I have a question for my disc golf friends, fans and members of the Pdga. Im concerned that some of the events in our National Tour PDGA series are filling up at unbelievable pace. This is a good thing for the sport of Disc Golf but challenging to make sure the best players in the world beat out packs of anxious players in the rat race to register. I have talked with several others about a solution even wrote the PDGA on multiple accations. My thoughts are opening a pre registration window of one week or one month for a list of qualified pros to register. This includes the top 72 players players in both world ranking and player rating. If players miss their spot in this open window of sign ups then their spot will be given away to the next in line ready to register at the next open registration. If our sport wants to showcase the best talents in our elite NT series then the best players should always have a chance to attend their job. Yesterday I had a set reminder on my I Phone for opening registration at the Memorial. As soon as this tournament opened I stopped everything I was doing at the time and filled out the registration online. Granite I was in a spot deep in the woods of Northern California my phone froze up a couple times and I had to restart registration. After I filled out everything that was needed it out me on the waiting list for the Memorial. Its frustrating to see myself a past champion of this event waiting to get in. Other top players in the world are also on a waiting list to attend their job. Something needs to change and soon. A system needs to be set in place to make sure top (touring pros) have a chance to compete in the National Tour series. The window of sign ups need to be extended and structured in a way where it is not just a Rat Race. Imagine if lets say Kobe Bryant was benched during his prime because someone else signed up to play in front of him in his 1st playoff game of the year. The comparison is not far off. Please tag other top pros and let me know if this makes sense ? Im trying to be logical and serious about this topic.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:44:11 +0000
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