I wish disc golf had the sex appeal cross fit has though. Man...
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I wish disc golf had the sex appeal cross fit has though. Man...
I've been involved with cross fit, their trainers and facilities since 2008, not quite as long, but long enough. I'm not completely anti cf, but I do laugh at their "trainers" and their ability to turn someone in to a pretzel. You being injury free is great for you, just realize there are many, many more who don't share your luck. I've been NSCA Certified since 2008, and when THE council on strength and conditioning in the US has a problem with cross fit and their teachings, you can kind of guess there's something wrong. As I've stated, if done correctly, it's a great program and can lead to astounding physical fitness, but when the way most boxes preach, lecture and scold their members in to doing, it doesn't end pretty. And when Mr. Glassman says everything anyone has ever done in fitness has been wrong up until he created cross fit...seems a bit odd no?
A good friend of mine has been involved in televising sports since the early 70's. His opinion is all that matters is viewer eyeballs. If people watch you then you get sponsors and if they don't you're destined to stay fringe forever.
Which brings us to a few pertinent questions:
Will disc golf ever draw enough viewer eyeballs, under any circumstances?
Eventually, yes I think it CAN, but it's going to take perfect circumstances. Or near perfect. I don't think ADGT has found those yet, but kudos for trying.
Is the ADGT formula---a new event on a golf course, on ESPN3---the one that will work? Can it draw enough eyeballs to the streaming service to lead to a broadcast of future events, supported by paying sponsors confident of those eyeballs?
No. At first it may seem cool, until people get more acclimated to disc golf and realize wide open golf course holes aren't all that great in disc golf. A few bomber holes are awesome to watch though, and may assist in the POW! factor to grab someones attention.
Will the way the ADGT is doing it help, or hurt? By which I mean, the anti-PDGA, bad rules, alternate disc specs, and all the rest.
I think your question answers itself. When people google disc gold they're highly more likely to come across PDGA, not the ADGT. I think WE here may have hurt disc golf in a sense regarding that since people will come across this thread. Any chance they would have given ADGT may be swayed by this very thread. I say we because I'm guilty of saying I dislike Salient and anything they get involved in. Looking back, I think I would have approached that differently. I'm not changing my opinion just yet, just saying it was a bit premature to jump out there and say they're going to fall flat on their faces when we haven't even seen an event take place yet.
I was hoping we would go into religion
I think it's going to take a strong, unified organization to come forward and make changes, solidify rules and such to push disc golf forward. I haven't really seen an organization come out that's really made that change yet. The PDGA has the "disc" or ball in their court right now. They could step up, realize some things need to be revitalized and make these changes to help propel the sport forward. McBeth, Lizotte, McMahan, Doss, the top touring pro's could walk in and have a meeting and really work on advancing this sport and putting its image out there as much as humanly possible.
So disc golf needs more social media narcissists bragging about their latest distance benchmark:
"Totes launched my tye-dye Groove 350ft today on a helix forehand brah. #Hard #Work #Pays #Off #H8rsbmymotivaters"
Never a good idea.
. In most new ventures, the first mover fails. It's called second mover advantage..
I was hoping we would go into religion.....
Like it or not AGDT is going to fail. Even if they were stronger and better organized they likely would have failed.
It depends on how "failure" is defined. If it is an eventual live TV broadcast on ESPN, I certainly agree, or at least agree that it's an extreme longshot. But I think they can come short of that with a good event, good venue, and a live webcast on ESPN3. I'm not convinced they will, but they might, and if they do, "fail" might be too severe.
yes, they could certainly put on a successful event. I meant success as in establishing an actual tour and making it profitable.