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[1] https://wrestlenomics.com/2020/11/09/how-we-know-wwe-gets-paid-about-50-million-by-the-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-for-each-event/
[2] https://companiesmarketcap.com/entertainment/largest-entertainment-companies-by-market-cap/
[3] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.533776/gov.uscourts.nysd.533776.57.0.pdf
[4] https://wrestlenomics.com/2022/09/20/opinion-crown-jewel-main-event-shows-wwe-still-has-at-least-one-dictator/
[5] https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/players-support-pga-tour-saudi-arabia-super-golf-league/
[6] https://golf.com/news/timeline-liv-golf-how-we-arrived-pro-golf-civil-war/
[7] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/sports/golf/senate-hearing-pga-liv-saudi.html?searchResultPosition=5
[8] https://golf.com/news/how-liv-golf-vs-pga-tour-began/
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I’m a Saudi and live here, and been a long term subscriber of the channel, but when you talked about human rights inside Saudi it was totally inaccurate, and it was extremely biased against the Saudi people, we do believe in these things in our culture and religion and we don’t have to do what the western world is doing, we are an entirely different culture with total different rules, and not asking the western countries to do the same. And when you say that people are regularly sentenced to death this is rare but we know we need it, we can’t have a killer walking the streets, people have to fear that if they kill someone they’ll be sentenced to death, not like the western countries with millions of people in jail for life, if they were caught anyways, which is resulting in total chaos nowadays in the States.
And i really don’t understand what would you bring such topics in a golf video, you could’ve made another video with more in depth research why these things happen in the first place and make non biased video about it.
Great sports journalism and succinctly explained naunced situations – top work as always mate.
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as someone living in saudia arabia , this video is full of misinformation and outdated info lol
just a few examples:
1- saudia now is suspending the gay crimination sentencing and not looking actively for them nor punishing them, actually a few of them are celebrities xD
2- women finally can drive free now and a lot of sharia laws and sharia law forces are stopped by the crown prince orders
3- yes Iran very far from Yeman houthis-militias, but if you look into more data, you will know they have weapons and drones made from iran and a few Iranian officers , so iran is not so far I guess isn't it ?
there's a whole a lot of misinformation in this video and i don't have enough time to explain them all
thats really unfortunate as I love the videos you guys make in this channel, but this video is talking about something I really deeply know about yet there were a lot of inaccurate information, thats just made me doubtful about all of your older videos
I'm no longer waiting for the GRANT LOAN because I acquire $29,600 every 10 days recently.
lol, depressing. but that's reality.
Gentlemen Only Ladies forbidden. Perfect for SA. People are the same all over the world , Laws cant hid that. 4
Pane et circus
Well, to be fair
All country do fcked up, so "sportwashing" is more like a gimmick
Lets be honest here, its just the western entertainment sector (who right now dominates sports broadcasting) just use whatever excuses they have to block any competitors
Im pretty much indefferent about government doing shady things right now because they all did
In the end, this huge investments saudi made in sports world might probably raise the competition against western sports industry and give extra entertainment value
And this doesn’t even touch the Saudi Soccer League where big name players are going to play for extremely large money.
Editting note at 15:58
"It's only natural to assume Saudi Arabia is similar to the UAE, United Kingdom, or UK."
Great Video as always, thank you!
You'll hardly find me shedding a tear for the plights of players of a stupid sport played almost exclusively by wealthy people and that's not even mentioning the up-keeping costs of the fields.
Cheers
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Nice
That sabre/pin shadow in the thumbnail tho … 10/10
I was wondering when you will talk about Jamal Kashoggi 😂😂 you looser, who pay you?
I thought the United States determined that the missiles most likely came from Iran not Yemen
Double tapping is when you send two missiles, one after another. Going back to the same spot later and dropping bombs is definitively not double tapping. I suggest there are a lot of video creators who don’t understand military lingo and they really should just look it up before they post stuff.
Not taking sides here but I do find it ironic for an American to call out Saudi Arabia for atrocities and the terrible human record it has.
ALL the horrible things that Saudi has done, which are a lot, don’t EVEN come close to the havoc the US has caused across the entire world.
Also 9/11 was an inside job. If you think one of the most fortified skyscrapers ever built was floored by plane, I have a bridge to sell you.
The Saudi Formula One track was pathetic. I thought the Arabs had a lot of money but then I saw that race and knew better
As a proud Saudi Arabian national, keep lying and filling your content with fake fantasies, and we will keep proving you wrong and lier. Glad to see you crying on both channels while we're working hard and acquiring sport and moving it to totally different global level for common good for all.
At the end it's sport and will be always available for all.
Keep lying and I promise will keep working hard for the good.
no one's going to talk about how the USA has a freedom score of 83
Really interesting.
They are also doing similar stuff in Esports. e.g. Dota 2's Riyadh Masters 2023 that finished yesterday featured an absolutely massive prizepool and they've already bought a whole league around it.
Saudi Arabia is the Kanye West of countries.
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Saudis are too lazy and extremely rich to play any sport. They simply CAN'T!
“They’re faking it until they make it” Truer words haven’t been said. It’s left to see if they will ever “make it”.
Western countries need to stop forcing their values on other people.
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Giving women rights is a mistake. It has done no good to the west. Birth rates are below replacement. No thanks.
Surprising amount of footage of Ryan Giggs.
Down with JewSA
15:58 "Saudi Arabia is similar to the UAE or United Kingdom or UK." I thought the UK was the United Kingdom 😅
Next Stop: Social Media Influencers to gush over The Kingdom
13:21 isn't putting military targets in a civilian area a violation of the laws of war?
Saudi Arabia nerver make us disapointed.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Saudi arabia is heavily investing into esports as well
This should be renamed Saudi Arabia's Plan to Conquer Global 'Sport"