Right now the money for the sport is probably 98% coming from players. For the sport to truly grow into serious level up bucks, the casual non playing fan base has to grow immensely. Until then we'll probably see similar sponsorships from other disc golf manufacturers for top elite players. When something more mass consumer friendly other than binoculars sponsors the sport, that's when things will get intere$ting.
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Paul McBeth signs 10 year, $10 000 000 contract with Discraft
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Right now the money for the sport is probably 98% coming from players. For the sport to truly grow into serious level up bucks, the casual non playing fan base has to grow immensely. Until then we'll probably see similar sponsorships from other disc golf manufacturers for top elite players. When something more mass consumer friendly other than binoculars sponsors the sport, that's when things will get intere$ting.
Dcinmd
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Get rid of the 3 second violation in the lane. That will end the endless amount of 3's.
Oh you where talking about disc golf. New rule, players are only allowed 3 seconds to putt inside the circle.
Without Scottie Pippen, the Bulls would not have won any of their 6 world championships.
If we're gonna get tangential all up in here... Jordan couldn't beat superteams. Couldn't get to the Finals until expansion diluted the talent pool and made it easier for a singular talent to carry shallower teams. Jordan was the very best player in an era where a team could win rings just by having the very best player in the sport and a pretty strong supporting cast.
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There's a BIG difference between "the sport is booming" and "the dominant professional league of the sport is booming".
As some examples, soccer is a MAJOR participation sport in the US, professional leagues here get table scraps comparatively and have for a very long time. Heck, tons of people have been playing cornhole for a long time...very little professional money to be had. On the flip side, NASCAR booms as a sport, even though very few people comparatively participate in track racing. The sport itself is not the same thing as the predominant professional league.
I also wouldn't overestimate how much growth may slow down/stop/regress once we're out of COVID. It's a pretty sweet spot growth-wise to be one of the few things people can do outside in a competitive way. Heck, the reason I started playing again is I needed an outlet for all the basketball games I was playing in that got stopped.
Frankly, before this particular thread, I couldn't have named a single professional disc golfer unless I looked at some of my discs and saw whose names were on it.
This is really nothing like the Scottie Pippen deal at all. His contract at the time was most decidedly not groundbreaking. He signed a contract that basically nobody else at his level would have signed...I have a hard time believing any of the other top players wouldn't have signed McBeth's contract.
most casuals and n00bz mock the name on discs
"let me see if i can throw this like kenny klimbo"
or now interchange kenny with paul macbeth
what is the respect vs mockery ratio of players names on discs
either way doesnt matter paul macbeth laughin and speedin all the way to his credit union
"let me see if i can throw this like kenny klimbo"
or now interchange kenny with paul macbeth
what is the respect vs mockery ratio of players names on discs
either way doesnt matter paul macbeth laughin and speedin all the way to his credit union
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If you google Paul McBeth, it literally comes up as "American Golfer".
The names are so much more pronounced on discs these days too, I've literally heard more than one person say they were going to through their "Paul McBeth", in a non-ironic way, because that was the name plastered across the disc, and the actual disc name is much smaller at the bottom.
The names are so much more pronounced on discs these days too, I've literally heard more than one person say they were going to through their "Paul McBeth", in a non-ironic way, because that was the name plastered across the disc, and the actual disc name is much smaller at the bottom.
uncle pennybags
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My friends and I call it Paul McWareBeast because of the claws on the 4x and 5x discs. It's not disrespect, just being goofy.
You don't have many friends, do you? You ruin parties on a regular basis, don't you?
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Sure.
Well, it finally happened---multi-year, multi-million$ contracts for disc golfers. Which means they're now more affluent than, say, a pro cornhole team, or an entire ultimate league. Happy and satisfied now, nerdboys? (Pffft---of course not)
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Do pro cornhole players have bags or boards with their name on them? I think the difference is that discs are not nearly as easy to make at home (See Trash Panda's youtube channel) but cornhole boards and bags are easily made with things a lot of people have in their homes.
Is that the proper comparison?
Wouldn't the best comparison be between Paul and what the top Ulty player is getting from a sponsor? Not from the AUDL or MLU.
That said - I think Paul has whomever that is beat.
Who else besides Paul got a multi year, multi million dollar contract?
Thats just a liberal use of English. You think this will be the only one? Ever? It's a process---there'll be more. Don't pretend ignorance of capitalistic ambitions. There's more than one thread where the discussion is about how much pro dgers should be making.
C'mon, Jay, you're really astute---don't tell me you don't think there'll soon be more. Maybe a year or two, but soon.
C'mon, Jay, you're really astute---don't tell me you don't think there'll soon be more. Maybe a year or two, but soon.
No I don't think there will. IMO the bigger reason for that contract is how good a business man McBeth is, not his future golf winning.
I admit he is the best in dg at that right now, but I can't believe it won't be long before others (esp. minorities) clamor for their share.
That was the point Chris---no one else is even sitting at the same table.
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