{"id":537474,"date":"2026-04-18T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:43:09","slug":"tnt-sports-deletes-interview-where-liv-golf-chief-raises-doubts-over-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537474\/","title":{"rendered":"TNT Sports deletes interview where LIV Golf chief raises doubts over future"},"content":{"rendered":"

A key answer from LIV Golf chief executive Scott O\u2019Neil that all but conceded Saudi funding<\/a> would end after this season has been deleted from TNT Sports\u2019 social media account.<\/p>\n

The same interview, conducted at LIV Mexico, was then reposted by TNT, but it omitted the quotes that had gained traction.<\/p>\n

TNT, the host channel of football\u2019s Champions League, which is in its first year of a partnership with LIV, declined to comment on Friday night. Despite the issue arising on its own social media account, it redirected Telegraph Sport to LIV.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neil was interviewed by Englishman Oliver Wilson, the former Ryder Cup player who is working as an analyst for TNT, the UK broadcaster that screens live coverage from the circuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cSergio [Garc\u00eda] yesterday alluded to the fact that funding was in place until 2030,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cCan you speak to that and give any indication?\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neil replied: \u201cYeah, of course, that is not the way the world works and we have commitments to this being a going concern. The reality is you\u2019re funded through the season and then you work like crazy to create a business and a business plan to keep us going. But that\u2019s not different than any other private equity business in the history of mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n

These comments quickly gained traction on X, but the entire video was soon deleted. More than three hours later, it was reposted, but in an edited form.<\/p>\n

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