NPCTour
Birdie Member
In my region I am of course faced with the Southern Nationals crowd. After 4 years of running Southern Nationals events, I have switched to PDGA events and trying to promote them.
I have been met with many different feelings on this issue, expecially the older players who were very much a part of growing the Southern Nationals here and the guy who runs it behind the scenes lives in the next town over.
Regardless, players are struggling to cope with the $10 non-member fee and the expensive membership fees. Sure, starting your membership is great and you receive a nice package, but renewing a membership is the hard part. You do not get a nice package any more and your sent a dogtag.
I can go on and on about why I think the benefits are great to support our founding organization and without the PDGA, disc golf wouldn't have much. But, the incentives for players on a low budget and few tournaments a year are a huge portion of the disc golf community that the PDGA is missing.
Any thoughts on this?
I have been met with many different feelings on this issue, expecially the older players who were very much a part of growing the Southern Nationals here and the guy who runs it behind the scenes lives in the next town over.
Regardless, players are struggling to cope with the $10 non-member fee and the expensive membership fees. Sure, starting your membership is great and you receive a nice package, but renewing a membership is the hard part. You do not get a nice package any more and your sent a dogtag.
I can go on and on about why I think the benefits are great to support our founding organization and without the PDGA, disc golf wouldn't have much. But, the incentives for players on a low budget and few tournaments a year are a huge portion of the disc golf community that the PDGA is missing.
Any thoughts on this?