Is this accurate? Are these complaints valid? Sort of.

Ben Hubbard, Middle East correspondent for The New York Times, wrote a book about the Crown Prince and explained that this is just another way for Gulf monarchies to use their wealth to invest in sports and cultural institutions to raise their countries’ international profile. Which agrees with the idea of ‘sportswashing.’

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, from the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, said that “They are looking for an older, more professional market to try to make inroads to a wealthier demographic.”

Tiger Woods, arguably the most famous golfer in history, is against the new league. At the 150^th British Open, Woods said that “Greg [Norman] has done some things that I don’t think are in the best interest of our game.

“I know what the PGA Tour stands for and what we have done and what the Tour has given us, the ability to chase after our careers and to earn what we get and the trophies we have been able to play for and the history that has been part of this game.

“I know Greg tried to do this back in the early 90s. It didn’t work then, and he’s trying to make it work now. I still don’t see how that’s in the best interests of the game.”

Greg Norman confirmed that Woods had turned down a spectacularly large figure (something around $800,000) to participate in the LIV League. Speaking to Tucker Carlson, Norman said he doesn’t understand why people are upset and that he “really [doesn’t] care, quite honestly.”

He called out the PGA Tour alleged hypocrisy, “The PGA Tour, I think, has about 27 sponsors who do 40-plus billion dollar’s worth of annual business on an annual basis in Saudi Arabia.”

He continued, “It is a monopoly. They just want to shut us down whatever way they can, so they will use whatever leverage point they can.”

Whataboutism is a common tactic with Trump allies and the former U.S. President is heavily involved with the LIV Tour and has personal ties with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The 9/11 families criticised Trump’s involvement as well, “It is incomprehensible to us, Mr. Trump, that a former president of the United States would cast our loved ones aside for personal financial gain.”

In response, Trump stated that “nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately.”

Trump has changed his tune since 2016 when he told Fox News, “Who blew up the World Trade Centre? It wasn’t the Iraqis, it was Saudi – take a look at Saudi Arabia, open the documents.”

The LIV Tour has started with small crowds and a middling reception on their streaming service.