Hampstead
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Can´t wait for Las Vegas and to see all the players play with "new" discs.
And for the first time in a VERY long time. . ALL of the top 10 rated FPO players in the World are signed up to play in Las Vegas
One notable exception, and I know she is not in the top 10, is Kona Panis.
yes Kona and V.Mandujano is missing, both with new sponsors. .. .
Wonder if Cat and her new sponsor is waiting for everybody else to be done so her contract is the only one left to talk about?
Took longer to post the link than it probably would take others to google it themselves?
Regardless, point is…until just very very very recently handshake deals is how the entire sport operated. Things are a changing…
For better or worse nobody knows.
Sorry, should have said please post a link.
I agree with your point—as the sport becomes more legitimately professional meaning money, lawyers will get involved and it will become messy.
Which surprises me to hear that several of these Pros switching sponsors are walking out on the last year, or more, of their previous deals. :|
Maybe those previous deals were just done by a handshake and not too enforceable?
If Cat/Sponsor intended to or not… they are going to be the last topic until season starts!
Can´t wait for Las Vegas and to see all the players play with "new" discs.
And for the first time in a VERY long time. . ALL of the top 10 rated FPO players in the World are signed up to play in Las Vegas
You just know there's going to be some top players out there struggling with new discs.
Very odd that Kona isn't signed up for this.
Big deal signing, big money and not playing the big inaugural event of the year?
Really starting off hot.
To provide some back story for the newer faces:
Bowling Green Ams was THE amateur tournament of the year for the longest time. Bowling Green was the am equivalent to USDGC if you were trying to get sponsorship eyes on you, and for everybody else it was a giant party.
Glass Blown Open started to be held the same weekend, Trilogy is born, and Emporia becomes the dg Holy Grail for ams. Smallest field in the last 3 years was just under 1100 players, largest just under 1400. Field is being cut in half for what originated as a big amateur tournament and became a big pro event everybody complains about because of the golf course and 30mph winds.
Maybe it's a bigger deal where I'm at because we're smack in the middle of BG and Emporia, both just a couple hours away. People would take a week off work and make it a big dg vacation.
In order to meet the DGPT guidelines changes had to be made, effectively cutting out the people who built your event from the ground up. Those are the things that will stick out with people and make them never want to come back.
All I'm saying is growing pains are coming.
Then they came up with the DDO. And when CBS Sports was going to show footage, PP was playing.
You just know there's going to be some top players out there struggling with new discs.
Very odd that Kona isn't signed up for this.
Big deal signing, big money and not playing the big inaugural event of the year?
Really starting off hot.
You just know there's going to be some top players out there struggling with new discs.
Very odd that Kona isn't signed up for this.
Big deal signing, big money and not playing the big inaugural event of the year?
Really starting off hot.