I'm in complete shock that the biggest DB in North America is acting like the biggest DB in Europe also..
Can we just make Bradley Williams and Nikko always play together, with no one else, on the first card out
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I'm in complete shock that the biggest DB in North America is acting like the biggest DB in Europe also..
Just the highest profile "straw". He had a series of confrontations over the years. He and a couple other traveling pros with similar incidents lead to the PDGA Marshal program at the time the NT series was being created.Cam Todd sitting there thinking about his 4 month suspension and 2 years probation for criticizing a TD back in 2004
Well. I think Nikko made the right sponsor choice this year. How many more people can he Clash with.
Let the pearl clutching commence!
Nikko was out of line for sure. But come on people. Every other sport has the athletes do that sort of crap to officials, including soccer which houses the least masculine male athletes of the major sports. Let's not act like Nikko is a crazy person doing crazy things.
The real enigma to me is how Nikko can be the most exciting disc golfer while spending most of his time doing nothing pre-shot. The honest answer is that disc golf is plain boring. TD's should pay Nikko to show up and get DQ'd for youtube views.
I do feel bad for Clash, a small new brand from Finland and they took a chance with Nikko. . and he does this in Finland
I think there are a few key differences here. When you have a sport where you have professional officials who are getting paid...athletes tend to get away with a bit more. This is a situation where you do not have professional officials, and in fact are expecting other players to call these violations and then be on the receiving end of Nikko's outbursts. .
Don't know him, and don't care to. I don't watch DG very much, and have no "heroes" in the game.
I don't fight anymore - I'm too old, and...I don't want to.
But this kind of thing right here? Childish and stupid...and deserving of a black eye in damn near any other context. He should take up kite flying. No timers. But one day, if it hasn't already happened, he's gonna act that way toward the wrong individual.
Can you say, "comeuppance?" I knew you could.
I've heard the guy in the video was a TD or assistant TD or something. I don't know if that's true...but assume it might be. I thought he handled it like a guy who was there doing a job...honestly it could have gone a lot worse if the guy had just been a volunteer who just thought "I'm not getting paid, why would I back up just because this guy walked up on me".
Major European tournaments actually have a bit of a history for being more strict about excessive time, for various reasons. We've had multiple cases of them being on live TV, for example. There might be an incentive to enforce it again, possibly because they anticipate a record attendance of well over 5,000 people for the final round.Not to excuse his reaction by any means, but I do find it odd how randomly the 30s rule is enforced. People break this all the freaking time.