The PGA Tour has filed a counterclaim against this. LIV Golf Antitrust Lawsuit, The rival Saudi Arabia-backed circuit says it encourages its members to “violate tour contracts” and “free ride the tour’s investments in the development of professional golf”. .
A counterclaim was filed in federal court in Northern California on Wednesday. In response to amended litigationThis includes LIV Golf and three of the 11 plaintiffs who originally filed suit in August.
“In fact, a key element of the LIV’s strategy is to maintain Tour memberships and attempt to play in marquee Tour events such as the Players Championship and FedEx Cup playoffs, while violating Tour contracts to play at LIV events. It was the intentional inducement of tour members to play, and LIV is free to hop on and off the tour and its platform,” the counterclaim reads. Via Golf Week.
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“LIV will not allow Tour’s business relationship with its members by inducing them to breach its contractual requirements, even by paying the members’ attorney fees to make breach of contract with the Tour more attractive. openly tried to harm the
Phil Mickelson, Tallah Gooch, Ian Poulter and Hudson Swafford filed motions Tuesday to be dismissed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit Blame the PGA Tour It unfairly suspends its members and uses its monopoly power to try to crush the competition.
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However, the tour claimed Wednesday that Live Golf .
“LIV’s statement on golfer’s freedom is a thinly covered public relations ploy concocted to disparage the Tour and deflect criticism of the LIV’s own restrictive business model,” it said.
“This lawsuit is not about unfair competition. If someone is unfairly competing, it is the LIV, not the Tour. Instead, it is an irony to avoid competition and escape the Tour’s investment in the development of professional golf. The plaintiff’s allegations are groundless and have no legal basis at all.”
LIV has released its own statement.
“The Tour made these counterclaims in a transparent effort to divert attention away from anti-competitive behavior,” LIV and Player detailed in their complaint on page 104. We are confident that the system will correct these wrongs.”
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Only three of the original plaintiffs remain: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Jones, and Peter Uihlein. His probationary period is set for January 2024.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.