PGA Prepares to Move Tournament out of Georgia

[AFrench2]

Civil Rights Group Calls to Relocate Masters after GA Voting Bill

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is calling for the PGA Tour and The Masters to move next month's major championship out of Georgia in response to the recent passing of a controversial voting law.

NBJC executive director David J. Johns told Golfweek that the bill, SB 202 will "return Black and poor and already disenfranchised voters in Georgia to second class citizens" and said that he hopes action can be taken to relocate The Masters, which begins April 8 in Augusta.

“The PGA Tour and Masters Tournament have both made commitments to help diversify golf and address racial inequities in this country—and we expect them to not only speak out against Georgia’s new racist voter suppression law—but to also take action," Johns said in a statement.

"Professional golf should not reward Georgia’s attacks on democracy and voting rights with the millions of dollars in revenue that the tournament generates and the prestige it brings to the State. We all must act to protect our democracy and the right to vote.”

Georgia needs to tread carefully it would seem...uh oh

 

[AFrench2]

Augusta, GA is host to the PGA soon and it is the largest crowd-drawer to Augusta in the country. Their economy is based off it.

 

[Moonglow]

The GOP once again proving it's marketability.

 

[DGS49]

SOMEBODY needs to push back. If this law is a burden to Black people in Georgia...if many of them will be prevented from voting by this law and its utterly innocuous requirements, then Black people are as stupid and incompetent as the worst white racist in the country believes they are.

 

[marvin martian]

Civil Rights Group Calls to Relocate Masters after GA Voting Bill

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is calling for the PGA Tour and The Masters to move next month's major championship out of Georgia in response to the recent passing of a controversial voting law.

NBJC executive director David J. Johns told Golfweek that the bill, SB 202 will "return Black and poor and already disenfranchised voters in Georgia to second class citizens" and said that he hopes action can be taken to relocate The Masters, which begins April 8 in Augusta.

“The PGA Tour and Masters Tournament have both made commitments to help diversify golf and address racial inequities in this country—and we expect them to not only speak out against Georgia’s new racist voter suppression law—but to also take action," Johns said in a statement.

"Professional golf should not reward Georgia’s attacks on democracy and voting rights with the millions of dollars in revenue that the tournament generates and the prestige it brings to the State. We all must act to protect our democracy and the right to vote.”

Georgia needs to tread carefully it would seem...uh oh

Good. Those two DemoKKKrats who got "elected" to the Senate are ruining the state.

 

[Jets]

Consequence culture?

 

[Oddball]

The Masters will not be moved.

Book it.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Good riddance.

 

[TheParser]

"Don't let the door ..."

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘…SB 202 will "return Black and poor and already disenfranchised voters in Georgia to second class citizens"’ ibid

True.

 

[Pogo]

Civil Rights Group Calls to Relocate Masters after GA Voting Bill

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is calling for the PGA Tour and The Masters to move next month's major championship out of Georgia in response to the recent passing of a controversial voting law.

NBJC executive director David J. Johns told Golfweek that the bill, SB 202 will "return Black and poor and already disenfranchised voters in Georgia to second class citizens" and said that he hopes action can be taken to relocate The Masters, which begins April 8 in Augusta.

“The PGA Tour and Masters Tournament have both made commitments to help diversify golf and address racial inequities in this country—and we expect them to not only speak out against Georgia’s new racist voter suppression law—but to also take action," Johns said in a statement.

"Professional golf should not reward Georgia’s attacks on democracy and voting rights with the millions of dollars in revenue that the tournament generates and the prestige it brings to the State. We all must act to protect our democracy and the right to vote.”

Georgia needs to tread carefully it would seem...uh oh

Good. Those two DemoKKKrats who got "elected" to the Senate are ruining the state.

Senators have nothing to do with running states, idiot.

 

[Pogo]

Augusta, GA is host to the PGA soon and it is the largest crowd-drawer to Augusta in the country. Their economy is based off it.

I dunno if I'd go so far as to say their entire economy is based on a friggin' golf game --- that would be a dire situation (I go there every year for a conference which has nothing in the world remotely to do with golf) -- Augusta is a city, with city stuff. It's got an economy without golf. But good for the PGA. Major League Baseball just did the same thing with the All Star Game which was supposed to happen in Atlanta, but now will not.

In both cases it's not a stroke (hee hee see what I did there "stroke" I kill me) against the city of Augusta or the city of Atlanta but against the state of Georgia. Actions have consequences.

 

[Rambunctious]

Why do these woke morons think we care what they do....just go away for good pro sports...we are over it and over you....you are not as important as you think....

 

[Pogo]

Why do these woke morons think we care what they do....just go away for good pro sports...we are over it and over you....you are not as important as you think....

Whelp, you're in this thread, and you're in my thread about MLB as well (repeatedly) so apparently you do care, doncha.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

SOMEBODY needs to push back.

Against a private business making its own decisions? Oh, I forgot, real conservatives don't exist anymore. Just pseudo-conservative cultists.

f this law is a burden to Black people in Georgia...if many of them will be prevented from voting by this law and its utterly innocuous requirements, then Black people are as stupid and incompetent as the worst white racist in the country believes they are.

You know, you aren't fooling anyone. We know why you support the law, and we know why you are using this talking point. And I think you know we know, unless you are as stupid as you sound. So you cultists are just a bunch of bad actors putting on a little play for yourselves. Embarrassing.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Why do these woke morons think we care what they do...

^^ tears cutting through cheetoh stains and screaming every word at the top of his lungs as he types it

 

[AFrench2]

Let Rambunction cry. It's hilarious.

 

[martybegan]

Civil Rights Group Calls to Relocate Masters after GA Voting Bill

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is calling for the PGA Tour and The Masters to move next month's major championship out of Georgia in response to the recent passing of a controversial voting law.

NBJC executive director David J. Johns told Golfweek that the bill, SB 202 will "return Black and poor and already disenfranchised voters in Georgia to second class citizens" and said that he hopes action can be taken to relocate The Masters, which begins April 8 in Augusta.

“The PGA Tour and Masters Tournament have both made commitments to help diversify golf and address racial inequities in this country—and we expect them to not only speak out against Georgia’s new racist voter suppression law—but to also take action," Johns said in a statement.

"Professional golf should not reward Georgia’s attacks on democracy and voting rights with the millions of dollars in revenue that the tournament generates and the prestige it brings to the State. We all must act to protect our democracy and the right to vote.”

Georgia needs to tread carefully it would seem...uh oh

The Masters is hosted and ran by the Augusta National Golf Course, it can't be moved anywhere.

 

[AFrench2]

The PGA can do whatever they want with the Masters.

 

[martybegan]

The PGA can do whatever they want with the Masters.

No, they can't. The Masters is an invitational only Tournament owned by the Augusta Golf Course. They only thing they can do is not go.