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Leave Ohio State great Jack Nicklaus alone

By Ryan Stano

Jack Nicklaus looks up to the tall microphone during the trophy ceremony following the final round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on Sunday, June 6, 2021.The Memorial Tournament Pga Golf
Jack Nicklaus looks up to the tall microphone during the trophy ceremony following the final round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on Sunday, June 6, 2021.The Memorial Tournament Pga Golf /
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Ohio State has a lot of famous alumni. Perhaps only two of them are the greatest to ever do it in their respective sports. One is Jesse Owens, who is one of the greatest track and field athletes in history. The other is Jack Nicklaus, who might be the greatest golfer to ever live.

Nicklaus won a national championship at Ohio State back in 1961 and has won more majors than anyone else in history with 18. His Masters win at age 46 back in 1986 is considered one of the greatest feats in golf. Now, people are getting mad at him over a lawsuit.

Nicklaus sold his licensing to a company that is now suing him, oddly named Nicklaus Companies. They claim that Nicklaus was engaging in negotiations without their consent that would potentially be harmful to their brand, including running the new LIV Golf venture.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the LIV Golf league, it is a new golf league that is headed by the Saudi Prince. Saudi Arabia has been largely criticized for human rights violations, including crimes against gay people and the murder of a journalist who spoke ill about the Prince.

Nicklaus claims that LIV Golf offered him an excess of $100 million to run the league and he declined. The lawsuit from Nicklaus Companies claims they had to step in to keep him from taking the deal. It’s the lynchpin point in their lawsuit towards them.

Here’s my take on it; leave the Golden Bear alone. I doubt Nicklaus would’ve been stupid enough to take money from a government that has serious human rights atrocities. Greg Norman had no issue, but he’s always been a bit different than Nicklaus and the rest of the golf world.

The former Ohio State golfer is 82 years old now. He’s more focused on work with his children’s hospital in Florida as well as the Memorial Golf Tournament he runs in Dublin. He’s done so much good in his life. This greedy company is just out for money.

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I love Jack and always will. If you want to learn more about what’s going on with the lawsuit, check out this article.

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