Quote Originally Posted by heffray View Post
So where do you draw the line? Do you know where every cent of funding comes from for the NCAA, or literally any other pro sports governing body? I’m skeptical any of them are clean…

I was against LIV because it awarded mediocrity instead of creating better competition and “growing the game.” The Saudi connection was conveniently also objectionable, but I’m not convinced there aren’t similar dirty money trails in other sports.
There is no direct ownership of any North American sports franchise by a foreign government. There are various degrees of market influence however that seems categorically different, though obviously not without its problems (see Rockets, Houston) than what we’re talking about here.