Jon Rahm settled his months-long standoff with the DP World Tour on Tuesday. After refusing to accept a deal in which he would pay all outstanding fines and play six DP World Tour events per year, Rahm has accepted a deal where he will pay all outstanding fines and play five DP World Tour events per year. He will now retain his DP World Tour membership and, with it, his ability to play in the Ryder Cup.

Rahm’s fellow LIV star, Bryson Dechambeau, has also started to prepare for life after LIV, but he’s planning to take his talents to… YouTube?

“I think, from my perspective, I’d love to grow my YouTube channel three times, maybe even more,” Dechambeau said on Tuesday at LIV Virginia. “I would love to. I’d love to do a bunch of dubbing in different languages, giving the world more reason to watch YouTube. And then I’d love to play in tournaments that want me.”

Rahm was also asked if he could see himself returning to the PGA Tour anytime soon and he essentially threw his hands in the air, suggesting he would if he could.

“As of right now I have several years on my contract left, and I’m pretty sure they did a good job when they drafted that, so I don’t see many ways out,” Rahm said at LIV Virginia on Tuesday.

This quote paired with a sudden settling of his standoff with the DP World Tour (for a deal that drops just one event from the requirement), suggests Rahm has already started looking to life after LIV. And as much as Dechambeau would like you to believe he would play YouTube and the majors full-time, it’s clear he wants more than that.

“The egos need to be dropped,” Dechambeau said about the PGA Tour accepting former LIV players. “Everybody needs to come in with a level-headed playing-field, with an opportunistic mindset to grow the game of golf. That’s why I came over here. That’s what I do on YouTube.”

Hit the Sweet Spot: Moving past the irony of one of the most egotistical athletes on the face of the earth saying the PGA Tour needs to drop their egos, Dechambeau seems to be calling for an opportunity for a significant chunk of former LIV players to return to the PGA Tour.

Dechambeau’s YouTube channel is a negotiating ploy. He cares too much about his legacy to risk destroying his game by playing YouTube exclusively before every major. Tournament golf is hard, and shooting a “break 50” with fellow YouTubers isn’t quite the same thing. At the same time, Dechambeau doesn’t want to run back into the arms of the PGA Tour because, until a few months ago, he thought he was negotiating a $500 million contract with LIV Golf. $80-$100 million in fines starts feeling even heavier if you already feel like you lost half a billion on a contract not coming through.

Just one day after his ego and YouTube comments, Dechambeau dropped the pretence and negotiating and revealed he simply wants the stars on tour to ask him to come back.

“I think there’s a way to solve any problem. It’s really about if the membership wants me back,” Dechambeau said on Wednesday. “If they want me back. That’s really what it’s about. I don’t think it’s even Brian Rolapp or anybody at the top of the executive, it’s really if the players want me back. And, if not, then I understand that.”

Amid all his emotional moments and his quest to grow his YouTube channel, it seems a large motivation for Dechambeau has always been becoming a player and person fans and fellow players liked. It clearly hurt him that he was so hated for so many years, and now that he’s built his brand and following, he wants to hear his fellow players say they need him on tour. (But it’s the other side that needs to drop the ego, right?)

Taken together, Rahm and Dechambeau’s comments and actions suggest they’re preparing for their next season — and preparing for that season to not be on LIV. I don’t think either player wants to accept the returning members program Brooks Koepka took, so they’re hoping negotiating through the media will help their chances.

Rahm’s contract may have several years left, but if they’re not going to continue paying him the same way, I’m sure he can find a way out. Similarly, Dechambeau isn’t really going to play YouTube full time. This is all the calm before the storm. By the end of the summer, I expect we’ll have an announcement revealing a new and improved “returning members program” for players like Dechambeau and Rahm. Time will tell if they can drop their egos and come in with an “opportunistic mindset to grow the game of golf,” and accept the deal when it comes.