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Old 02-25-2009, 05:48 AM
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The fact of the matter is, the PGA Tour is one major sweet-heart deal to begin with, volunteers running and working the tournaments. If their revenue drops due to the economy, you can bet they will decrease purses.
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Old 02-25-2009, 07:00 AM
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They will get cut soon enough, unless the economy makes a magic 180 turn. Sponsors are dropping like flies. If a tournament can't get a sponsor, they will have to shut down. The purses may stay the same, but the schedule may be shortened which lowers the overall money available.
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Old 02-25-2009, 07:13 AM
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They will get cut soon enough, unless the economy makes a magic 180 turn. Sponsors are dropping like flies. If a tournament can't get a sponsor, they will have to shut down. The purses may stay the same, but the schedule may be shortened which lowers the overall money available.
Same conversation applies to NASCAR....All sponsor driven
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Old 02-25-2009, 07:38 AM
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Wow, I'm glad we don't have that problem in horse racing!
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Old 02-25-2009, 10:59 AM
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They will get cut soon enough, unless the economy makes a magic 180 turn. Sponsors are dropping like flies. If a tournament can't get a sponsor, they will have to shut down. The purses may stay the same, but the schedule may be shortened which lowers the overall money available.
after i thought about it. golf could help themselves. instead of a winner getting $1mill. drop it to $800k, take the other $200k and spread it among the lower finishers. the guys just scrapping to get by.
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Old 02-25-2009, 11:17 AM
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after i thought about it. golf could help themselves. instead of a winner getting $1mill. drop it to $800k, take the other $200k and spread it among the lower finishers. the guys just scrapping to get by.
I don't know DD..That's a pretty liberal concept for a guy like you
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Old 02-25-2009, 04:01 PM
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I don't know DD..That's a pretty liberal concept for a guy like you

i'll say this athlete's are WAY over paid.
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Old 02-25-2009, 05:33 PM
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after i thought about it. golf could help themselves. instead of a winner getting $1mill. drop it to $800k, take the other $200k and spread it among the lower finishers. the guys just scrapping to get by.
Darren,
I didn't look it up the exact number but the 130th guy on the money list scrapes by with over $200,000.

edit....I looked it up the top 211 players made over $150,000.
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Old 02-25-2009, 06:04 PM
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Darren,
I didn't look it up the exact number but the 130th guy on the money list scrapes by with over $200,000.

edit....I looked it up the top 211 players made over $150,000.
That's really not a lot of money with travel expenses and paying the people backing you! Kev....need a little help here
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Old 02-25-2009, 06:14 PM
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That's really not a lot of money with travel expenses and paying the people backing you! Kev....need a little help here
Only the top 125 have full tour status. The 125th best golfer last year made over $841,248. Even with travel expenses, that is a pretty good living.
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Old 02-25-2009, 06:16 PM
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Only the top 125 have full tour status. The 125th best golfer last year made over $841,248. Even with travel expenses, that is a pretty good living.

Correct...but only 200 golfers in the world are capable of that......so their entertainment value is better than ours
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Old 02-25-2009, 09:21 PM
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Darren,
I didn't look it up the exact number but the 130th guy on the money list scrapes by with over $200,000.

edit....I looked it up the top 211 players made over $150,000.
that's not the way it was present on the radio discussion. it was presented as the lower end guys with travel, lodging and meals are barely making a living and can't raise a family.
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that's not the way it was present on the radio discussion. it was presented as the lower end guys with travel, lodging and meals are barely making a living and can't raise a family.
Then they should join GPK on the sidelines, stalking young girls and suckering dummies on the side.
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Then they should join GPK on the sidelines, stalking all
girls and suckering dummies on the side.

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