Not following you there at all. Examples please?
I feel that many media decisions made by many parties in the past 2 years have been in the spirit of "contracting" (as opposed to expanding, not referencing written contracts directly) opportunities. Some might say "restricting" but I think that word infers a more negative intent than I want to convey.
Another way I've argued this is "the pie isn't big enough to start slicing up" - but I mean this both financially and more generally/philosophically.
How that relates is - cutting down the tour from 16 NT + PT's to 10 is a bad plan in 2020. It restricts opportunity for aspiring pros and fans alike, and the PT can't possibly pay out enough right now (without ownership going into the piggy bank every event) to make it worth it financially for all of those borderline players to still attend.
Right now more tour events with smaller purses are still necessary. The sport can't support a consolidated tour yet. The goal the DGPT should have is finding a way to competitively make the NT look like a minor league. That would be an even better arrangement than the PDGA folding their tour tbh.
Despite this, Steve has once again taken the unprofessional attack route of the PDGA. It's really getting tiring.
FWIW, I have definitely felt that Steve has attacked the PDGA in the past, but I didn't read this as an attack piece. It came across more to me as a public declaration of support for the DGPT, and also an attempt at giving the "no hard feelings" PR angle so that lingering questions don't dog the DGPT when the season starts up.
My suspicion is that as Steve is getting some distance to look at what he created from a new angle, he's seeing things in a new light, which is pretty natural. He was well received at DGPT Champ this year.
Plus, the PDGA is evolving right now. It's somewhere between Brian Graham's operation and Joe Chargulaaf's, and I think there's some internal sorting out of what the priorities of the new administration are which takes time. I think it's a completely fair thought piece to pen at this juncture in time in our sport.