Conduct Unbecoming: PGA Tour Players Playing Daily Fantasy

SI/golf.com's Pete Madden reports that PGA Tour players were advised way back on September 24th that daily fantasy sports sites were illegal in some states and any use of them would fall under the conduct unbecoming category.

Madden writes:

The Tour’s memo, however, raises questions about its own relationship with daily fantasy sports. In March, the Tiger Woods Foundation announced a partnership with DraftKings in which the company would be designated the “Official Daily Fantasy Sports Partner” of the Quicken Loans National and the Deutsche Bank Championship.

“DraftKings will bring the action to the next level,” said Rick Singer, Tiger Woods Foundation president and CEO, at the time.

When reached for comment, Tour spokesman Ty Votaw said there are no plans to further review that relationship.

"We did not find any issue with DraftKings’ sponsorship of those events that conflicts with the ban on sponsorships of our players," Votaw said. "That sponsorship does not give DraftKings any rights over what Tiger Woods can wear on his body or on his bag."

While I'm no fan of Commissioner Finchem's aversion to gambling, which has put the PGA Tour behind in the fantasy sports world, it's pretty clear that the efforts of the current daily fantasy sites is almost entirely rigged against the customer and a scam.

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on them does a nice job of pointing that out: