Who will Paige play for in 2016?

[bhadella]

I went to Trilogy, Innova, Discraft, Legacy and Axiom.

Fixed that for ya.

 

[Future_Primitive]

From the outside looking in, it would seem to me Discraft is going to make a big push to snag some well known Pros.
- Not supporting their current crop much, even heard rumblings of them telling some of their own players they are going move in a different direction.
- New Discraft Factory Store seems like a logical place to sell Tour Series discs, seems like some other company is doing that.
- If Paige is indeed leaving Prodigy, seems possible Discraft will try and bring her over.

 

[DGHippie]

My top guess would be Innova followed by Discmania. Just won her 3 world title. With a decent contract length, Innova may be willing to put her name on a stock disc now. I think she could make more money with a signature stock disc than limited edition/fundraiser discs. Triology doesn't seem to have (m)any signature stock discs. Men are the main purchasers of golf discs. I think more men are likely to buy a PP Champion Tern because they like the disc than buy a more expensive, special edition PP Trespass because they want to support the player.

Discmania could be possible simply because she's probably,if not definitely, the longest driving women on tour and they seem to like bombers. She is also an elite player(regardless of sex) and that could work well in Jussi's Disc Golf World Tour.

I wouldn't guess Discraft because she left them already. Aside from Nikko (familial ties with Gateway) I can't think of any players that went back to a previous sponsor.

 

[DanJon]

Innova and the Lat. family seem to be the only ones with the resources to sway her from Prodigy.

Innova has supported Val for a long time.

Why wouldnt they want to bring in the current most dominant female player?

 

[DatRedDude]

Salient and she will be the face of the American Disc Golf Tour!

 

[Anon]

Trilogy because of the Emac connection

Innova because of the obvious cache that comes with having the best MPO and FPO player in the world

Discraft because she misses the signature Stalker

 

[Jenga54]

Salient and she will be the face of the American Disc Golf Tour!

Ouch

I think it's a strong point that the DGWT is going to put on a big show, naming big names, even big names for Announcers! - plus my current favorites are DiscMania plastics and Paige is my favorite female player, so it'll be DiscMania. With Paige Simon and Eagle they would have a strong hold on the next 5+ years if anyone sticks around that long anymore.

 

[bhadella]

My top guess would be Innova followed by Discmania. Just won her 3 world title. With a decent contract length, Innova may be willing to put her name on a stock disc now. I think she could make more money with a signature stock disc than limited edition/fundraiser discs. Triology doesn't seem to have (m)any signature stock discs. Men are the main purchasers of golf discs. I think more men are likely to buy a PP Champion Tern because they like the disc than buy a more expensive, special edition PP Trespass because they want to support the player.

Discmania could be possible simply because she's probably,if not definitely, the longest driving women on tour and they seem to like bombers. She is also an elite player(regardless of sex) and that could work well in Jussi's Disc Golf World Tour.

I wouldn't guess Discraft because she left them already. Aside from Nikko (familial ties with Gateway) I can't think of any players that went back to a previous sponsor.

Unless someone is paying for all of her travel, I don't see any of the women traveling to the European DGWT stops. What's the best case scenario for them? Maybe cashing?

 

[Pbmercil]

From the outside looking in, it would seem to me Discraft is going to make a big push to snag some well known Pros.
- Not supporting their current crop much, even heard rumblings of them telling some of their own players they are going move in a different direction.
- New Discraft Factory Store seems like a logical place to sell Tour Series discs, seems like some other company is doing that.
- If Paige is indeed leaving Prodigy, seems possible Discraft will try and bring her over.

Why would they be making a push to add players when they haven't supported their current crop much at all? Name the last decent name they brought in. All of their well known players have been with them for a long time

 

[bhadella]

Why would they be making a push to add players when they haven't supported their current crop much at all? Name the last decent name they brought in. All of their well known players have been with them for a long time

Actual Discraft's youth team is pretty darn strong. They dominated 19 and under at Worlds. They skipped a generation and are going after the kids. Smart play too; kids are cheap to win over and then become loyal to the team compared to grizzled touring players.

 

[BgWvDave]

Buzz around USDGC was Innova. Her and EMAC go way back but if i was a betting man my money would be on Innova

 

[Pbmercil]

Actual Discraft's youth team is pretty darn strong. They dominated 19 and under at Worlds. They skipped a generation and are going after the kids. Smart play too; kids are cheap to win over and then become loyal to the team compared to grizzled touring players.

PP isn't a grizzled touring player?

Sure, they "dominated" 19 and under, by virtue of the top three young players in the country not playing in that division. And all 3 of those kids are innova or discmania

 

[KGroff25]

Buzz around USDGC was Innova. Her and EMAC go way back but if i was a betting man my money would be on Innova

Interesting. Was this purely speculation or actual influential people giving info?

 

[juju]

Vibram. She loves the Maple Hill Open.

 

[JC17393]

Buzz around USDGC was Innova. Her and EMAC go way back but if i was a betting man my money would be on Innova

Just to add to the baseless speculation, her travel mate for the last year is Innova sponsored.

Oh, and just a peeve...there is no Trilogy team, at least not as far as sponsorships go. If she ends up in the family, it will be under a specific brand: DD, Lat or Westside.

 

[BgWvDave]

Interesting. Was this purely speculation or actual influential people giving info?

won't go into detail but the people i heard it from were in the know. from what it sounds like to me the deal is already done...just waiting on the announcement.

 

[KGroff25]

won't go into detail but the people i heard it from were in the know. from what it sounds like to me the deal is already done...just waiting on the announcement.

I wouldn't expect specifics, but that's definitely sounds more substantial than just people speculating. Thanks for the info!

 

[BgWvDave]

Just to add to the baseless speculation, her travel mate for the last year is Innova sponsored.

there you go again. I would not categorize mine, or some other regular posters here that are in the know, opinions as baseless. I at least can assure you my post absolutely has a base. not taking offense just weighing in.

to address the bolded part of your post. I was thinking the same thing. But can not find anywhere on Innova's site that lists Madison as sponsored by Innova. That includes their "ambassador" team. i am assuming though that, that is who you were referring to.

 

[BgWvDave]

I wouldn't expect specifics, but that's definitely sounds more substantial than just people speculating. Thanks for the info!

:thmbup:

 

[Qstick333]

there you go again. I would not categorize mine, or some other regular posters here that are in the know, opinions as baseless. I at least can assure you my post absolutely has a base. not taking offense just weighing in.

to address the bolded part of your post. I was thinking the same thing. But can not find anywhere on Innova's site that lists Madison as sponsored by Innova. That includes their "ambassador" team. i am assuming though that, that is who you were referring to.

From her twitter profile......

Attempting all 50 states while touring as an Innova-sponsored professional disc golfer. I live for Spikeball, surfing, SCUBA diving, sandwiches, and science.