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LIV needs an agreement with the PGA Tour to underline its legitimacy and authenticity
But there have been suggestions that Fenway Sports Group could strike a deal with the PGA
But that could be in reach. In November, Tom Werner of Fenway Sports Group – the company that owns Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC – confirmed that talks with the PGA over a different merger had been held.
‘The players will decide where the tour goes,’ Werner said in an interview with CNBC in November, sat next to Rory McIlroy.
It came a week after Alan Shipnuck, the author of the LIV and let die book, claimed FSG was an emerging presence in the future of the PGA Tour.
He wrote on X: ‘A huge problem from day one was the messaging of the “merger.” The press release should have said ‘Lawsuits dropped, we’ll figure out the rest later.
‘There’s nothing binding in the framework agreement; it’s aspirational. The Tour’s committed to a new biz model but not the PIF $.’
He continued: ‘From talking to folks on Wall St. and in Silicon Valley who are close to the deal, the framework agreement is falling apart.
‘Fenway Sports Group has put in a monster bid to usurp the PIF. It looks increasingly likely we go back to LIV vs. the Tour.’
