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Rick Reilly

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2019 — 2023
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LIV Golf players sold their souls and should be shunned by golf fans

I hope everybody in LIV dies in a fiery boat accident. I hate LIV, I hate the whole idea. But imagine you guys, if they took half the NFL and said, 'hey, half the teams are gonna move to Saudi Arabia, we're gonna pay 'em five times what they're worth'... That's what happened to my sport... Tiger didn't [take the money]. And so I love Tiger for that.

Inherently subjective moral and sporting stance.
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The Saudis do not care about golf and are only using it to sports wash their image

Do you know how many golf courses Saudi Arabia has? They got nine. They don't care about golf. They're trying to sports wash their image.

The term 'sports washing' is a widely discussed sociological theory regarding Saudi investments, but their internal lack of courses is a verifiable fact.
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Russell Wilson is spent as an elite quarterback

I kind of think Russell [Wilson] is spent. And also could you not take yourself so seriously? ... Russell's not, I don't know what he thinks he's gonna be ambassador to Sweden or something. He's gonna be the governor of Colorado. I don't know what he thinks, but he's not being a regular guy.

Wilson was benched by the Broncos and eventually cut, supporting the idea he was 'spent' relative to his elite Seattle days.
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Michael Jordan's 90s Bulls were much bigger than the current Warriors

They were the Beatles. It was so much bigger than the Warriors. People have no idea... They say that, I mean, I have traveled with the Warriors too and they say it's equal, but it's not equal because I've done both.

A matter of historical perspective and subjective experience of fame.
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Donald Trump cheats at golf by giving himself club championships he didn't win

What he does, he plays the first round at any course he opens by himself with Melania in the cart or whoever, and he calls that the club championship... And there was one he won when he was in Philly and the tournament was in Bedminster. And he called and said, well, won the club championship... make me the club champ. Just on his word.

These claims are widely reported in Reilly's book and corroborated by other golfers who have played with Trump, though Trump himself denies them.
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Donald Trump would shoot an 85 if he were completely honest

[Big Cat]: What would you say Donald Trump would shoot if he was completely honest about every shot right now? [Reilly]: 85. That's still pretty good... But at Tahoe they kept track, right? And he didn't break an 80.

Difficult to verify officially, but Reilly's estimate is based on first-hand observation.
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Tiger Woods should have turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump

And Tiger Woods represents complete opposite. The Tiger Woods Foundation bringing golf to all these people that didn't know about it. You're going to take that award... How is that an objective recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom? I mean, I get he can't turn it down. But to me, that's just star fucking of the worst kind.

This is a subjective moral and political opinion.

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