Mega podcast for you. Two hours of content.
We talk PGA vs LIV golf, college football, and step back into “The Penn State Case.”
We’ve provided some links and a bit of commentary for you. The main show notes page will be updated at
https://briandoleary.substack.com/podcast
Search for John Ziegler - With the Benefit of Hindsight when you get to that page. It should be Episode 8 of The O'Leary Review Podcast.
This podcast is definitely a "conversation that matters" …
John Ziegler is a documentary filmmaker, author, Emmy-winning commentator, podcaster, former radio talk show host and television sportscaster, and was called “An American Hero,” by former Penn State president Graham Spanier in an inscription of his book The Lion’s Den. This description is mocked by Ziegler’s wife and kids.
John was last with us in February on episode 77 of Sportlanders the Podcast when we spoke for over 90 minutes on the Penn State-Joe Paterno-Jerry Sandusky scandal that emerged in November 2011.
John’s podcast, which he hosts with Liz Habib, called With the Benefit of Hindsight is over 60 hours of detailed reporting on the case.
In this podcast series, “The truth about what happened at Penn State has been locked in a vault for ten years — you’ve just been given the key.”
You can find everything relating to the podcast at FramingPaterno.com
Other than his tireless reporting on the truth in the Penn State debacle, which includes a 2012 documentary called The Framing of Joe Paterno, Ziegler is most well- known for his second feature documentary film called Media Malpractice which covered the 2008 presidential election.
Ziegler is an alumnus of Georgetown University and grew up in Pennsylvania, though with no direct ties to Penn State University.
LIV Golf issue
The LIV is in the process of ruining pro golf. It will eventually—both directly and indirectly—destroy the essence of professional golf.
The PGA Tour
The Tour went a long way in setting us back when it came to its response to the covid situation.
Professional golf is a sport that is uniquely designed to change people’s lives. Competing in LIV does not do that.
The Saudis have not created a new market. It is an “artificial stimulus.” A “kamikaze” attack on an American institution perhaps.
Golf, to be compelling, must have an element of fear. When everyone becomes super-rich, there’s nothing to fear.
Tiger Woods (& Rory McIlroy) role in the PGA Tour … Is the Tour becoming cartelized? The golf media won’t ask the questions because it is terrified of Tiger Woods.
Does the sport of golf need professional golf to thrive or even survive?
College football
Sports have contributed to the cultural decline over the last two-and-a-half years. This much is clear.
Pro golf, college and pro basketball, and college football all had the chance to step up and be leaders in the culture and stand up to the crazy policies implemented by the covid regime, but none of them did. Every other sports organization and league across the world were cowardly as well.
How and why did this happen?
The cancellation of the 2020 Ivy League basketball tournament started the ball rolling…
“College football no longer exists.”
Winning the National Championship is now…
