{"id":1338945,"date":"2022-02-24T18:09:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338945"},"modified":"2022-02-24T18:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:09:40","slug":"greg-norman-accuses-pga-of-bullying-players-who-want-to-join-saudi-backed-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-norman-accuses-pga-of-bullying-players-who-want-to-join-saudi-backed-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Norman Accuses PGA of Bullying Players Who Want to Join Saudi-Backed League"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreg-norman-accuses-pga-of-bullying-players-who-want-to-join-saudi-backed-league%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338945&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Golf great Greg Norman is accusing the PGA of violating players\u2019 freedom by threatening to ban them if PGA members decide to play for the new Saudi-backed Super Golf League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimply put, you can\u2019t ban players from playing golf. Players have the right and the freedom to play where we like,\u201d Norman said in a statement to the PGA on the heels of the league\u2019s threats to ban players who decide to support the league that Norman is helping to organize.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPGA players were and still are interested in playing for a new league, in addition to playing for the Tour. What is wrong with that?\u201d Norman added, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is wrong with allowing players to make their own decisions about where to play and how often to play? What is so wrong with player choice? Why do you feel so threatened that you would resort to such a desperate, unwise, and unenforceable threat?\u201d Norman added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/greg-norman-of-australia-plays-his-shot-from-the-fourth-tee-during-picture-id1292263123?k=20&#038;m=1292263123&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=oZPDxNw6oc0XoVs6Gpny6Iektktd7ojKQ_j_mXIfkx0=\" alt=\"Greg Norman of Australia plays his shot from the fourth tee during the final round of the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando on...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>ORLANDO, FLORIDA \u2013 DECEMBER 20: Greg Norman of Australia plays his shot from the fourth tee during the final round of the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando on December 20, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Norman accused the PGA of bullying players after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan issued a proclamation saying that players would be suspended from the PGA and could be banned for life if they tried to participate in Norman\u2019s tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Monahan said there is \u201czero complacency\u201d among PGA officials for anyone who would join the new Saudi-backed league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told the players we\u2019re moving on, and anyone on the fence needs to make a decision,\u201d Monahan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/news\/business\/article258689768.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this talk about the league and about money has been distracting to our players, our partners and most importantly our fans,\u201d Monahan insisted. \u201cWe\u2019re focused on legacy, not leverage. You saw it last week with Joaquin Niemann winning, receiving the trophy from a legend (tournament host Tiger Woods) who inspired him to take up the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/commissioner-jay-monahan-speaks-to-the-media-during-a-practice-round-picture-id1135574168?k=20&#038;m=1135574168&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=AVULBbJHWRbTa7Bru3QdXf5OEBZESnooQO-PaB2RELI=\" alt=\"Commissioner Jay Monahan speaks to the media during a practice round for The PLAYERS Championship on The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 13,...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA \u2013 MARCH 13: PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan speaks to the media during a practice round for The PLAYERS Championship on The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 13, 2019, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gregory Shamus\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Norman disagreed with this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetition in all aspects of life, sport, and business is healthy and the players deserve to be well compensated, which is why so many players have expressed an interest in playing in a new league,\u201d he exclaimed. \u201cBut when you threaten to end players\u2019 careers and when you engage in unfair labor practices with your web of player restrictions, you demonstrate exactly why players are open-minded about joining a league that treats players well, respects them, and compensates them according to their true worth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommissioner \u2014 this is just the beginning. It certainly is not the end,\u201d Norman warned.<\/p>\n<p>Norman is not the only well-known player to take issue with how the PGA operates. Also, this week, top golfer Phil Mickelson has accused the PGA of being run like a \u201cdictatorship,\u201d but soon after that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/23\/1997525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apologized<\/a> for \u201cusing words that \u201cdo not reflect my true feelings or intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson also faced a backlash from several sponsors who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/23\/phil-mickelson-loses-longtime-sponsors-over-saudi-arabia-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped him<\/a> as a client after the comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golf great Greg Norman is accusing the PGA of violating players\u2019 freedom by threatening to ban them if PGA members decide to play for the new Saudi-backed Super Golf League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}