Gianni Infantino, Jay Shah and the rise of sport’s super-execs Sport Business Infantino at Fifa and Shah at the ICC are styling themselves as super-execs like Musk and Zuckerberg but it won’t end well, warns Matt Readman. In sport, the best referees go unnoticed. They quietly manage the game, letting play flow and leaving the athletes to shine. Occasionally they must enforce the law, but they are [...]
LIV: Trump, Yasir Al-Rumayyan and Tiger Woods meet in White House Sport Business President Trump, Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met at the White House on Thursday with a new deal with LIV Golf edging closer. The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf have been in discussions surrounding a potential mega-merger which would unite golf as one global sports [...]
McIlroy: Deal between LIV, PGA Tour and DP World Tour to be done by 2025 Sport Business A new deal for a mega golf merger between the PGA and DP World Tours and the breakaway LIV Golf League will be done by the end of the year, insists Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman was a staunch critic of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund-backed LIV Golf League but has since rolled back [...]