need some advise

[mazza]

hey guys and gals. i'm an up and coming am player. and what i need advise on is how to go about picking up sponsors? and what i should look for in a sponsor and or what i should expect from them?

thank you all in advance

[snap7times]

win a few tournaments in open??

[ChainBanger]

Seriously?

[mazza]

Seriously?yeah seriously i'm not expecting it to happen overnight but i feel that is an awesome goal to shoot for. so far as winning some tournies in open divison....then yeah i'm afew years out from that:rockon:

[erp]

Yeah, and probably not ID yourself with a pot leaf on your avatar - sponsors don't like controversy for the most part...oll at what a single bong hit did for the best swimmer in the world...

yeah seriously i'm not expecting it to happen overnight but i feel that is an awesome goal to shoot for. so far as winning some tournies in open divison....then yeah i'm afew years out from that:rockon:

[snap7times]

uhhhh, it's like a 1 in a million shot to get a sponsor out there... think about this, our back to back National Deaf champ can't get a sponsor.. yet...

[mazza]

Yeah, and probably not ID yourself with a pot leaf on your avatar - sponsors don't like controversy for the most part...oll at what a single bong hit did for the best swimmer in the world...

aight i'll give that to ya...good point and well taken. is this better?

[erp]

I liked the first one just fine, but I'm not gonna sponsor ya!

Just a bit of friendly advice!

aight i'll give that to ya...good point and well taken. is this better?

[mazza]

and i thank u much for pointing that out for me:rockon:

[JMan]

Once your pdga ranking goes over 1000 the sponsors will find you; until then, well getting to the 1000 mark will keep you busy for a while.

[REDFIVE]

What I was told by innova was get to 1000 and get a couple of wins against some good players. The amount of tourneys you play and how far you travel is important also. Local sponsors are not as picky.

[mazza]

aight so a 1000 rating is a good start.... well i better eat my wheaties and practice more lol:biggrin2:

[mazza]

aight well after talking to friends i'm gonna try for local sponsorships... a discraft or innova sponsor would be great. but not likely any time soon. thank you guys for the info

[Scott]

You may want to consider joining the PDGA. It might be hard to be taken seriously as a pro player if you are not a member of the PDGA.

[Sean Phillips]

Mazza,

If you are really serious about obtaining a sponsor get a professional to write you a generic proposal and start selling yourself like crazy. I'm sure there are a lot of small local business's that would sponsor a disc golf player as long as they were getting their money's worth in advertisement. I was in the process of this right before I broke my leg a few months back. It will take a lot of leg work.

999 "NO's" may be worth the suffering for the 1 "MAYBE"

[mazza]

thanks guys

[olydiscgolf]

I think its great you are actively seeking sponsorship. I know of at least a couple of other AM players that have sponsors. The more sponsored players the better! Good Luck!

[DMajor]

I'm still waiting for my team Oly sponsorship starter kit to come through the mail

[olydiscgolf]

Well Major D, Im waiting for MY Team OLY sponsorship to come as well! Maybe if I keep working at the course, it will pay off!

[DMajor]

Doubtful. I heard the president doesn't like you. Too much toestepping