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Disc Golf on CBS Sports? - Grip Locked Podcast
Disc Golf on CBS Sports? A game-changer has emerged in the disc golf world. The Grip Locked Podcast discusses the recent partnership between CBS Sports and the Pro Tour, which is set to bring live coverage to the MPO side of the tournament. Joe Mez will be part of the post-produced coverage alongside a special guest from Central Coast. This move has left many disc golfers both excited and skeptical about the future of the sport. The podcast delves into the potential benefits and drawbacks of CBS Sports' involvement, including how it may attract new fans to the sport. With the Pro Tour's August broadcast date looming, the conversation centers around targeting the right audience and overcoming logistical challenges. Hosts weigh in on what this partnership could mean for disc golf's growth and whether it will live up to expectations.
Exploring disc golf's rise on CBS Sports with top pros & industry leaders discussing the sport's growth.
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the MPO side having live coverage only behind a paywall and then the post-produced coverage with Joe mez and I think Central Coast was there is gonna be on CBS Sports yeah so this is a huge thing for disco very interesting but a lot of disc golfers are mad about this yeah I think people are kind of torn my whole thing okay so yeah like we see CBS sports logos around the disc golf course now we start we all start freaking out a bit like this is this is the future like all right here we go disc golf but it's being broadcast in what mid-august yeah August now there's two thoughts there's a couple of thoughts in my mind with where the Pro Tour is at like thinking about this either a they just solved the name CBS Sports come up on the radar and they just jumped on it they were like I don't really care what the conditions are yeah because this could just be big for disc golf which you know it's hard not to I get it or to you know my other thought is like who's gonna be tuning in to this broadcast who are we targeting obviously you know at least disc golf fans are gonna tune in but maybe not even for all the rounds they might just want to you know see the first round just to see what it looks like or maybe they just want to see the last round because the final round yeah you know is it gonna actually attract non disco fans to you know they're gonna be scrolling through their TV and say oh what's disc golf and click on I think that's kind of the hope with this whole thing but I'm not sure how effective it'll be especially when it's so far past the original play date yeah it's interesting it's very interesting the keys gonna be what sports-wise with the condition of the world right now what's going on in August well that's the thing everything is kicking up yeah in July like late July I know you know hockey like any child training camp start I think the 10th of July basketball when I say resumes at the end of July like that I feel like that stuff's gonna overlap and that's trouble yeah yeah I think if...
