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Podcast: BBCollective
Episode: LIV, Laugh, Golf: Lipstick on an Oppressive Pigâs Head
Description: Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where we raise the curtain on our seventh season, live from the Social Bar and Kitchen in downtown New London, with an examination of the Saudi-bankrolled LIV Golf tour in the context of our season-long theme of âsportswashingâ and the presence of oppressive oligarchies across sports. LIV Golf claims to want to change the landscape of professional golf in aspiring to host the worldâs best players, playing for the worldâs biggest purses, with a reduced 54-hole, no cut format while also introducing a team-scoring format. But LIVâs on-course ambitions pale in co...