PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and LPGA commissioner Mike Whan are among the multitude of U.S. sports figures named to an advisory group by President Trump.
The council is one of the several coronavirus task forces put together by the Trump administration as it looks towards re-opening the economy.
Trump discussed this new council, dubbed the Great American Economic Revival Industry Group, during Tuesday’s Rose Garden press briefing. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the council is scheduled to take part in a call on Wednesday.
Monahan and Whan are on the committee along with the commissioners of the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL as well as the heads of UFC, NASCAR, WWE, USTA and WNBA and others.
“We have to get our sports back. I’m tired of watching baseball games that are 14 years old,” President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. “But I haven’t actually had too much time to watch. I would say maybe I watch one batter then I get back to work.”
The panel of advisers, whom Trump said he will consult by phone, will operate separately from the White House task force that’s leading the administration’s public health strategy to contain and mitigate the pandemic, though there is expected to be some overlap.
