Quote Originally Posted by bisonaudit View Post
This isn’t so much about what they’re going to do to professional golf’s reputation. It’s about what professional golf’s place in the world can do for their reputation. That’s what sports washing is.

Golf has more than its quota of rich pricks with short fuses and fancy clothes but I don’t think any of them have ever ordered the murder of a journalist they didn’t like.
Audit, I like you… but I think you’re kinda missing the point I’m trying to make, which is basically this: In the US there is plenty of dirty money funding a lot of things directly or indirectly by people who do or represent morally questionable things, up to and including ordering murders (see the mafia, sports betting, owners connections, etc). If money from morally questionable people is a problem for you, good luck finding a sport or franchise you can be certain you can trust. If it’s the fact that the money from these morally questionable people are from a different country, well… that is the literal definition of an arbitrary line (see pale blue dot, American exceptionalism, etc).

Again, no problem with you drawing that line for yourself. You’re not alone in your opinion and most sports fans only watch the majors anyway. Just adding some perspective. Cheers.