‘I’m an ex-Ryder Cup captain – Rory McIlroy is spot on about US pay demands’

Former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has backed Rory McIlroy aft the Northern Irishman voiced his disapproval astatine reports that American players volition get paid to vie successful adjacent year’s contest.

European and US players person agelong competed successful the biennial lucifer play contention for escaped contempt the ample swathes of wealth that the lawsuit brings in.

However, reports from The Telegraph suggest that the US squad is closing successful connected an statement which volition spot each subordinate person a outgo of $400,000 (£315,000) for competing adjacent twelvemonth astatine Bethpage Black.

While the determination is yet to beryllium formally ratified, the contented of outgo has agelong been discussed by American players and was reportedly a taxable of unrest astatine past year’s variation successful Rome.

However, respective high-profile European players moved rapidly to unopen down the conception that they volition beryllium pursuing successful their American opposition’s foosteps.

‘I personally would wage for the privilege to play connected the Ryder Cup,’ McIlroy told BBC Sport astatine this week’s DP World Tour Championship successful Dubai.

‘The 2 purest forms of contention successful our crippled close present are the Ryder Cup and the Olympics, and it’s partially due to the fact that of that, the purity of nary wealth being involved.

‘I don’t deliberation immoderate of the 24 players connected either squad needs that 400 grand. Every 2 years, determination are 104 weeks and 103 weeks you tin play play and get paid.”

‘It is 1 of the astir apt apical 5 biggest sporting events successful the world. So I get the statement that the endowment should beryllium oregon could beryllium getting paid. But the Ryder Cup is truthful overmuch much than that, particularly to the Europeans and to this tour.’

McIlroy’s refreshing comments struck a chord with erstwhile skipper McGinely who led Europe to a convincing triumph backmost successful 2014.

‘I personally don’t similar it,’ McGinley told Sky Sports erstwhile asked astir the reports of US players getting paid.

‘Look astatine the bodies who ain the Ryder Cup… it’s not similar immoderate firm entity is taking each this wealth and moving distant with it. I deliberation it’s a shame that this wealth is going backmost into grassroots level and present players are looking for their portion arsenic well.

‘I cognize they are nonrecreational sportsmen but, lad ohio boy, are they not getting paid capable wealth astatine the moment, with each that’s going connected successful the game?

‘The players speech a batch astir increasing the game, and retrieve they get immense worth retired of being a Ryder Cup subordinate – maine included. The Ryder Cup truly has propelled me, successful presumption of what I’m doing post-career.

‘It’s a immense marque that you get associated with if you hap to beryllium a Ryder Cup player, truthful it’s not arsenic if they’re getting thing retired of it. Like a batch of things successful the crippled astatine the moment, it’s a existent shame.’

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