Miamisms
Eagle Member
I mean, you don't generally see sports teams cut ties with players over suspensions for on-field incidents. Off-field? Sure. However, you will see sponsors drop players of major sports for various transgressions. Which leaves us with this: Is Innova, in this situation, a team, or a sponsor? With disc golf's current structure, I'd say it's a pretty gray area and you could make arguments for both.
Ooooo I like that, very well put and interesting food for thought!!!!^^^^ :clap:
I fail to see how Innova is the bad guy here for being the good guy. Can someone explain this to me in a coherent more than one troll sentence manner? (I'm asking for it I know it haha)
From the statement, Innova is not supporting BW except for the fact of funding a few discs (I would not classify this as a sponsorship by ANY means), and hoping he makes improvements off the field. Technically from a PR side, this seems like a light and very smart way of a dealing with it, taking in either side: contract annulment or assistance attached with an ultimatum. Neither of these are enabling a behavior, he has been punished by the PDGA and now is on the line with his sponsor aka both forms of his income have ceased for 18 months. If that isn't consequence then I don't know what is. If they were to flat out say we don't support people with psychological blemishes, or if you are on the other side of the fence, we don't support bullies, that would be bad PR either way and cause them more drama, and not a platform for which they need to take a stance on.
Innova is not responsible for placing him with a ban, the PDGA is, and I think that is starting to get blurred here.
Either way I hope some of the rumors become public or more rumors are generated so this page can revert to its purpose and not get pushed to the sin bin by moderators haha:
I for one am curious about the PP and Jerm rumors and how that will play out/what will come of it.