I just don't understand why he was so hands off on the community aspect after he couldn't play. He just disappeared and the only way to ever see his name is on an innova disc or in context of 'the old days'.
I just don't see his name being a big enough draw nowadays to justify a manufacturer giving him a custom line(ala McBeth/Simon). In 'the old days' he put eagles/rocs/teebirds/firebirds on the map, but in modern times(past ten years) they can/will sell just fine without his name attached. Especially since Innova has broken the 'only one sponsored pro per mold' rule they seemed to cling to during the patented days.
A 'KC Teebird' is no different from a F2 Champ Teebird and you can get a 'Teebird' from literally every manufacturer now(same for any of the other KC molds).
Like the Sexton Firebirds, they didn't sell like hotcakes because of Sexton's name, they sold well because players have been screaming for more premium options for Firebirds for like a decade at that point. Same reason McBeth Roc3's sold so well, people had been wanting champ rocs that weren't $30+ for decades.
I think holding onto KC was just a relic of the Patented era when they really didn't need to try too hard to maintain marketshare. Now that they actually have to try to compete against MVP/Discraft/HOD, they're finally shaking things up(and have been for a while to be fair), but this was loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong overdue in my opinion.
Like they should've done this when McBeth won his 3rd/4th.