The Inevitable 2016 Pros Switching Sponsors Thread

[Vonbeezy1]

But who really should have won?

The person who won should have won, oh wait, they did. Sorry for derailment, please continue

 

[Dana]

I noticed dana was the Illinois representative for the new disc golf park company.

my first two thoughts were :

is this going to rub his current sponsors the wrong way working for jussi's company?

is discmania grooming him for sponsorship?

I'm no longer with Prodigy and at the moment unsponsored. In regards to Discmania, I do love the PD!

 

[JC17393]

I noticed dana was the Illinois representative for the new disc golf park company.

my first two thoughts were :

is this going to rub his current sponsors the wrong way working for jussi's company?

is discmania grooming him for sponsorship?

....

Dana Vicich is leaving Prodigy, it collided with him being a representative for DiscGolfPark US. He has no new sponsor, watch the latest Smashboxx podcast for source.

 

[Streets]

I'm no longer with Prodigy and at the moment unsponsored. In regards to Discmania, I do love the PD!

What kind of stuff do you throw when you get to choose from any brand?

 

[tbird888]

I just like reading all the back patting they do on Facebook over it. They're so proud of swaying the vote.

 

[Streets]

I just like reading all the back patting they do on Facebook over it. They're so proud of swaying the vote.

what vote?

 

[tbird888]

Wrong thread. :doh:

I just noticed you were the last post, and I made an ass out of Uma Thurman.

 

[Streets]

Wrong thread. :doh:

I thought so but I haven't checked in on this one in awhile and was confused. :hfive:

 

[Dana]

What kind of stuff do you throw when you get to choose from any brand?

My favorite and/or most thrown discs over the years have been- Ridge, M4, Eagle X, PD and Destroyer.

 

[AndyJB]

I could be WAY off, but Dana strikes me as the kind of player that any company would want to have as a representative...not just a player. The kind if person who helps grow the game and not just the brand i.e. Feldberg and Shusterick.

 

[Pbmercil]

Interesting if it´s true about losing her Grip Equipment sponsorship.

I don't really see how that's news or a surprise. She's been carrying the prodigy bag for at least a year,

 

[notroman]

And yeah it would be nice to see Alex G. go out to the desert with some blizzard bosses and see if he can push the distance record. My guess is he won't and even if he did he wouldn't break 800.'

Why do you say that? He has cracked 800 feet before.

 

[ThomasP]

I don't really see how that's news or a surprise. She's been carrying the prodigy bag for at least a year,

The interesting part is the thing about disc manufacturers forcing their players to use their own backpacks. That´s something I haven´t heard about before.

 

[Broken Shoulder]

The interesting part is the thing about disc manufacturers forcing their players to use their own backpacks. That´s something I haven´t heard about before.

I don't think this is really true.
McBeth - Grip
Feldberg/Wysocki - Spinal Tap
Doss - Grip
Climo/Barsby - Upper Park

I don't see Innova forcing their top players to give up their bag sponsorships with the new backpack they have out.

About the only company I see with players strictly carrying their branded bag is Prodigy, but Cale pulls a cart most of the time, so...???

 

[mfcastillo17]

I don't think this is really true.



About the only company I see with players strictly carrying their branded bag is Prodigy, but Cale pulls a cart most of the time, so...???

Could it be because our bags are really nice??

 

[Broken Shoulder]

Could it be because our bags are really nice??

Oh, absolutely. There was no judgment in there at all. Just observation.

 

[mfcastillo17]

Oh, absolutely. There was no judgment in there at all. Just observation.

Just messing with you. I honestly don't remember if there is anything in our contract preventing us from having outside bag sponsors. I'm pretty sure Maria Oliva (young up and coming FPO from Texas) is sponsored by both Prodigy and a bag company.

 

[JC17393]

The interesting part is the thing about disc manufacturers forcing their players to use their own backpacks. That´s something I haven´t heard about before.

Not entirely true. I can only speak for Latitude, but we are only required to carry their bag if we don't have a contract with someone else (as Ricky and Dave do with Voodoo, for example). I would guess that's the case with other companies as well.

I don't think a disc manufacturer can force a player to cancel or turn down a bag contract with a non-disc-manufacturer company. If all they do is bags (or apparel), there's not really a conflict of interest. What the disc manufacturers can do, however, is incentivize carrying their bag enough so that it's a better deal than going with the outside company.

 

[BraveThrower43]

I could be WAY off, but Dana strikes me as the kind of player that any company would want to have as a representative...not just a player. The kind if person who helps grow the game and not just the brand i.e. Feldberg and Shusterick.

I doubt salient would want him

 

[Buchajs1]

I doubt salient would want him

I doubt he would want salient