This sport needs to clean up.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:38 pm

Julie Ferdella wrote:
Mike Murphy wrote:

Cheef, is that a "Not it!" or "Wadz hit the nail on the head"?

That's "on the nose"!

Bob Johnson · Post by **Bob Johnson** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:10 pm

About 501c3.

1) I did not know that because multiple emails to NEFA went unanswered to my knowledge (Im kindly taking into account my inattention or spam
2) While I am not a tax guy or accountant, I am aware of this type up set up being used in the arts community. I have seen a larger org act as a fiscal agent for, in this case, a new org. Checks have to be written out to the parent org and then distributed (with a cut or not) to the local org.
3) See point 2)…I may be talking out of my butt and may not be applicable.
4) I don't think so :-)

5) I have no idea about this organization, but was first thing that came up on Google when I typed in Fiscal Agent. http://www.grantsnorthwest.com/what-you ... onsorship/

Bob Johnson · Post by **Bob Johnson** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:52 pm

@ Mike… Thats Ok i was the one that started the rumor.

Mike Oatley · Post by **Mike Oatley** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:10 pm

Just to be clear, I was not objecting to people who smoke and drink to turn this into a moral debate, but pointing out that it hurts the reputation of disc golf when the people playing the sport don't respect the park enough to follow it's rules. Brooklyn DGC is a heavily wooded forest. There is a no flame policy to keep people from accidentally burning it down.

Norm Fitzgerald · Post by **Norm Fitzgerald** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:50 pm

Dirty old sport, it'n it !!!

Paul Schueller · Post by **Paul Schueller** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:32 am

Well this certainly does not help the image of the sport:

http://www.pdga.com/announcements/reach-vibram-four20

Jeff Prendergast · Post by **Jeff Prendergast** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:54 am

That has to be an April fools joke.

Paul Schueller · Post by **Paul Schueller** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:31 am

Maybe, but it was posted 4/4.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:35 am

A little late for that...... But no mention of it on the Vibram website.

Jeff Prendergast · Post by **Jeff Prendergast** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:45 am

Is that the standard pdga announcement page?

There are people who regularly use this message board that are connected to vibram. I'm sure they'll chime in at some point; they always do. But I still would guess that it's a joke.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:17 am

Jeff Prendergast wrote:Is that the standard pdga announcement page?

Looks the same as the others......

http://www.pdga.com/announcements/there ... utlaw-town

http://www.pdga.com/announcements/fd2-n ... -discmania

Dave Jackson · Post by **Dave Jackson** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:21 am

Paul Schueller wrote:Well this certainly does not help the image of the sport:

http://www.pdga.com/announcements/reach-vibram-four20

Doesn't hurt it either. That's for sure.

Chuck Kennedy · Post by **Chuck Kennedy** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:35 am

No joke. I posted the announcement on PDGA.com as a member of the PDGA Tech Standards team. Disc was submitted, passed the tests and was approved because it passed the tests. Disc names are not currently a criteria related to approval.

ira divoll · Post by **ira divoll** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:21 pm

Burton snowboards used to sell the "420 kit" for years. Also, in their technical jackets, they used "alligator clips" to hold goggle wipes in their pockets. Doesn't seem to have hurt their image or sales too badly, and snowboarding has been an Olympic sport for years. People can vote with their wallet if they feel strongly about the four20.

Dave Jackson · Post by **Dave Jackson** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:19 pm

The DaKine company, along with Burton have offered a multi tool for working on snowboard equipment that had a built in pipe for smoking in it.
The weed issue is not an issue at all.

Only to a select few.

I love the 420 from Vibram.

Any publicity is good publicity.

jim tufts · Post by **jim tufts** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:47 am

The amount of nothing that's being achieved here is funny.

Jeff Prendergast · Post by **Jeff Prendergast** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:36 am

jim tufts wrote:The amount of nothing that's being achieved here is funny.

As usual.

Beyond giving some publicity to a new disc, I don't think we've helped Bob decide if he should remove his disc golf tag from his keychain.

Maybe next time.

Tim Carter · Post by **Tim Carter** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:40 am

Self righteousness is it's own reward.

Bobby Direnzo · Post by **Bobby Direnzo** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:56 am

Thanks guys! I made my decision to remove my tag. :lol:

rick belhumeur · Post by **rick belhumeur** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:08 am

Bobby Direnzo wrote:Thanks guys! I made my decision to remove my tag.

It was an old tag with a # in the 80's so it was no great loss.

Bobby Direnzo · Post by **Bobby Direnzo** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:18 am

rick belhumeur wrote:
Bobby Direnzo wrote:Thanks guys! I made my decision to remove my tag.

It was an old tag with a # in the 80's so it was no great loss.

Ricky where not talking about your age you old [bleep]! :lol:

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:15 pm

This "sport" will never be legitimized by being on ESPN, maybe ESPNU will do look-ins on the Collegiate Championships, etc. But never will you see this sport on ESPN unless it's on the SC Top 10 or something.

The sport has a clear stereotype, which isn't necessarily bad, but for those of you out there that want it to go main stream, don't hold your breath. With coverage comes scrutiny. As someone said earlier, maybe with the trend of legalization, it'll become easier to stomach for some, but it will always be seen as a "stoner" affiliated sport. With the uptick in people selling jars with disc golf logos on it, glass blown this, glass blown that, as Kelly said, it doesn't take you long to associate this sport with marijuana if you think about it for more than 20 seconds.

Think about it, sure, golf is on TV, but when do they get their highest ratings/viewership? The 4 majors, and realistically, the Masters, US Open and British Open.

Disc Golf does not have the backing nor stereotype to make it. Maybe in 20 years when Marijuana has been legalized and is deemed socially acceptable by the mainstream, like alcohol became, but until then. NOT A SNOWBALL's CHANCE IN HELL.

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:18 pm

Eric Kevorkian wrote:
Jeff Prendergast wrote:. Neither one of us were prepared to see an adult man and an adult woman having a healthy round of canine-style nooky just off the right side of the 18th fairway...around 4 in the afternoon...on a school day (think of the children!).

I'm gonna say the Brothers Tavo have you beat on that one. They supposedly stumbled upon two dudes at the course in Bridgeport, CT

On a more serious note though, I think that course has had a positive impact on that park as well from what I heard

Homophobe.

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