games industry might be next. On the latest Aftermath Hours, we talk about that.

https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-saudi-arabia-liv-golf-ea-deal/

#software #LIV #SaudiArabia #LIVgolf #gaming

Suddenly, Saudi (Money Is Drying Up)

"The fear is that if the Saudis have come in and propped up a number of these organizations and sports and pastimes with their money, and now that money is in danger of disappearing, it’s basically cutting the legs off the table"

Aftermath
For a decade, the #PGA Tour shunned #Trump courses as his first presidential run “unnerved” sponsors. The #PGATour even pulled one long-running event from #Doral & moved it to Mexico City, after the tour & other corporations had publicly chastised Trump for his #racist tirades about Mexicans. The moves bruised Trump’s fragile ego, who forged an alliance with the PGA Tour’s upstart rival, the #SaudiArabia’s #LIVGolf, & urged players to defect.

#TrumpIsALoser #loser #billionaire #PurchasedValor
Throwing more than $5 billion at a divisive new tour and walking away after five seasons does not look like good business, but LIV Golf was not all bad news for Saudi Arabia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/05/03/more-sports/saudi-goals-liv-golf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #livgolf #saudiarabia #pif
LIV served purpose for Saudi Arabia, as kingdom reduces spending on sports

Experts said the exit does not signal a flight of Saudi money from sports, even after the Middle East war that sparked Iranian attacks around the Gulf.

The Japan Times