Producers’ Pick | Clay Travis Defends Phil Mickelson, Calls Out LIV Golf Hypocrisy

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You see Clay Travis familiar face are here on the network, always with the channel and also the founder about kick which is for the Fox family now and I actually have a chance to see out kick set up at the USFL is in Birmingham over the well yeah and I showed you guys.

Roland got a chance to see Gary Schreier yahoo talk about how you guys are rolling out major programming yes and I want talk about that but it just on this clay was so fortuitous for us. You hear I'm I'm fascinated by the backlash to Phil Mickelson's getting because he decided to go to the Saudi back league.

You, I'm not surprised that there's a backlash because this all started when Phil Mickelson spoke out and let it be known that he was aware of what it happened with the Washington Post reporter with the pariah shortly as it were. Yes, that's right, that entire storyline and so it made him an easy target because sometimes athletes can just play dumb and say I'm not a geopolitics of political expert and it allows them to avoid a little bit of criticism. Lots in the context in which most sports media have covered most sports related controversies involving foreign affairs. This did surprise me in the McSwain wife. The NBA certainly has been the locus of woke sports leagues in the United States slogans on the jerseys the decisions to not stand for the national anthem, outspoken coaches, players, everybody on a variety of different political issues, all from a left-wing perspective. Yet China which is a multibillion-dollar partner of the NBA rejects and repudiates basic human rights. As you well know with what's going on and changing province with what's going on with the Uighurs and almost no one in the MBA media will even raise this is an issue, and so the precedent that had been set was were not really going to grill anybody and then Phil Mickelson kinda stepped in it with that quote and from there everybody else is been attacked.

Now my big theory that I have shared that I believe is going on here is I think the PGA Tour is using the media to do their dirty work, so they want to go after the live tour as a competitor. They see the biggest attack angle as being the Saudi connection, and so they are constantly feeding all of these American news media and international news media as well. Negative stories and that's leading to fairly confrontational, press conferences, as each of these guys join. I do think it fades quickly because how long can you ask them about these questions. Sooner or later everybody kind of reacts like Brooks Did. I don't know if you saw this, he hasn't left for the live tour, but the U.S. Open is going on a character of his handy set guys up and tired of talking about this. Yeah. And I think that's where most golf fans and certainly sports fans are right now, overruling McElroy fueled it over the weekend he went to determine candidiasis 22nd term in going ahead a Greg Norman who founded appetite have enough money in my life to retire now. I am not all about money. I took my wife about that but something about Mickelson but just to qualify this even further.

Listen, I was on the air 9/11.

No one has explained to be radical Islam.

I get it. If you are Fox and don't understand bin Laden Isis everybody that was a bizarre cow.

We everybody was linked to Saudi Arabia and other nations around there. You have to be living under a rock or be totally disinterested. The 9/11 families came out to condemn it, but I would say this and by the way I know of so many of these 9/11 families to become staples in a row.

Fox in this building, you'll find that as we come up on the anniversary this year were marketed to the devastating attack we combined with Saudi Arabia on the Abraham accords. We gave them missile defense to protect them against Iran. We are working with them and now begging them next month in two weeks. Perhaps in July to pump more oil we have relations with them as a relates to.

We provide them protection against Yemeni rockets are coming from the Hutu rebels we have weeping dating we been dealing with them in their I think many terms, many ways a poor regime since FDR yeah so why is this your line in the sand while I think that's a fantastic question also. Why is the sports media holding golfers to a higher and more aggressive standard than Joe Biden himself as being L2 right now called so-called Saudi Arabia pariah state if the media is going to go after someone, then I think Joe Biden would be the one before focus all your eye or on not as much golfers who, as we said earlier, certainly not geopolitical experts when it comes to international affairs in relation clay.

I do not know this into some of this research had been dug up late to find out the relevance of the PGL UPG told their golfers to go along to the Saudi international tournament. Outsourcing came back and play in the AT&T Beach. They never problem that yeah and I'm sure you know that Europe, the European tour has taken Saudi money in the past and I guess Callaway titlist pain as well as Nike to huge business in China as well as the UAE and Saudi Arabia so excuse me, I'm not against 9/11 families, but I just think Phil Mickelson's an easy target. He comes out as I was told to $20 million gambling. You know he's the the counter to Tiger Woods for the longest time he speaks at member attorney got in trouble for saying I would go to a different state prison tired of playing California tax yes and he got in trouble for that yet. Look, I think Phil Mickelson is an easy target.

I also think maybe I'm just already use to it because the thing that almost no one is discussing is has no one been paying to pay attention to high level soccer the last 20 years. I mean, Saudi oligarchs have gone into the English Premier league and other top European soccer federations and bought up some of the biggest and best franchises in those leagues and then started to pay all of these top players outlandish salaries that nobody else was making beforehand.

Driving up the overall amount that soccer players and makes a point on. That is, I haven't seen messy or Rinaldo or a lot of the top English Premier league and European soccer stars being criticized for their affiliation with the Saudi oil money and that way either. And I think it's maybe just a delayed reaction.

In my mind that this is where we are right now so yeah I think that's I think your major Greg really good point.

Also Abramovich the oligarch to type tight with the Russia hail revitalizing and they made it basically sell it finally brushed tons of Russian brought prior to the invasion of Ukraine. The skies were laundering money like crazy by buying big time London was a Best Buy style. Yeah Manchester city yet is owned by a Arab sheik you know the where file with the World Cup is going to be in cutter. It's illegal to be gay.

You could be arrested and jailed return of the building. I understand you mentioned Brooks Caprica I we have that cut 25 U.S. Open stuck three autonomous black cloud over the U.S. Open and it's one of my favorite dancing, not quite as and would like to give more to talk about divorce on trying to focus on the U.S. Open. Originally, don't get tired of the conversations and tired all the stuff on a black cloud U.S. Open. I think that's our size to be filled out situation where to find them talking about some event that happened last week with those events will be going there for the next thing I mean that's why a lot of athletes think you know me, one of the reasons Brian we've had so much success and I'll kick is there is such a left for left, I would say slant from the sports media that a lot of these coaches and players just kind of throw up their hands and say man I you know I'm here to play golf. I'm not necessarily here to opine on the US relationship with Saudi Arabia and how that impacts the live tour right and there's this idea out there because for left-wing sportswriters want their political opinions to be shared. I think I think this is where it comes from.

I think there's a lot of guys are going to sports media that are insecure about whether the real journalist because I'm writing and talking about sports for a living and I think this is when they decide. Oh, I got a bow up and be serious on this topic instead of talking about whether a guy deserves $100 million contract are not. Now I'm to be an expert on the live tour and whether guys should be playing at Saudi Arabia related issues and so I think this line of questioning is often elemental insecurity on behalf of many people in the sports media who also want their left-wing political opinions out there like Travis here for now kick last one just to to to go full circle. Here's a a form business Council Chairman, I think he is Richard Haas weighing in on why this is different. It is just about the money. No matter how they dress it up as I think the reasons for Pres. Biden to go to Saudi Arabia this summer, or shall we say more worthy. You got the common concern about Iran's nuclear program got the possibility of Saudi Arabia following suit with other countries and creating a peaceful relations with Israel. We need greater Saudi output on oil. We want the sword is to extend the cease-fire were in Yemen we could probably just saw political human rights promises from the Saudis about the future. So I think there's a legitimate reason for having a relationship with Saudi Arabia. If you're the president of the United States. Is there a legitimate reason for Phil Mickelson to have this relationship with Saudi Arabia for Greg Norman to know there's no serious purpose for it again.

This is simply greed no more, no less. I just, I mean losing talking I yes the president's relationship with Saudi Arabia is more serious than a golfers relationship with Saudi Arabia but if China bought the MBA. And let's be honest, it kind of feels like China has bought the MBA, but let's just pretend that you know all 30 MBA franchises were suddenly purchased by China or China bought in-depth endeavors. Ownership of the UFC or the WWE or whatever it is, is the argument that if a country we don't like is involved in owning a sports league that American athletes aren't allowed to be employed there.

This is that I think legitimate questioning what, let's use the UFC as an example right people who love the UFC endeavor owns it. Right now, but like anything it's for sale right if the price is right, I imagine. So if someone offered a wildly exit exorbitant amount for the UFC. Are we saying that American fighters shouldn't be participating in UFC events because it's owned by China or Saudi Arabia or some other country that we don't have great relations with all the time. That seems nonsensical to me absolutely clay, would you hold on. I know you're not used to doing breaks because a lot of times the out kicks a podcast right yeah but I've also got the clay in box #oh do you understand the understand of God's eyes, never to come back.

I make money. I will I do want you to weigh in on and I yeah got upset. I could traverse you double that. I hope it's not discomforting/printed in local favorite lunch box and pantry think the election of writing heat near think that's to Melanie and taken to commence, keep the family feel definitely always mean that the high standards entrance from home for 1930+ ingredients are nothing other than to make the flavors of Whole Foods market carotene, listen more, you'll know it's Brian kill me. Travis is back with us out kick is now part of the Fox family Clay Tommy Laird is getting a show on your channel talk about where to. I'm excited Fox bought out kick last year exactly to this day they officially announced it and we got the deal done and we have so if you if you've never heard about kick and you are remotely a sports fan but you sometimes throw your hands up in the air and say I can't believe this woke universe is driving me crazy. You will about kick and so Tommy is a newest addition, working to have by next year. My plan is I hope to have 6 AM to 7 PM live streaming shows and Tommy's new show, which I'm excited about launches on Monday and it'll be Tommy Laren is fearless and have great guest.

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You also soon be able to stream it all through out kick.com it's can be great Bobby Barack right out we got like Bobby Barack he may have had them on the your show where I know you have. I mean, he's a super young talented guy Joe Kinsey, Armando Sal Garo, who a lot of people know covering the NFL. We've got a a bevy of talented guys that are coming in and girls that are to be producing some content that I'm really excited about. So you were told the client that you took about everything but I just I talk to about another area of expertise, which is sports and how it could be different this year in review to the college tour last year yes to tell you party right BUT name, image and likeness. It basically we are a thought. If you are want to transfer the transfer portal was chained making reagents into everyone. The Attleboro sampling Ohio State because of the transfer portal ends up being maybe one of the finest young quarterbacks, yet a fellow scenic not answering 20 years so but he was stuck in the bench so they got a little bit of freedom but now the NAL name, image and likeness.

What's good and was going to do for the balance of power, and what we see on TV. I think it's going to be a seismic change that the description that I've used is basically the Berlin wall came down in college athletics and what I mean by that example is when the Berlin wall came down. Suddenly Germany went for capitalist and what's happened is a raw, unvarnished capitalism now exist in college sports where before it did not and so you are going to have top players recruits and then players who prove themselves in college able to sell their labor. Basically as free agents to many of these different schools out there so the rich and and I mean the rich roosters are going to be able to dictate the quality of talent that is coming into schools on a level that we've never seen the sewer bill you mightily Texas A&M and click Travis's is hotshot, a senior in high school He lands and in Texas and he he's on and you agree And though the boosters greet them and they let them know what he's got a dealership deal. These could have a sneaker deal.

Yeah, we got other guys it owned a make you a part owner of a stakeout.

Yeah, I mean what what could end up in them. Has everybody right yet texting and doing great Texas doing great University of Tennessee is doing really well. It basically is coming down to how many billionaires are big fans of your school and lock eyes can't be ruled so widely come up with some rules while the NCAA got destroyed in the Supreme Court because basically what they determine was there was an antitrust violation when you're telling a kid all you can get is a scholarship and you're not allowed to make any more money off your talent and so the NCAA got destroyed to such an extent legally that I think they're terrified to try and implement any rules. So right now or in the wild West. I've written and talked about what I believe is an basic huge paradigm shift. As I said the Berlin wall coming down in college athletics at some point there's going to have to be rules put in place in some magnitude because look at me. What could happen.

Let's pretend Elon musk.

Instead of deciding to buy Twitter the richest man in the world was a huge fan of a particular College University of Florida galaxies University for fan and he says I'm to give $1 billion to this in IL fund and working to buy every single year everybody who resides with Lord is good to get $1 million to represent in IL River in IL doesn't mean you have to make money right. There's lots of guys out there who can run businesses and lose money on it and so in theory you could have a situation can only sign 85 scholarship players for football, where every single one of them to make a $2 million a year to play Florida because a billionaire decided he wants the best possible team will then that's why the NFL has collective bargaining agreements right because otherwise the richest owners we unable to sign all the best players and competitive balance would be severely curtailed, and so that is what is going on now. I think that a lot of people are suddenly realizing wait a minute, we have free agency on a level, there's the primary guys in college athletics who will make more money than they were. His prose right and I don't think people have thought about this and really understand all of the permutations and outcomes that are employed now and you said you know that it will come one, come all, we have five years for the produce. The Syracuse is the ones that are the high-profile have a Larissa Besley. If you have a rich booster you could elevate or if you don't fall very quickly and if Clay graduated from your school, your luck is for sale from Fox News contests network subscribe and listen to the trade County just former federal prosecutor and four term US Congressman from South Carolina brings you a one-of-a-kind punch asked subscribe and listen now by doing tests.com