Disc Golf and it's Professional Legitimacy

[Grungedude42]

If you got rid of all the players who drank or indulged while playing, not only would you still have no spectators, but no manufacturers either. You can't sell equipment to a sport with no players.
The lifesblood of this game is the casual player.

 

[WhiteyBear]

Colorado sold 19 million worth of pot in March. Thats a lot bigger than the PDGA will ever be. Anyone who thinks pot is holding something back is living in the past.

You're comparing the sales of marijuana to whether or not a game will be big?

The olympics completely bans marijuana, and can pee/blood test you at any time they want, they'll NEVER be huge :|

Waiting for your reference to Phelps's use, because he was suspended for 3 months, and lost Kellogg (which is a huge sponsor).

 

[New013]

clearly he's big on intolerance

 

[erock216]

You're comparing the sales of marijuana to whether or not a game will be big?

The olympics completely bans marijuana, and can pee/blood test you at any time they want, they'll NEVER be huge :|

Waiting for your reference to Phelps's use, because he was suspended for 3 months, and lost Kellogg (which is a huge sponsor).

The 2022 Winter Olympics: the games nobody wants to host

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/28/winter-olympics-2022-games-nobody-wants

 

[The Hammer]

The PDGA should definitely work harder to alienate the few players that it already has. Disc golf is way too inclusive. That will make the game bigger than the NFL.

Good luck with that strategy.

 

[optidiscic]

disc golf is perhaps the last bastion of disorganized recreation left in this country

it used to be you could go out and play sports/games without being organized by soccer moms and unrealistic dads

todays generation spends money to go run around in the mud because its organized for crying out loud

I remember getting kicked off of basketball courts for the first time 20 yrs ago because of organized summer leagues

My point is kids don't even play tag without payin a fee and being organized by some adult

I frankly love disc golf because aside from weekly league and occasional tourney you can just show up and play...if you get your fantasy of DG on ESPN I bet that courses would be overrun by organized soccer moms telling everyone to get off the course

This is all rather draconian but be careful what you wish for

 

[erock216]

You're comparing the sales of marijuana to whether or not a game will be big?

The olympics completely bans marijuana, and can pee/blood test you at any time they want, they'll NEVER be huge :|

Waiting for your reference to Phelps's use, because he was suspended for 3 months, and lost Kellogg (which is a huge sponsor).

The point is don't you want a piece of that? If we could get all stoners to spend .01% of their discretionary income on disc golf the game would grow a lot.

 

[New013]

dude tag is pretty much illegal now thanks to people like this guy.

 

[optidiscic]

I actually think disc golf is a geeky game embraced by geeks but then to make it seem cool some geeks started smoking weed to make it seem like its a cool hip stoner thing

admit it we are all playing a geeky game and that's how 98% of the world sees us

 

[Pound]

I have some downtime, so I will jump in some of this craziness.

I believe Mountaingoat is climbing up the wrong hill on this one as well. It appears that he has a personal biases towards ( or away from ) cannabis and how it is stunting the growth of DG. I think it was on Real Sports with Bryant Gumball, when they recently did a story on how drugged out the NFL was on prescriptions and how there is a push by players to allow the (nonphysical enhancing drug ) of cannabis to be used SINCE a large percent (maybe 70% ) of current players being recruited into the NFL use it anyway. People have already mention NBA etc… it IS in our mainstream sports. We just don't see it.

Also does anyone remember Michael Phelps with a bong in hand? Here is a recent article from April 2014 ( http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/...sh-as-michael-phelps-emerges-from-retirement/ ) which headline reads: Sponsors Expected To Score Big As Michael Phelps Emerges From Retirement. Uhm… they are not running from him. And we are taking about swimming. If swimming can make it, with weed and all… so can DG.

Should players smoke anything during tournaments or drinking on televised sports? I don't believe so. But the collective mindset of cannabis is changing quickly in this country. And if we go by the (proven) fact that cannabis is less harmful and less (read: non) addicting than prescriptions and alcohol… then how does baseball, football, and basketball match up? Meaning: How many Super Bowl ads have to do with Budweiser and Viagra (granted the blue pill are not physically addicting, but can cause priapism!!! So be careful )

So if enough people watch DG, the sponsors can be anything. Does Buick build golf clubs? If enough people watch it, then Kleenex will buy a timeslot.
However, some other companies that may be involved in the sport that are not DG companies: Visine (for allergies you pot heads!), sunscreen, water, beer, many clothing companies, sharpies, food chains, Technu, Benadryl, sunglasses, collectives, sport drinks, REI, PIAS, shoes…

I believe DG could be entertaining to watch, but to those that play it. (At least as entertaining as ball golf, nascar and 99% of Olympic sports) But it would take many more people to play the sport, to understand how to watch it, and it would be difficult to set up the cameras to televise it properly. Which currently we don't have.

But the real question is, would we really want that? To have it be THAT popular, means 20 minute wait time at ever tee box, if we are lucky. That would suck. I like knowing the regulars at my home course... as dysfunctional as they are!

 

[optidiscic]

dude tag is pretty much illegal now thanks to people like this guy.

did the americans with disabilities act kill tag too?
bastards

 

[bradharris]

Go to a minor league baseball game. There is often a pretty strong fan base, an outfield wall covered in advertisements, and plenty of advertising promotions throughout the park.

Most of the players on the field still have to work a second job to support themselves.

Sure, players in the big leagues are doing okay for themselves, but even in a well-established sport like baseball, the majority of professionals are not earning a full-time living on the sport.

 

[The Hammer]

I actually think disc golf is a geeky game embraced by geeks but then to make it seem cool some geeks started smoking weed to make it seem like its a cool hip stoner thing

admit it we are all playing a geeky game and that's how 98% of the world sees us

Absolutely. I don't think we will ever live to see the day when ANY frisbee sport is seen as anything but a goofy fringe game.

 

[New013]

tag is banned in schools around here, kids aren't allowed to touch each other.