STANDS FOR, IT’S ROMAN NUMERALS
FOR 54.
BRIAN: VIVEK.
THIS IS BIG, BIG MONEY.
GUARANTEED MONEY FOR THESE
GOLFERS.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY ARE GETTING
IN PGA TOUR.
IT’S EASIER IN EVERY RESPECT AND
MORE SLEW CONTRACT TOUGH.
THEY ARE GET -- A LOT OF -- THEY
ARE GETTING A LOT OF HEAT FOR
IT.
>> I THINK AT THE COVER IT IT’S
A COMMERCIAL DISPUTE.
THIS IS A DISPUTE ABOUT MONEY
BETWEEN THE OWNERS OF A LEAGUE
AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY PLAYING GOLF FOR THAT
LEAGUE BUT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO PLAY MORE GOLF SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
IT’S RETHROUGHOUT WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS.
WHEN OIL PRICES ARE THIS HIGH
THAT’S WHAT ALLOWS COUNTRIES
LIKE SAUDI ARABIA TO THROW ITS
WEIGHT AROUND.
AS FAR AS THE CRITICISM OF THE
FLAIRS YOU WANT TO PLAY FOR A
REGIME THAT CREATED HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSE.
WE SHOULD NOT CARE IF ATHLETES
ARE GOING TO THE BLAIS NECESSITY
EARN THE MOST DOORS.
BUT SO MANY ATHLETES IN THE
UNITED STATES TALK ABOUT SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND SOUNDING OFF ABOUT MICROAGGRESSIONS IN AMERICA.
MICROAGGRESSIONS IN AMERICA.
I THINK YOU LOSE THAT ONCE YOU
PLAY FOR THIS LEAGUE.
BRIAN: ARE WE IN AN ERA WHERE
ATHLETES HAVE TO SPEAK OUT.
AS SOON AS SOMETHING HAPPENS
THEY ARE GETTING BADGERED TO
MAKE A STATEMENT.
I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY FEEL THEY
ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE
STATEMENTS ON WHAT THEY DO.
BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT THEY DO
AND SO MUCH OF THEIR PAY DEPENDS
ON PEOPLE BUYING THEIR JERSEYS
AND THE PRODUCTS THEY ENDORSE.
THERE IS SOME POPE WE CAN GET
BACK TO SOMETHING WHERE ATHLETES
CAN JUST BE ATHLETES?
>> I THINK WE ARE GOING FORWARD
TO A NEW ERA.
I THINK IN THE YEARS AHEAD I
THINK WE’LL REVIVE THIS IDEA OF
THE UNAPOLOGETIC PURSUIT OF
EXCELLENCE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SPOUT OFF AND
MAKE GREAT STATEMENTS ABOUT
POLITICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
I THINK WE ARE SLOWLY GETTING
BACK TO THAT.
PEOPLE ARE GROWING WEARY OF
THESE PAPER THIN SOCIAL JUSTICE
PROCLAMATIONS FOR EXAMPLE
LE BRON WILL MAKE THE UNITED
STATES WITHOUT SAYING PEOPLE
ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN
CHINA AS HE COLLECTS MONEY OVER
THERE.
I THINK WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO
WHERE EXCELLENCE PLAYS A ROLE IN
OUR CULTURE AND QUIETLY PEOPLE
ARE HUNGRY FOR THAT.
BRIAN: I WANT TO GO TO "TOP GUN:
MAVERICK."
HOLLYWOOD WATCHERS ARE
CELEBRATING HOW THE FILM IS
CONNECTING FANS AND CRITICS
WITHOUT PROMOTING WOKE POLITICS.
I HAVE LOVED FOLLOWING THIS
STORY.
I HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE.
I WATCHED THE OLD "TOP GUN" TO
GET READY FOR TODAY.
BIT STRIKES ME THIS IS ONE OF
THE BIG SUCCESSES, NON-WOKE,
APOLITICAL THAT NIGHT CREATE THE
MODEL FOR MORE COMPANIES TO
MAYBE FOLLOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
DO WE HAVE A TEST CASE FOR A
PATH FORWARD FOR CORPORATE
AMERICA.
>> THIS IS A TALE OF TWO
COMPANIES.
DISNEY GOES TO CHINA, FILMS
MULAN AND BOWS TO THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
AND THIS MOVE WHY IS SO PRO
AMERICAN THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST
COMPANIES IN CHINA BACKED OUT OF
FINANCING THE FILM.
THEY BACKED OUT BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT CCP WOULD BE MAD AT THEM
FOR BACK AN AMERICAN MOVIE THAT
WAS SO UNAPOLL JETTICALLY
PATRIOTIC.
IF YOU ARE -- UNAPOLOGETICALLY
PATRIOTIC.
DISNEY GOES ONE DIRECTION,
PARAMOUNT GOES ANOTHER.
IF I HAVE ONE CRITICISM OF THE
MOVIE IS THEY DIDN’T GO FAR
ENOUGH.
THEY BLURRED OUT THE JAPANESE
FLAG AND THE TAIWANESE FLAG
BECAUSE THEY NOT IT WOULD OFFEND
THE CCP.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A
MAVERICK, BE A MAVERICK AND GO
ALL THE WAY.