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Nikko Calls Foot Fault on Gurthie ... "Don't you shake his hand, bro.."

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For the officials you guys want, do you want their pay to come from the event or your membership?
If its volunteer, your likely to get azzclowns. If you pay em, folks will complain.
 
The problem is the game, the players, the system, the rules...it's all a mess. There are no officials. Everyone's a volunteer. The rules are unknown to most players, and too gray in many areas. You have noobs playing with veteran pros. The Am scam. The drugs. The image. The baggers. The lack of women. The growth. The kids. The lack of big sponsors. Disc safety. Illegal discs in play. Environmental impact of courses. Equipment uniformity.

On, and on and on.

All of these problems can be ironed out, in time. We're too small yet. Still in our game's infancy. If these things are addressed by the people who actually run our sport, we'll be stuck in this rut forever.
 
craftsman said:
For the officials you guys want, do you want their pay to come from the event or your membership?
If its volunteer, your likely to get azzclowns. If you pay em, folks will complain.
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How much more difficult would it be for a volunteer to do it compared to being a spotter?
 
Dick move by GG to stop Ricky from shaking hands with Nikko at the end. Too bad that those kids dont have their head straigth.
 
While we're talking rules, is it legal to step on your mini during the throw?
 
No, the back of the mini represents the furthest point forward your disc traveled. If you step on your mini you stepped past your lie.

I guess technically one you've released the disc you could step on it, like on your follow through.
 
Meulen said:
While we're talking rules, is it legal to step on your mini during the throw?
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From PDGA:

B.When the disc is released, a player must:

1.Have at least one supporting point that is in contact with the lie; and,

2.Have no supporting point in contact with the marker disc or any object (including the playing surface) closer to the target than the rear edge of the marker disc; and,

3.Have all supporting points in-bounds.
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Dave Feldberg seems to love violating this rule. He did it two or three times in a recent video posted in the other thread:

C.Supporting point contact with or beyond the marker disc is permitted after the disc is released, except when putting.
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(Bolding mine)

They were calling it a "step putt," which is a nice way of saying "stance violation that nobody called."
 
i haven't really paid a lot of attention, but i know he used to use that step through putt a lot outside the circle instead of a jump putt. i don't see why that would be illegal and a jump putt wouldn't, as long as it's timed properly.

if you're doing it inside the circle that's another story.
 
The reason I asked is because of another great shot that was posted online today. I think its just the camera angle that makes it look "iffy", but who would even call a person out on a shot like that? I'm sure some would, others would let it slide. Again, it looks close, probably because of the angle, but what if...

I'm terrible at posting videos:
http://youtu.be/KiAHYh2cgoY
 
I didn't see a fault in the video, but I'm on my phone, so.....

IMO in tourney play, NOTHING should be allowed to 'slide'. Rules are rules. They make it so where the everyone has to follow and adhere to the same standards. When people 'let things slide', they are not only penalizing themseleves, but also everyone else in the tournament w/the exception of the person who violated a rule but was allowed to 'let it slide.'
 
I used to say Nikko locastro was my favorite golfer, but now that he pulled a bitch move and snitched in a round he was already loosing I would say he was a desperate man grasping at straws. No respect for those kind of players
 
who-dat said:
I didn't see a fault in the video, but I'm on my phone, so.....
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The one at 09:57 is pretty close. I watched it several times, and it looked like his support foot was not on the lie before release.

The one at 18:46 is obvious. He almost takes a full step past the lie before releasing the disc.

Talking about this vid:
 
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diesel-lover said:
I used to say Nikko locastro was my favorite golfer, but now that he pulled a bitch move and snitched in a round he was already loosing I would say he was a desperate man grasping at straws. No respect for those kind of players
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You mean players that follow the rules and call violations when they see them? If you feel calling a violation is a b!t€h move and makes said player a snitch, then I sincerely hope that you NEVER play in a tournament.

While I'm on the subject, how do you know he called the violation to 'grasp for straws'? What if (and I know this is a bizzare concept to you) he was simply adhering to the rules set by the PDGA? Are you that astute to determine what motivated someone to do something merely from watching a video on the Internet?

So what kind of players do you respect?
 
BigSky, I was referring to this post.


Meulen said:
The reason I asked is because of another great shot that was posted online today. I think its just the camera angle that makes it look "iffy", but who would even call a person out on a shot like that? I'm sure some would, others would let it slide. Again, it looks close, probably because of the angle, but what if...

I'm terrible at posting videos:
http://youtu.be/KiAHYh2cgoY
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