Bryson DeChambeau wants someone to clean up the mess he helped create

Professional golf is a broken product. PGA Tour television ratings are down, and fan interest on a week-to-week basis is rapidly dwindling. LIV Golf is primarily to blame.

The world's best golfers can't compete on the same stage outside of major championships because LIV poached dozens of them away from the PGA Tour with its endless buckets of Saudi cash. LIV has succeeded in its mission, but the rival league refuses to take accountability for creating this mess.

Bryson DeChambeau, who accepted a $125 million contract to join LIV, is now urging someone else to clean it up and reunite pro golf. 

"It needs to happen fast," DeChambeau told reporters this week ahead of LIV Golf Miami, per Sports Illustrated. "It’s not a two-year thing. It needs to happen quicker rather than later just for the good of the sport. Too many people are losing interest.

"We can give input. We can have little moments where we say, 'Hey, we think this would be a good idea, or that would be a good idea,' but ultimately, it's up to the guys up top to figure it out and figure it out quickly because we can't keep going this direction."

If only we knew why those people are losing interest. Maybe, just maybe, DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and other superstars ditching the PGA Tour strictly for financial reasons to start a rival golf league could explain some of it. LIV players want to have their cake and eat it too, but that's not how professional sports operate.