I said you likely play AT disc golf. Real Disc Golfers understand what I mean.
As to no one caring and the facts not matching what I say. I have question marks which should indicate to readers that I am looking for more information. Given the lack of that information one can likely assume it is as i say. My questions were:
1) Did the official give Nikko courtesy of his presence and the reason for it? In his statement it seemed that he relied on the players themselves warning Nikko and didn't warn him personally. Would that have been too much? BTW the official did great in the altercation portion and showed great restraint. I think the player deserves a courtesy in this situation or it feels like an ambush and Nikko has that fight reflex.
2) Was the group out of position? Since I have seen nothing affirming they were behind, I assume they were in proper position, likely waiting on tees. If you aren't out of position, why raise the issue in the first place? To single out Nikko? Were they out of position when the warning was given and still out of position?, never out of position, or out of position but back in position? I know it doesn't matter under the rules, but it should be the decisive factor if this type of ruling should even be considered.
3) Was he first to throw his upshot? Again it matters. Study's have been done on the PGA Tour that showed that almost all players going first from tee or fairway, violated their time limit even if they were much faster at all other times. If we are looking for fairness this matters. Players not going first have more time to analyze the hole, pick the disc, etc and also glean information from the previous shot(s), so it goes faster. Again, i don't know if Nikko was throwing his upshot first but assume so since no one has refuted, and proving me wrong seems to be a big thing around here..
You want to make the game and Tour better? Adopt these understandings because they are real and take almost zero effort to implement. It would help make the game more friendly and also a bit more professional. In ushering them in, tell the disc golf community that things should have been handled better, which is why they are only suspending Nikko for the rest of the season.
On the other side of things. If the official had personally warned Nikko, the group was out of position on the course, there was no argument of distractions or spectator safety pause, and if he had adequate time to scope the throw (if throwing first) before the clock started, then I think a suspension of this and next season would be appropriate for his behavior.