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[jobwilson]

Trollapalooza in full force......

Will Schusterick · 2,295 like this
53 minutes ago via mobile ·
Some awesome news coming up at 12:30 CST today!

 

[thechamp]

can't wait to be jobbed by will s

never mind...

 

[ferretdance03]

Thank you Innova Champion and Discmania for the best years of my Disc Golf career. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you. For me to continue in this sport for a long time, I will be moving on to bigger and better things next year

 

[BZoods]

Thank you Innova Champion and Discmania for the best years of my Disc Golf career. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you. For me to continue in this sport for a long time, I will be moving on to bigger and better things next year

Came here to post this.

from his twitter: https://twitter.com/Schusterick/status/280384233531383810

 

[thechamp]

I still think top player+ bigger and better opportunity = not a disc making company.

 

[inthedrift]

I still think top player+ bigger and better opportunity = not a disc making company.

I think you're right

 

[luma1]

I go with Dynamic Discs

 

[cubeofsoup]

I go with Dynamic Discs

he said "No DD" on twitter in direct response to that point.

 

[thechamp]

I go with Dynamic Discs

he said "No DD" on twitter in direct response to that point.

Dynamic Discs isn't even close to Innova, so that's a big step down. We've flogged the "pro disc golfers don't get paid crap by their sponsors" horse for years. I think this is going to be a company that is going to pay him and market him to a much bigger audience and exposing many people to disc golf in the process.

 

[JHern]

I still think top player+ bigger and better opportunity = not a disc making company.

I think you're right

No question.

Some at PDGA have been obsessed by the idea of growing the sport from the top down. Maybe we'll see whether this actually works? I remain skeptical.

Nike has moved in and begun sponsoring surfers, which has created more than a little controversy inside that community. Of course, the analogy isn't perfect, surfing is severely limited by being confined to small stretches of coast with decent breaks, which have been over-crowded for decades. So Nike isn't being used to grow the sport, they're just muscling into established territory that other small (surf) companies established long ago.

 

[thechamp]

Back when the PDGA forum was more active (2005-2006?) there was a manufacturer who claimed Nike had interest in disc golf. It's all kind of fuzzy now but there were few details and you can probably guess the disc manufacturer.

 

[keltik1]

That is actually a decent analogy JHern. our participation scale is about like surfing was/is we just don't have the household familiarity surfing has. I guess it will be after we reach that point that someone like Nike will come in and open the purse strings. I know I've stated before that we should try to court these "big wheels" but I guess I've learned better.

 

[iacas]

Years ago some telemarketing dude (who had been fined and some other things, but made a lot of money) named Kevin Trudeau (you can search for his name + billiards or pool) dumped a bunch of money into pool, funded some BIG tournaments with BIG payouts, and all sorts of stuff. TV productions, the works... It was all a part of the brand new "International Pool Tour."

It was controversial and didn't seem to do much of anything to raise the profile of pool/billiards within the United States. It lasted less than a year and a half.

http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showblogentry.php?id=99

I'm not saying the two situations or sports or anything are similar... and I don't think Mr. Wolfe has Trudeau's money, of course... but money doesn't guarantee success (or that people will notice or care).

 

[Allsport1313]

Kevin Trudeau

I hate that scammer.

 

[JR]

I lost my only Nike shoe sole plastic Gateway disc a long time ago.

 

[DiscGolfTeeSigns.com]

Dammit JR you're our infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters! I clicked in hoping to find the Oracle (not a Ching hint) bringing wisdom from the arctic mountain. Focus man. Knock it out.

New rampageous rumor: all pros to Southern Nats built for camera.

Don't worry there's a gentle way to put this to DGCR

 

[Ziggy]

Ah yes, the youtube video of Worlds in Huntsville back in the day.
Strategically released. Good coverage. Fantastic commercials!

 

[JR]

Blame it on chainsmoker i was responding to his post below:

Back when the PDGA forum was more active (2005-2006?) there was a manufacturer who claimed Nike had interest in disc golf. It's all kind of fuzzy now but there were few details and you can probably guess the disc manufacturer.

 

[iacas]

Kevin Trudeau

I hate that scammer.

I think you're one of many.

 

[dehaas]

New rampageous rumor: all pros to Southern Nats built for camera.

What if the PDGA were to dissolve altogether and 4 super regional tournament series formed, kind of similar to all of the conference shenanigans in college sports.

All I know about the Southern Nationals is what I've seen online. Do the events bring a big turnout and is it set up and ran well? Around here there are a lot of smaller local club run events and a few sanctioned events a year.