Can you provide evidence that had the PGAT came to the table that they wouldn't have kept it to just 8 events?LIV is just the PGL rebranded, same thing with full Saudi backing.
"All along, the PGL – elements of which would appear to have been adopted by LIV Golf Investments – had proposed a league that would have 18 events, with a majority in North America."
"Gardiner (PGL) unveils his proposal of an 18-event schedule — 10 events in the U.S. and others in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East — that could begin in January 2022."
How We Got Here: A Timeline of LIV Golf and How the PGA Tour Eventually Embraced Its Rival - Sports Illustrated
LIV Golf officially launched in June 2021 and will continue in 2024. Here's how the rival league emerged and the PGA Tour's reactions.www.si.com
How Greg Norman's league became the PGA Tour's rival
A developing timeline involving the upstart LIV Golf Invitational Series, the PGA Tour, the Premier Golf League and the players who may decide their fatewww.firstcallgolf.com
There's no evidence that Greg Norman and the people behind LIV ever intended to keep the new tour to just 8 events, or do something like Aramco, work with the PGAT schedule, they wanted this to be a big tour from day one.
Saying there's no evidence of something doesn't refute it.