Hey hey ho ho round ratings have got to GO!

[robdeforge]

tweet from Mcbeth yesterday:

I find it quite odd that Nate Sexton or @Bigjermdg didn't once mention ratings in the CBS Broadcast.... oh wait that's right because they are pointless!

*for Professionals

In a follow up reply tweet to thediscgolfguy, paul says

"We need a true world ranking system."

Interesting thoughts from the world's highest player! I wonder how much the foundation guys paid him to tweet this

 

[brutalbrutus]

 

[Jay Dub]

Without ratings we'll never know who to invite to the pro tour.

 

[McCready]

Guess that 6 point drop is getting under his skin? Ricky is gaining on him.

 

[ru4por]

I guess Paul does not get the purpose, nor audience of the CBS broadcast. Viewers new to the game, watching the broadcast would not understand the nuances of ratings. There is NOTHING more to this.

 

[rusch_bag]

If you think the foundation guys can come up with their own thoughts, you are crazy. They all just regurgitate whatever Paul tells them.

 

[kyflash]

tweet from Mcbeth yesterday:



In a follow up reply tweet to thediscgolfguy, paul says

"We need a true world ranking system."

Interesting thoughts from the world's highest player! I wonder how much the foundation guys paid him to tweet this

Paul is a (THE) "Foundation Guy"

 

[Jay Dub]

What is this foundation guy thing? Yes I'm serious.

 

[wims]

Foundation Disc Golf is Paul's disc shop / youtube channel / brand

 

[Rastnav]

Foundation Disc Golf is Paul's disc shop / youtube channel / brand

Paul and Brodie's, fwiw. I'm honestly not sure if Hunter has a stake anymore or not, but I think he also owns a share.

 

[robdeforge]

Paul is a (THE) "Foundation Guy"

yea that was just a bad joke on my part. i do wonder - was paul (publicly) talking out against ratings before brodie came on the scene?

 

[jdm0514]

Wasn't Paul saying that there are too many sponsored players nowadays? Then a guy who never played a competitive round before gets a discraft sponsorship. Kinda funny that his bestie is the people he despised in the past.

 

[McCready]

I honestly thought Foundation was run by friends of Paul's.

 

[Jay Dub]

Someone get to the bottom of this. I gotta sleep tonight.

 

[ToddL]

If you don't like ratings for pros, feel free to not look at them.

 

[Dingus]

tweet from Mcbeth yesterday:



In a follow up reply tweet to thediscgolfguy, paul says

"We need a true world ranking system."

Interesting thoughts from the world's highest player! I wonder how much the foundation guys paid him to tweet this

This is called "testing the waters". A complete split away from the PDGA has been in the cards for a long while. It only makes sense, the PDGA is clearly more aligned with a USGA amateur org vs a PGA pro org.

 

[armiller]

Is there any advantage to not having ratings?

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Easy to bash the current rating system and point to examples where it doesn't work well.

Great. What's your recommendation for improvement?

If you aren't gonna give us an alternative, you're just whining.

 

[Cgkdisc]

You can't have a valid World Ranking system without ratings as a core component in the calculation for the same reason you can't have a World Championship and global Majors without International player participation. However, the ratings used for World Rankings must be and have been done slightly differently for World Rankings and now need further tweaking to work properly.

 

[DanJon]

This is called "testing the waters". A complete split away from the PDGA has been in the cards for a long while. It only makes sense, the PDGA is clearly more aligned with a USGA amateur org vs a PGA pro org.

Lol, they will need a bit more funding first to make that happen.