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Are Professional Players Worth It To Manufacturers? | Debate Night Clips
Join us for a heated debate on whether professional players are worth it to manufacturers in the disc golf industry. The big question remains: do these high-profile endorsements pay off? We'll explore the biggest deals in disc golf, including Paul McBeth's record-breaking $1 million endorsement with Discraft, and Ricky Wysocki's lucrative contract with Dynamic Discs. With their impressive track records and loyal followings, it's clear that these players are major assets for manufacturers. But do they bring tangible returns on investment? We'll examine the correlation between player performance and disc sales, as well as the impact of partnerships like Paige Pierce's with Discraft. Tune in to hear expert opinions and insights from the world of professional disc golf.
Top pros share their thoughts: is investing in them worth the cost? Join our debate on professional players' value to manufacturers.
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yeah I think that's that's still the big question to me is like let's just look at the biggest deals in disc golf right the Paul Macbeth and the Ricky ice hockey Deal million a year at the end of the day these manufacturers have to look and like would those million dollars make me more elsewhere right for Paul I think Paul's million straight is probably a very good investment for Discraft especially the initial launch right Ricky it's tough to see from the outside looking in because Paul you can see directly how many players are throwing Luna's onyx's Zeus's and yeah you could argue that some of that's the mold but the majority of it is that it's a palm mold because like the Luna and the roach you know very very close discs when you hold them in your hand and you know as far as like the Onyx goes you know you could accomplish very similar shots with a raptor uh you can accompl pretty much any disc you can accomplish similar shots so I don't think it's 100 the mold it's Paul tied to the mold so there's a very direct correlation there of like these discs are moving they can track that because of Paul Ricky has a hasn't had that he has a sake bomb Slammer but that's like the only mold and that mold they still have only they haven't done like a full production normal stock run they're just still kind of doing they did their like first run Proto run they did the sake bomb Slammer Pro Tour Championship run the Raptor I Slammer they've done some like fun runs with it but they haven't done like a full production so like looking at that if you're Dynamic and then on top of that you have the Kona deal on the flip side of that coin we don't know the page deal but we know we know Paige is making Discraft a lot of money we don't know Dakota is making Dynamic a lot of money um so I think the way discraft's done it they're probably looking at their return being like yeah this these investments in Paige and Paul made a lot of sense Dynamic and to be honest with you a year into this I don't know if they're looking at the Ricky and Kona deal...
