LIV Golf has lost its chief operating officer and the man many claimed was a voice of reason for the breakaway circuit, according to a report in the New York Times.
Atul Khosla, 43, has resigned as LIV’s COO. The sports business veteran left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January to join LIV, and this summer, he outlined LIV’s business model and attempted to counter the notion that the league is “sportswashing” backed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
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