Image matters. Plain and simple.
You can disagree with what image you want to convey, but we still judge books by their covers.
(As I did just a few posts ago) :|
Speak for yourself. I don't judge people by their image.
Who gives a crap what clothes the players are wearing? Play in something that's comfortable.
Disclaimer: Everything below is based on social norms. If you disagree with them, do not read any further.
Can't our finest pros play in something that's comfortable and professional? Dressing professionally tells someone that you take your position seriously and expect respect. And it is my opinion that you should want respect for any hard earned position you have gained.
It's a workplace. Restrictions are made in every workplace as to what is acceptable. Call it "country club mentality," but in very few workplaces is image not a concern... Especially in the category of respected, professional sports.
The athletes are entertainers, particularly in the larger events.
I am not criticizing any competitor's personal style, simply arguing that in the public eye, dress is a very important means of conveying information
Speak for yourself. I don't judge people by their image. And I don't want the rules shaped by a bunch of people with issues like that. I want to see players play as well as possible, I don't even care if he played shirtless. Plenty of legitimate sports are contested shirtless for performance reasons. This is county club golf mentality and it's silly. So there
Over a road and parking lot THAT'S CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. Is it a good design for an every day course? No. But for the tournament by itself, there's really nothing wrong with it, and it's one of the more unique and challenging holes in all of disc golf.
And there were a couple years, following the police training exercise incident (2003, btw), where they kept the basket on the tee side of the road and never crossed the parking lot at all. It was a much poorer hole overall.
Throwing over a parking lot there is no different than throwing over the lake on hole 5...only you get to retrieve your discs from the OB on hole 13.
Please tell me one other sport where the course of normal play results in playing over a parking lot and a road and hitting a parking lot light pole, like Anthon did in round 3.
It doesn't exist. Football, basketball, baseball, soccer, boxing, rugby, cricket, tennis, hockey, volleyball, gymnastics, track and field, winter sports, and even our sister sport golf: they all of their own field of play. None of these sports require utilizing the same area as a place where only a few hours beforehand or afterwards is a road where cars drive!
It's really a joke. :thmbdown:
I definitely agree that professionals at a "televised" tournament should be wearing better attire, for the simple fact that I want to see disc golf on ESPN one day and as long as people are dressed like a college freshman going to 7 AM class, the best we can hope for is ESPN 8 The Ocho.
Disc golf is on the verge of exploding, the same way that poker exploded a few years ago. Someone will pick it up, we need to be prepared. I am not making a judgement about the people and their choice of attire, I am simply stating that the rules of dress should be re-worked and enforced by the PDGA for Open division play.
Agreed. Though I wouldn't mind having Cotton Mcknight and Pepper Brooks commentating!