Come on guys... Stop giving Avery such a hard time.
If it wasn't for him, Josh Anthon might've become a World Champion.
LOLZ!!!!!! Great point. Anthon as World Champ would actually be really juicy.
As for AJ, personally, I like him a lot. But that's only because he's been cool to me. I asked him for any advice on how to deal with my sore elbow because I knew he studied physiology(?) and physical therapy at Oregon. He spent a lot of time giving me, a complete stranger, exercises & therapies for my elbow. I then emailed him a couple of times to tell him about my progress and he always replied quickly and graciously. I thought that was especially generous of him.
Now, it seems that some people don't like him as much as I do and that seems to be why they don't want him making as much money as he does, by having his name on a popular disc. While, personally, I disagree with that reasoning because I like Avery, I think it's a better reason than the reason the other folks on this thread have given for wanting Innova to stop making any AJ signature discs, by saying, "he just doesn't deserve it."
Whenever I hear someone complain that another person doesn't deserve what they are getting paid, it makes me mental. In this country, everyone deserves exactly what he or she can hustle for themselves, within the law, no more, no less. I hear this in sports & business all the time. "Kobe Bryant doesn't deserve $20M/yr at his age." Of course he deserves it - he hustled out of a stupid Lakers ownership group the best deal he could. "The teachers union doesn't deserve such a fat pension." Of course they deserve whatever pension their union hustled out of a witless government. "The CEO of Bank XYZ doesn't deserve his annual $120m bonus." Of course he or she deserves their annual bonus, they hustled that bonus during negotiations with Bank XYZ's board. "That poor guy working the overnight window at Jack In The Box deserves more than $10/hr." No, that guy at Jack In The Crack deserves exactly that salary because that's what the market says his skills are worth and that's the best job that he could hustle. "Disc golfers deserve to be paid so much more than they are right now. See how talented they are!" No, disc golfers get paid exactly what they are getting paid based on the size of the audience who watches them and their ability or inability to negotiate whatever payment they can.
I'm using the word "hustle" to mean everything from working hard, being skilled, and selling yourself. Everyone gets pretty much exactly what they deserve based on those three elements.
So if AJ can hustle a sweet deal out of Innova no matter what his past performances have been, good for him, I say. If you don't like him personally, that's fine, just don't buy any more Destroyers and maybe Innova will decide it doesn't make sense for them to sell any more discs with his name on them and then you'll be happier. But saying he doesn't deserve whatever he can get, is just dumb. That's just not how things work in this country.