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Not with this kind of money and this big of a field. 96 MPO players for 50K.Past, present and future?
Non-sanctioned skins has been a thing for years.
Not with this kind of money and this big of a field. 96 MPO players for 50K.
I think the end game for the owner is to have Eagle's Crossing recognized as the world's best disc golf venue and rather than hosting a silver series event, like Lake Marshall and New World he is basically going over DGPT's head to get there. Shades of LIV ?I like the course, but can't see paying more than a few bucks to watch, and only condensed coverage then. I'd love to know how/why this one person is pouring so much cash into events. This is the third one I believe. Each bigger than before.
I think the end game for the owner is to have Eagle's Crossing recognized as the world's best disc golf venue and rather than hosting a silver series event, like Lake Marshall and New World he is basically going over DGPT's head to get there. Shades of LIV ?
Neither. It isn't the future of disc golf, but it also isn't an aberration. For multiple reasons.A non-sanctioned event at Eagle's Crossing. The future of professional disc golf or just an aberration ?
So, it is an open event? No separate F division?
If the DGPT skirmish with the PDGA "was a shot across the bow", this is more like drone strike aimed at directly at the DGPT and I'm not sure it is just a one-off. Looking at the 2023 schedule, it's easy to imagine another Eagle Skins right after Jonesboro.Their exact words were: "This is mostly meant as a shot across the bow of the PDGA." - this event, similarly to the upcoming Eagle Skins event, had a payout approximately 1/3 that of the biggest event the PDGA had held.
The big difference between this and the DGPT Championship, at the time, is that this event is a one-off funded by a single deep-pocketed individual.
Sorry, I meant one-off as in this is not a part of some greater series of events. It could be annual, but its just one event, one person's toy.If the DGPT skirmish with the PDGA "was a shot across the bow", this is more like drone strike aimed at directly at the DGPT and I'm not sure it is just a one-off. Looking at the 2023 schedule, it's easy to imagine another Eagle Skins right after Jonesboro.
If it's non sanctioned does that mean Nikko can play?
The timing of this kills the start of DGPT's new wraparound 2023 season (silver) opener at Lake Marshall, by pulling potential competitors out of the east coast into the midwest instead of playing in the down east A tier. I'm sticking with a drone strike.Sorry, I meant one-off as in this is not a part of some greater series of events. It could be annual, but its just one event, one person's toy.
The infrastructure to lead a movement away from the PDGA or DGPT isn't there, and further isn't even hinted at. I wouldn't even regard it as, at least not yet, anything aimed at the DGPT - it is distinctly different and apart from what the DGPT is doing. If it has any aims to move the sport away from the structure or facilitation of a tour in the fashion of the DGPT this is barely a nascent move toward that.
If anything it is far less than a drone strike aimed directly at DGPT than it is a test to find out if the drone can fly any significant distance in order to maybe one day consider a system for aiming the drone that could lead to the drone strike at the DGPT (following up the previous Eagles Crossing skins, which was an effort to find out if the drone could fly at all).
This is an effort to establish the reputation of one site on its own merits, at this stage.