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[Jason Philips]

Originally Posted by maynard

You know its easy to be critical of anything that someone else is doing. The extra $7.95 was well worth it for me to support DGPTV and to be a part of this ground breaking exposure for our great sport. These productions cost a lot of money and I got to watch a lot of great golf. I have no complaints, I got my moneys worth. Cheap entertaiment if you ask me...

What is ground breaking about dedicated coverage to an emmerging sport?

And are you saying that people who pay a lifetime membership are not supporting Discgolf Planet enough?

I have a legitimate question, did non-members have to pay the pay per view price and the lifetime membership price?

[Bullseye]

I think it was a very bad idea for the DG Planet guys to EVER imply that we would get a lifetime of coverage in the first place, and I think that is the main beef most people have with this deal. If they had simply made it $5-$10 per event or something then people could have made their decision based on that. I would pay that much per event, but I definitely think we were sold a bill of goods that was not delivered as advertised.

With that said, I'm going to put it behind me as the growing pains of a young organization, as opposed to outright maliciousness. If you like the coverage (perfect or not) then subscribe, if not... don't. It's pretty simple really.

[maynard]

Jason if you have been playing disc golf for as long as I have and had to wait until it was your turn to borrow or get a copy of someones grainy vhs tape from some tourney years ago or months ago, I think this is pretty ground breaking. Thats just my perspective. I have been listening to the "emerging sport" talk for over 25 years already. In NO WAY am I suggesting or downgrading anyones support by ONLY buying a lifetime membership, like I said in the start I was taken back at first as well with the additional cost for the worlds. I just choose not to be bitter and move on to live another day without resentment surrounding this whole thing. You have every right to voice your own opinion and I applaud you for asking the questions and putting it out there so to speak.

QUOTE=Jason Philips;124353]What is ground breaking about dedicated coverage to an emmerging sport?

And are you saying that people who pay a lifetime membership are not supporting Discgolf Planet enough?

I have a legitimate question, did non-members have to pay the pay per view price and the lifetime membership price?[/quote]

[Jason Philips]

I thought the two girls one cup phenomenom was groundbreaking but that is only because it was so widespread. I think even my grandmother knew about it.

Currently you can find all kinds of live broadcasts on the web. I don't even have to attend Burning Man anymore. I can watch it from the web. The broadcast capability is probably groundbreaking but not the actual broadcast of disc golf. I'd call groundbreaking showing the championship on ESPN. That would be groundbreaking. I wonder if we spend time fostering just another web show (How it is likely viewed by many) will we ever devote time to getting coverage by major networks. Is there a marketing team at the PDGA that focuses on just such a thing? (I honestly don't know).