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Congress has officially stepped in<\/a> following the professional golf merger that shocked everyone in the game on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The uniting of the PGA Tour<\/a>, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the DP World Tour took everyone, including the players who were not in the know, by surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, while Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell did not believe that governmental concern was warranted, others are taking action.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., has introduced the “No Corporate Tax Exemption for Professional Sports Act,” and in doing so, is pointing the finger directly at the new golf entity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Saudi Arabia<\/a> cannot be allowed to ‘sportswash’ its government\u2019s horrific human rights abuses and the 2018 murder of American-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi by taking over the PGA [Tour],” Garamendi said in a statement, via Yahoo Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan should be ashamed of the blatant hypocrisy and about-face he and the rest of PGA\u2019s leadership demonstrated by allowing the sovereign wealth fund of a foreign government with an unconscionable human rights record to take over an iconic American sports league and avoid paying a penny in federal corporate income tax. This merger flies in the face of the PGA players who turned down hundred-million-dollar paydays from the Saudi-backed LIV to align themselves with the right side of history and human decency.”<\/p>\n

MITCH MCCONNELL DOESN’T BELIEVE PGA TOUR MERGER WITH SAUDI-BACKED LIV GOLF HAS \u2018GOVERNMENTAL CONCERN\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

However, Garamendi was not the only one on Capitol Hill to call out the merger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I was really sickened by it. I thought the PGA was taking a principled stand,” Democrat Senator Tim Kaine told Fox News. “When I saw the news yesterday, I was really disappointed because it seems they set aside all the human rights objections that they had and just decided \u2018okay, well, we can make more money if we go a different direction.'”<\/p>\n

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., also referred to the historic deal as “blatant sportswashing.”<\/p>\n

“I am disappointed and even outraged by the PGA’s sellout,” he said. “The PGA out to be ashamed, and it’s leadership, frankly, has lost all credibility, certainly all moral authority.”<\/p>\n

While Garamendi pointed to the 2018 murder of Khashoggi, the 9\/11 terrorist attacks have also come into focus, specifically, Monahan’s comments on them in relation to his previous stance against the Saudi-backed league.<\/p>\n

9\/11 Families United Chair Terry Strada said Tuesday following the merger announcement that “PGA Tour leaders should be ashamed of their hypocrisy and greed.”<\/p>\n

While the PGA Tour said the goal of this new entity is to\u00a0“\u200b\u200bunify the game of golf, on a global basis,” there are still many questions to be answered about the merger \u2013 enough questions to prompt governmental intervention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Ethan Barton and Jon Michael Raasch contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/congress-introduces-bill-aimed-pga-tour-liv-golf-merger-saudi-arabia-sportswash <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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