(Dallas Tornado, for example, simply used Dundee United’s squad for their inaugural season. And at 37, he was probably not going to get a better opportunity than the one he found himself with on the last day of the Masters. when Simpson’s wealthy white friends first become suspicious of him, having witnessed his tendency to move his golf ball to a more favourable lie. Amateur and semi-pro leagues, stocked mostly with ethnic-backed teams and players, had been around for decades.