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The live Fiasco keeps on getting Wilder in these past months we’ve seen the Saudi backed Golf League go after big names hoping to benefit from their star power and gain a bigger audience but things aren’t really working in their favor right now in today’s video we’ll
Be talking about how even though Liv has a star stunted lineup for their tournaments they still are unable to get a good amount of viewership let’s get started first up let’s see why Liv golf’s not raking in many views Liv has been pretty successful in gathering a lot of publicity with International
Media coverage there’s scarcely anyone who hasn’t come across this new saudi-backed golf league now we know that hardly any of this publicity is in the League’s favor several media Outlets are covering less than flattering aspects of it and many players have criticized it openly so live as as it
Turns out is getting all sorts of attention but is this attention helping them get the viewers they need now that’s an important question let’s put some numbers in front of you this would help you reach a decisive conclusion reports have come out saying that the tickets for the live tournament held at
Bedminster last week were being sold for as cheap as $1 on the secondary Market their original price was $75 but no one probably saw True Value in going to the show and if we talk about the live streams on social media platforms then that’s a completely different story Facebook had less than
1,000 concurrent views but their YouTube channel however was able to get up to 60,000 views their viewership on YouTube sounds pretty impressive but on the course things weren’t nearly as good as this although the authorities haven’t really released an official statement those in attendance have claimed that there were only a few thousand
Spectators in the audience now an average PGA Tour event is able to gather a crowd of roughly 20,000 this we are sure will be causing some major problems for the Liv marketing teams who had so boldly gone with the slogan golf but louder up till now the only loud thing
We’ve seen about Liv golf is the controversy and just to put things into perspective on the same weekend PGA Tours Canadian open was being broadcasted on Golf Channel where it had 82,000 viewers the number of viewers increased to 2.78 million when CBS took over the coverage the viewers for the
Saudi backed League are definitely decreasing and there’s some proper reasoning behind that let’s break the reasons down for you first up PGA Tour fans aren’t really willing to ditch them for the live League now the controversy ridden League might have four of the five highest paid golfers or or they
Might boast of having nine of the most recent 19 Masters winners but one thing they can’t do is sway the true players who are passionate about the game and it’s because of this that they aren’t really able to get their fans to Dustin Johnson as it turns out is the only
Golfer from the world’s top 20 who is competing in the live golf league but when they tried to reach out to Tiger Woods with a pretty hefty paycheck the alltime star simply said no thank you a recent survey conducted by morning consult shows that only 16% of the PGA
Tours fans tuned in to watch the first ever live golf event that took place in London last month so it’s probably because of this that the audience finds the tournament not worth tuning in reports have shown that if the top players were playing with Liv then there
Would be a huge increase in its publicity and another important factor is that the matches should become accessible right now the there’s no TV deal for the league which has led to decreased views it’s weird seeing that even people with such Deep Pockets have yet to secure a deal with American
Channels to ensure broadcasting and from the looks of it they might just encounter some more problems along the way now the league was able to lure big names such as Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson away from the prestigious PGA Tours with a lot of money but no channel
In America is showing what’s going on in these tournaments the league is only able to broadcast its events through its social media platforms as it turns out the networks are very pleased airing only events held by the PGA Tours reports have claimed that several live Representatives held meetings with
Different broadcasters but weren’t able to reach any substantive discussion regarding the media rights agreements currently even popular streaming platforms aren’t willing to show the tournaments through their platforms even services such as peacock or ESPN plus are happy staying away from this new league and the number of people tuning
In through YouTube Facebook or lives official site isn’t so big that any network would think that they’re missing out on a lucrative opportunity well it’s become apparent that Liv golf has got their work cut out for them and lastly controversies are of course keeping everyone at bay that’s right Liv golf
Has been accused multiple times of SP sportswashing and letting the human rights violations in Saudi Arabia slide activists and several PGA players have raised their concerns on a range of platforms warning people of the consequences if they continue to support the league and it looks like they’ve
Been pretty successful so far now here’s some more spicy news from the world of live golf that you should know first up the league had a pretty tough start at the Bedminster event as we’ve already established that the crowds at the most recent live tournament were pretty thin
It’s easy to assume that the players were already on the edge after all they did go through that huge drama of leaving PGA Tours and then getting suspended from there followed by some ugly law suits well imagine having gone through all this and then someone from The Spectators directs a pretty
Inappropriate comment at you just as you’re about to swing this is what Phil mikkelson had to go through in Bedminster this last weekend while he took his stance on the course one of the spectators yelled do it for the Saudi royal family now we can’t be the only
Ones who find this funny and to be very honest this was expected by many mikkelson didn’t take the shot just then and waited while the security dealt with the fan he was let off with a warning and wasn’t removed from the grounds probably because of the already thin
Crowds present at the venue mikkelson is definitely the one player who has gathered the most controversy regarding the live tournament he’s currently being sued by the us-based tour for having lured players towards the Saud back venture well going through this was probably worth it as the player reportedly received $200 million upfront
As a signing bonus but we can safely assume that he’ll be subjected to these weird comments consistently throughout his career with Liv next up let’s see why Liv players can’t give a proper explanation at as to why they left PGA recently several players have been asked
If they joined the live league for the sake of money and almost all of them disagreed many have come forward stating that they changed the direction of their career for the sake of a fun environment or better competition now we’re not sure if this is the case because the best
Golfers in the world are still playing on the PGA tour maybe the fun atmosphere they’re talking about is the excitement of being paid upfront because other than that the crowds and the viewership suggest otherwise but whenever the golfers have been asked about the human rights violations in Saudi Arabia
They’ve been pretty hesitant while answering the question most of them just talk about how things have changed over the years it seems that no one is ready to hold them accountable and well if they actually do that then it’ll directly interfere with their paychecks lastly we have Justin Tom bashing Liv
And its players the Saudi golf venture has made many angry but it turns out that the world’s number seven has a lot to say Justin Thomas recently opened up about how players refusing the fact that they joined live for the money annoys him to the core he recently refused a
Pretty big offer made by the league through which he would easily have earned a million Thomas made these comments on a recent episode of the no laying up brought He also mentioned that there’s no competition between the Newbie and the prestigious Showcases of golf that have
Been around for a long time according to him live golf tournament can’t hold a candle to the rider or the President’s Cup and quite frankly he’s not at all wrong Money Can’t magically achieve all the authenticity and success that these showcases have gathered over the years
Now no one wants that that’s a wrap for this video guys what are your thoughts on the Liv versus PG drama do you think there will be an increase in the League’s viewership anytime soon let us know what you think in the comments down below make sure to give this video a
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