Stankyjahnke
Double Eagle Member
What a great day of golf. The lead card was up and down
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I get the players swapping out discs for specific courses and tournaments.
What I don't get is when the sponsored players do an in the bag video, a lot of them (especially Innova sponsored) keep saying "I throw this midrange X mis-stamped as midrange Y & this driver A mis-stamped as driver C, etc"
Seems like a missed opportunity for disc maker and sponsor player to step up to the tee box with all the cameras rolling and hold up the CORRECTLY stamped disc for all to see and make that beautiful "I bet I can make that throw if I have that disc in my bag" shot. Unless it is some sort competitive secret.
Goober spotter left a chair in the inbounds area. Paul has to play from it as it's been there all day.
If the players weren't cursing, it wouldn't be an issue. Maybe Dave should be focusing his efforts in that direction.
Dave may be whining, but he's got a point. If you're going to edit something, you are already by definition removing objectivity. One single edit to a video makes it a subjective story, therefore you are actively choosing to display our sport in a particular way. Lest we forget, the professional tour is VERY lenient and accomodating to the media. I'm not calling anybody in particular out, but disc golf media outlets would be wise to not push unnecessary boundaries and fall out of the graces of the powers that be, unless over-regulation is the goal.
If his objection is that Marty is intentionally trying to make guys look bad by not editing their cursing or their outbursts, fine. But don't couch that in the Helen Lovejoy "oh won't someone think of the children" BS. If the concern is making the sport more kid-friendly and/or more sponsor-friendly and the cursing and outbursts are identified as making the sport less friendly in that respect, then target the source of the problem.
Obviously you can't prevent every shout, yell, groan, grunt, etc. But things like Nikko's chair abuse yesterday, which went out LIVE on discgolfplanet's coverage (can't edit that), can easily be remedied with more discipline on the part of the players and more discipline from tournament officials and the PDGA in general. If players aren't calling each other out on their tantrums, why should video editors be tasked with doing that after the fact?
Dave is correct on this issue. The publisher is responsible for content that goes out publicly including DGPlanet who needs to monitor their live signal. That's why there's the 7 second broadcasting delay for live shows at TV stations. Video producers are subject to the language and behavior constraints imposed by their sponsors and web hosting sites involved, some being more liberal than others. Gregoire has already talked with McFly even before this incident so he's aware of it. But sometimes things will slip through when you're busting it like McFly does to get out the content each day (which we all appreciate). Ideally, anything that slips through would be cleaned up before content is archived or used for promotional purposes.
Maybe Dave should be hitting up Kraft for a sponsorship. Some cheese would really go well with his whine.