Go play in Ledgestone and see if you can redeem your am vouchers for anything other than Discraft. That's about as exclusive as it gets...no different than how the USDGC is exclusive to Innova. Lyle was talking about the DGPT being a better platform than USDGC. One tournament is not the same thing as an entire tour series. The DGPT has events within its tour that are exclusive to one particular manufacturer...no different than the USDGC. He was comparing apples to oranges.
Now a manufacturer having exclusivity to an event and anybody purchasing advertising space during a broadcast is again apples to oranges. Innova is a premier partner of the DGPT...aka they support both sides of the DGCR imagined tour rivalry.
Let me point out that you're correct, my bad. What I meant to write is DGWT vs DGPT. USDGC nicely sums what happens in DGWT.
The discussion hasn't been a merch one, but frankly, Ledgestone has taken more on the chin for being exclusively Discraft than USDGC has for being innova. Again, no one raised that point till now and I'd like to drop it since it isn't relevant.
The point at hand is live coverage, bang for your buck, and how the topic is discussed. I don't think I'm on a thin limb when I point out that Steve has done a better job than Jussie. It's hard to know whether that's rules followed, Steve makes his own, and Jussie has to follow Innova wishes, or personality.
For sure, Steve handles the controversies that we internet trolls raise quite well. Harold does too. Jussie seems to magnify them. Some because he mis speaks, some appear to be control issues. "We couldn't get video done because I didn't have the time." Quoted last year. This year, he had time.
The misstatements combined with what's happened serve to make Jussie look bad. I agree with you. He's not Darth Vader, more like Anikin.
That leaves us with a discussion of live coverage. It's merits vs full control. I think Steve has it right and DGWT doesn't. Simple enough.