The Rise of the $10M Disc Golf Celebrity
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The Rise of the $10M Disc Golf Celebrity
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#2he's really going to open the door for what I like to call alternative sports getting big deals. You can make money doing anything if you're good enough and he definitely fits the bill
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#3Disc Golf is a great sport for all ages. It has effectively no barrier to entry and is good exercise to boot - it's more or less hiking with a game sprinkled in. Here's hoping it continues to amass what seems to be growing popularity.
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#4Dorky version of an already dorky sport.
Edit: Oh my bad, disc golf is very, very cool. LOL.
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#5The Color of Money (1986):
Eddie Felson: "If you got an area of excellence... you're the best at something, anything... then rich can be arranged. Rich can come fairly easy."
If you're one of the best at something, at that point you just need a lever, a platform of consequence to hitch up to and ride. Whether that's being the best toy reviewer on YouTube, or the best podcaster on a giant streaming service, or the best writer on Substack, or the best disc golfer.
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#6Huge disc golf fan, collector, and player here. Check out the disc golf world championships this week, with lead-card official post-round coverage by JomezPro on YouTube. Paul McBeth will be playing for a chance at a potential sixth world champion title. It's a fantastic time of growth for the sport for professionals and casual players alike.
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#7Huge disc golf fan, collector, and player here. Check out the disc golf world championships this week, with lead-card official post-round coverage by JomezPro on YouTube. Paul McBeth will be playing for a chance at a potential sixth world champion title. It's a fantastic time of growth for the sport for professionals and casual players alike.
Jomez is an astonishingly well-done production for what I used to think was a niche sport. It was wholly responsible for getting me into watching it regularly. It's really easy to avoid spoilers about Disc Golf and so watching it non-live is nicer than more popular sports. So as a bonus you get to see a well-edited format (where the commentary is still unscripted as they watch the edited footage).
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#8he's really going to open the door for what I like to call alternative sports getting big deals. You can make money doing anything if you're good enough and he definitely fits the bill
> You can make money doing anything if you're good enough
The thesis of the article seems to be that this isn’t enough. It’s the marketing and social media aspect that makes the money possible.
McBeth might not be the disc golf GOAT, but he’s close and he’s in the right place at the right time and is learning to market himself. His lifetime on the course earnings (again, from the article) are less than 5% of one year of his current endorsement deals.
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#9Huge disc golf fan, collector, and player here. Check out the disc golf world championships this week, with lead-card official post-round coverage by JomezPro on YouTube. Paul McBeth will be playing for a chance at a potential sixth world champion title. It's a fantastic time of growth for the sport for professionals and casual players alike.
Jomez is an astonishingly well-done production for what I used to think was a niche sport. It was wholly responsible for getting me into watching it regularly. It's really easy to avoid spoilers about Disc Golf and so watching it non-live is nicer than more popular sports. So as a bonus you get to see a well-edited format (where the commentary is still unscripted as they watch the edited footage).
Im a sports fan and don’t play disc golf but I watch Jomez religiously. Just like tuning in for NBA on TNT.
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#10Dorky version of an already dorky sport. Edit: Oh my bad, disc golf is very, very cool. LOL.
Nobody gives a shit dude. We'll keep having fun without you.