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I do think that fans can vote with their eyeballs by not going to tournaments and not watching them.

Heider: It depends on how seriously you take your ethical obligations. So, if you are a golf fan who is uneasy with LIV GolfвЂ™s funding, should you not watch? Nothing is вЂњonly.вЂќ Sports is connected to power and politics, and we should be aware of these connections and their consequences. Heider: I would say that as citizens, we all have an ethical obligation to our community and to the world. As a sports fan, is that an ethically defensible position? : Some observers believe that sports are sports, and that they should not be mixed with politics. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. On the heels of LIV GolfвЂ™s debut event this week, in London, we asked Heider to unpack questions of sports-fan вЂњrightsвЂќ and вЂњwrongs.вЂќ Are there guidelines? If so, what are they?Дon Heider is a professor of social ethics at the University of Santa Clara, in California, and the chief executive of the schoolвЂ™s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. ThatвЂ™s a valid question, but it avoids a more nuanced matter that is also fair game for discussion: sports-fan ethics.

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News After chaotic week, LIV Golf has professional game in disarray. Positions have hardened along those lines, with some taking stands in a gray area in between.ДЇor the most part, the arguments have focused on the words and conduct of the gameвЂ™s big names - its elite players and institutionsВ -В with only passing mention of the golf-watching public, except in the context of whether the product will be better or worse. Depending on whoвЂ™s talking, LIV Golf is either an unseemly example of вЂњsportswashingвЂќ meant to cleanse the reputation of an oppressive regime, or a healthy dose of competition for a PGA Tour that has no rightful claim to the moral high ground. If youвЂ™ve followed the news about the Saudi-funded rival circuit, youвЂ™re familiar with the basics of the back and forth. Golf, of course, is no exception, a point made plain by the heated conversations around LIV Golf. Sports have never played out in isolation. So goes the mantra of irritated fans who say theyвЂ™d rather have their entertainment stripped of all the rest. The LIV broadcast feed from the debut event in London.

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