Define exploit. I tend to agree with him about BS.
Short version:
I do not believe the word exploit is the focus. The contentious part of JTs post is "us" and "Wake me up when he's really about dg and the culture..." - with JTs similar position to Brodie in the first place it reads as sour grapes.
Sour Grapes - used to refer to an attitude in which someone adopts a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves.
Longer version:
I have no delusions/predictions that Brodie will take disc golf seriously at all. There is good chance that BS does intend to use disc golf as his next adventure, which would be reflected on one of his YT channels. BS may intend to do exactly what JT said - use disc golf for ad revenue. The problem is that JT lives in a very similar space and is "marginalizing" Brodie with prejudice.
Defining exploit is interesting:
1. make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)
2. use (a situation or person) in an unfair or selfish way
I think many correctly associate the word with the second definition in this case since JT leads in with "Wake me up when he's really about dg and the culture..." as if his personal definition of "dg culture" is some sort of qualifier or prerequisite to profit off of or even participate in the sport.
Add to that - JT, in his own words, will define TDs, staff and volunteers as "marginalized" while "exploiting" them at every turn himself. Unless JT is sharing his profits off of these peoples efforts, this is virtue signaling at its finest.
Would I agree that BS may intend to create YT content and earn ad revenue? Yes. I do not view this as a negative.
JT paints Brodie's intentions in a negative light by advocating the idea that BS is required to prove something to
us by demanding that he is "about the dg culture", while insinuating that there is some sort of disc golf street cred' that needs to be earned to create disc golf content or profit off of the sport. Add to that, JTs "Wake me up when..." acting as if he is the gatekeeper of what is, and is not, an acceptable approach to disc golf media or participation in the sport overall.
JTs opinions have consistently been pompous and in this case you can add very asinine.
This is my opinion as I do not claim to speak for
us.