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Can any company please sign any player so we can stop talking about salients failures?
Still waiting on Nikko's news.
Even though it seems to have been semi-confirmed here.
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Can any company please sign any player so we can stop talking about salients failures?
Can any company please sign any player so we can stop talking about salients failures?
Question on the Nikko thing (may have already been adressed but don't feel like wading through)
Is there any specific reasoning why we assume he has MVP, Gateway and Legacy as sponsors? I'm aware of all the correlations, and they fit, but is there any "hard" evidence aside from him throwing some gyro in two videos and that video of him throwing Legacy from awhile back?
I do hope it's true, though. I will never be a pro, but this could open up some big possibilites for those that are. I don't see Innova, Discrafr or Trilogy biting on something like this (mostly because their lines and affiliates' lines are so vast) but this could be geat for the "little guys" out there.
Rumor mill at today's Ice Bowl here in NC surrounded Paige Pierce and that fact that she may not be with Prodigy any longer. First I've heard that one and would be hard to believe.
Also heard that the original team members had bagged Prodigy discs the year before they all signed so they could get used to them. Stamped their old sponsors on Prodigy test run plastic.
Gotta love a good story...
Also heard that the original team members had bagged Prodigy discs the year before they all signed so they could get used to them. Stamped their old sponsors on Prodigy test run plastic.
Gotta love a good story...
Pretty sure you've got that backwards. The players had prodigy stamps put on other manufacturers discs while Prodigy was still developing its lineup.
No... it think it's both! We all know for a fact they stamped other discs while the lineup was thin at Prodigy, but this is a claim by someone with good inside knowlege about pre-production stamping of prototypes so they wouldn't get in trouble with the current sponsors.
I know about Nikko's love for Gateway putters, on again/off again with Wizards and the Magic, but does any one on here know what discs from MVP and Legacy he has taken a liking to? Is it MVP mids and Legacy drivers or a mixed bag, pun intended?
I am most intrigued by Nikko's situation. Mainly because if it is a mixed bag that means that he sampled each company and feels they bring something special to the table. So the only reason they are in the bag is because from his standpoint they give him the best chance to win. Probably over thinking this but with the other pros switching it sounds like more of a money thing. Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with wanting to make as much money as possible from a sport that doesn't have the highest income potential.
But that something special may just be more $. Keeping in mind we have NO idea what his contracts look like - but just because he has a mixed bag and is using X disc, doesn't mean it is the best disc he can find for the slot. For example, he may have to bag X discs from a particular company that shapes his choices in what he bags.
That's why I like it so much. So many variables with multiple sponsors. Which goes against what historically has been the norm in the sport for top tier pros. Which is the one disc sponsor model. You are correct though whose to say that he isn't coming out further ahead from a financial standpoint. With it split three ways its a lot easier for newer companies to stomach the financial investment while still getting the word of mouth advertising that comes from having your product in the bag of a touring pro.
Well in the PHP video he was throwing a Motion a couple times. Couldn't identify any other MVP discs, but the Motion is an awesome disc so it doesn't surprise me.
He had that video awhile back throwing the Cannon and Rampage, also good discs, so maybe those? I bet he would love the Outlaw as well.
I know about Nikko's love for Gateway putters, on again/off again with Wizards and the Magic, but does any one on here know what discs from MVP and Legacy he has taken a liking to? Is it MVP mids and Legacy drivers or a mixed bag, pun intended?
Wow, Prodigy's business model. Sketch.
Way to much thought into this Nikko thing guys lol.