“Will the LIV have US televised coverage of their tournaments which NBC currently has the market sealed with their contract with the PGA?”
No. Not in Europe or the U.S. You have to use the LIV’s own website to view by “live streaming” or use somehing called DAZN (maybe it’s a Saudi based streaming service.
Myself I intend to boycott LIV.
“I don’t know but it sounds to me like these 17 players and those who follow are giving the finger to the very athletic organization that allowed them to amass their fortunes.......”
Dustin Johnson (ranked 15th in the world now) just madde the fortune of his life, getting $125 million just to join LIV, which is more than Tiger has earned from the PGA since he turned pro in 1996.
The whole thing about LIV is, for the players, NOT about “golf”, it’s about the money, and for the Saudis they are trying to buy public respectability. The whole project should be rejected.
I understand that. With that being said, PGA career winnings mean nothing to these top players, it's about the prestige of winning the tournaments.
Their fortunes have come from their manufacturer endorsements.........
Leaving the PGA and joining a new tour which few Americans will likely view just may be a drastic reduction in their endorsement incomes.....