Local League Rude Behavior

[blind pilot]

Originally Posted by davetherocketguy

I can't stop lurking on this thread anymore...



Okay BP, what would you suggest the PDGA do to improve the image?

Nothing at all,the image is just fine,some of the participants may be lacking in morals,but far more are good decent people trying to have a good time in the outdoors.

[PhillyMatt]

I don't have a PDGA number and I drink 4-6 beers every round depending on the layout.

Just an FYI.

[blind pilot]

Originally Posted by PhillyMatt

I don't have a PDGA number and I drink 4-6 beers every round depending on the layout.

Just an FYI.

So you must scream curses throw your cans in every bush,and do unmentionable acts in front of kids.

[smarkquart]

There are two main reasons courses get pulled. First, troublesome behavior that fairly or unfairly reflects the type of player who visits the course. Second, the lack of usage and thus a waste of tax dollars. Both are a result of negative stereotypes.

The first reason's connection to a negative stereotype speaks for itself. However, as for the second reason where the sport cannot support a course, that is because the negativity created by rude behaviors and illegal consumption turns away new players. Many manufacturers and retailers who distribute via wholesale are doing a wonderful job getting discs out where a wider population can be enticed by the sport. All that effort is going to be wasted if courses close and the pool of potential players who will purchase these discs disappear.

While someone's personal use of illegal drugs, over consumption of alcohol, and or rude behavior is generally none of my business and do not affect me if it is done in private, when this is being done in public it very much does affect me. Between where I teach and my home I have only four courses available, three of them 9 holers and the fourth is an 18 holer that is only open for six months. Two of those 9 holers are new and were put in with the city's blessing that they will add to the community. I am sure that they can just as easily be yanked if the percentage of undesirables gets too large, which can happen rather quickly if only those handful of the type of players we are talking about are the ones still playing.

So yes, the negative stereotype most definitely affects me.

[davetherocketguy]

Originally Posted by patdb23

How about that for a start?

LOL...I like that. Well thought out and rather logical actually.

[blind pilot]

I challenge you guy's to name 10 courses that got pulled this year in any state,then name how many new courses have been installed.the new courses far out number pulled courses. How in the world are we getting all these new courses w/ our soiled image.

[davetherocketguy]

Originally Posted by blind pilot

Nothing at all,the image is just fine,some of the participants may be lacking in morals,but far more are good decent people trying to have a good time in the outdoors.

If the image is so good then why do people ask me if I enjoy hanging out with the pot smoking hippies when I tell them I play disc golf?

[patdb23]

Originally Posted by davetherocketguy

LOL...I like that. Well thought out and rather logical actually.

Thanks. If players would just keep alot of this activity at home, then cool. But once they bring it to a public course, I cringe when I see a nice family taking their kids out to the park to throw some frisbees and then show up on a hole with 2 guys passing a pipe, one guy pissing in the bushes and the other shirtless holding a beer swearing out loud.

[blind pilot]

Originally Posted by davetherocketguy

If the image is so good then why do people ask me if I enjoy hanging out with the pot smoking hippies when I tell them I play disc golf?

If I talk disc golf w/ someone that doesn't play,they usually just say they never heard of it before, and ask if it's like ball golf, no mention of weed, EVER.

[Jukeshoe]

Originally Posted by blind pilot

If I talk disc golf w/ someone that doesn't play,they usually just say they never heard of it before, and ask if it's like ball golf, no mention of weed, EVER.

^2nd this emotion.