The Saudi Golf League Will Be A Spectacular Failure

Phil Mickelson blocked me on Twitter because I said he was a selfish, entitled jerk for taking Saudi blood money.

He can block me. But he knows I’m right.

Vince McMahon and WWE are in the process of their own sportswashing with Saudi Arabia, as it clears $50 million twice a year for a “WrestleMania-level” spectacle in the country. It’s disgusting propaganda. While I gave up on WWE long before they started running shows in Saudi Arabia, it’s a big reason why I haven’t given WWE a dime of money in years, and don’t plan on doing so any time soon.

We’ve seen Americans reject sportswashing en masse this year with the Winter Olympics, as the games being played in China has been a huge reason for the massive decline in ratings. While some have pointed to the time difference, the Olympic Games had the same TV issues with time zones in 2018, and those games didn’t suffer.

Somehow, the proposed Saudi golf league is even worse than only sportswashing because it has the added benefit of really, really, really rich people trying to make even more money.

We saw this play out in 2021 when the top European soccer clubs tried to form a Super League that died a miserable, tremendous, hilarious death in about 48 hours as supporters of every club took to the streets, and…