Golf Caddies Say to PGA Tour: Pay Us to Wear Sponsor Bibs
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Caddies to professional golfers including Greg Norman, Zack Johnson and the late Payne Stewart sued the PGA Tour Inc. saying they are forced to wear endorsement bibs for corporate sponsors without pay, following college and professional athletes to the courts in a bid for ad dollars.
The caddies said the endorsements are worth $50 million a year, of which they get nothing, making them free billboards for sponsors in a sport that rakes in $1 billion annually.