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What is the benefit of increasing the tour and payouts at events? If our sport becomes more popular will the model become more pay to play or will we still continue to see community parks with challenging courses? Will we now have country clubs or private resorts catering to the elite while our community parks become clogged and degenerative.

Where is the benefit to the promoters to encourage this model. The is clearly not enough money even in a $50K payout to pay promoters and organizers enough to keep things going. Elite disc golfers may leave the tour but so do TDs and promoters as they burn out from the extra work after their regular jobs.

Ball golf has the corporate sponsorship's not just because of the fan fare but also because its heritage and its known as a gentlemen's sport. When was the last time you saw a disc golfer disqualify themselves for violating the rules.

I wish Steve all the best of luck but I am not convinced his model will work for this sport. Disc golf will never be as prestigious as Ball Golf and will never attract the same level of interest as most sports currently in mainstream today worldwide.

Then again I am not a business model expert or even a laymen in marketing schemes.