Vaino Makela's New Contract, Silva Saarinen's Record Chance, and More | Disc Golf Debate Night 

Commenting every week until Uli is on the show: week 10

Brodie described me 1000%. Being honest, my money is going to watch MPO. DGN, tickets, etc. So in my personal experience, my eyes have been opened to how talented FPO players have gotten in today's game and it is worth it for me to watch the FPO streams and to get to the course early to see FPO lead/chase cards. I am really glad my "MPO" money is married to the FPO side because it has allowed them to survive and now grow by being combined with the MPO tour

Is the audio sync off?

Seeing Silva and Anniken pop off in addition to the already strong European FPO field and seeing people like Emily Weatherman popping up in the US is going to be really good for the sport and FPO specifically

The limited field of Krokhol in question: Calvin, Buhr, Wysocki, Eagle, Antilla, Matty O, Kyle Klein, AB, Proctor, Semerad, Ezra A, Goose +++

Man of the commenters here. My best friends son got the first Ace of this year. A few minutes into the new year while fireworks were going off in Vegas.

Don’t worry Gary, the wait is almost over 😎

Lol Hunter. A simulcast isnt broadcasting two events at the same time. It's broadcasting one event on multiple platforms.

Standing Brodie needs to return

As a finnish / european DGN viewer I have been quite happy to follow FPO from US tournaments. As FPO starts at 9 am in US it is at afternoon or evening here in Finland. So that is the division I follow more. Usually MPO happens in the middle of the night from my perspective and I have to skip that and see MPO from Jomez. So I am not looking forward to have FPO and MPO as separate tours as then they would compete with each other and both would probably be in the middle of the night. Also it is good to have FPO coverage highlights in the slow parts of MPO coverage when I have been watching euro events.

Haha loved Brodie roasting the FPO question. This comes up way too often, mainly from people saying the FPO sucks in the live chat during tournament rounds.

I love how Brodie is the one asking questions about what would be in contracts regarding talking to other companies / leaving early when he is the one on the panel that actually has a contract he can refer to and see what the wording is regarding that.

The content is very good

TREVOR!! Giving Ryan only 3 points on round 1!!??? Cmon man!

Gary's totally right.

Man of the people DOES WATCH FPO

Woah woah easy on the ranger team hate haha…Super disrespectful Brodie Trevor and Hunter 😂 I will gladly offer a challenge, come out to Boise anytime for some Ranger smoke!

Audio lagged for anyone else?

Missy, Ohn, Tattar, Annaken, Lukky, Sarrenin, new era.

When did Paige win 7 in a row? Genuinely asking, because everyone talks about “full fields” but Paige got a lot of her wins before we have this “full field” surely. I think discrediting wins is bullshit anyway. Silva has a complete game, and it’s great to watch.

14:33 in a rare situation for me, I thought everyone had great takes on SS. strangely, the person who probably could not care any less about the historical significance of the steak is SS.

I would be surprised if disc golf gets much bigger in the US, of FPO were to split, they could play the same courses just at different times or be exclusive in Europe.

I am vindicated in saying James Proctor os the finest of touring pros!

Brodies argument on “playing the best players of the time” is peak dumb argument. Is that all it takes to satisfy Brodie? Despite the 2017-2018 field barely cracking the top 50 at best. Paige emerged at the perfect time for her. If she was coming in now she wouldn’t stand a chance. Maybe grab a win here or there, but I mean, that’s such a dumb argument. But also, I’m a Missy fan (NY baby) and I don’t think she’s had a win that hasn’t been discredited by pretty much all disc golf content voices. Even USWDGC was “Kristin must be injured” or “Kristin had an off week” I hate these takes so much. Why can’t we look at the Swedish open and say “Silva won and the current player didn’t even shoot under par…. That’s impressive.”

23:38 there is a clear fart

Brodie is exactly right I don’t always watch FPO but I do it a lot after mpo it’s still a good product

Silver Sarrenin or Silva series if she beats the record

What is Kristin comes back and all of the sudden the tour has approached parody. I agree with Uli, can't let people eat. If Kristin doesn't come back as strong as she ever was, GAME ON!!

Foundation should put together a video putting contest between Ohn and Silva. Just the two of them. I've got $500 bucks to the winner if you make it happen when Silva is in the states. $100 to the loser. In fact I'll match, dollar for dollar, up to another $500 if Foundation makes this happen. Make it a fun contest that last's a good half hour with good cameras (audio and video) and let me know where to send the money.

You gotta get Brodie to turn his mic down if he's gonna yell on and off. Or get a compression filter on his audio to limit the peaks. I'm trying to be respectful to my neighbors here.

Everyone knows Nolan is the original “man of the people!” 😉

Prodigy had Kevin J underperforming, Jack for social media presence, him questioning his own motivation… business gotta trim the waste. All of the sudden Kevin’s posting on IG? Yeah, looks like Innova got a deal a great player caught slouching. Can only slouch or liv’n the good life with new wife and survive for so long.

june and july should be pure european pro tour

I would love to see the FPO reach a popularity number where there could be a split. I would still continue to support both! But, how close is this possibility? The WNBA was given in an example.. Even with the injection of Caitlyn Clark (who is awesome) the bulk of that league is still dependent upon funding from the NBA.... Are there just not enough females seriously into sports in general, let alone female leagues? Or not enough males into watching female leagues?

I never watch live (paying for disc golf lol) but I watch almost all the Jomez coverage. That being said I usually watch the FPO coverage too if Kristin is in contention as per usual. Since she's been hurt I haven't cared a single ounce about the FPO field. Just giving my 2 cents as a run of the mill casual fan. FPO has < 0% chance of survivability on its own in its current, or even near/foreseeable future state at this point in time.

Brodie looks like he ate a gummy or two before the show.

I think Väinö Mäkelä was genuine when he said he had been working on this since late 2023. There is no obvious motivation to lie about it. Kevin Jones isn't that known in Finland and I haven't heard KJ talked about in any Finnish videos about Väinö's move. Remember he was talking to Finnish audience, in Finnish. It seems like the move from Prodigy to Innova was more or less amicable, and the timing might be coincidence. It's obvious from Väinö's farewell video to Prodigy (Europe) that he had strong bittersweet emotions about leaving. Basically talked about them like they were family. When you're a bit stuck in the rut, it makes sense to make a big move to shake things up. Perhaps he tried Innova's discs and they were better fit? Also, "marketing speak"/talking big/stretching the truth is not really a thing in Finland; it would just be seens as lying with zero upside. Finns are very awkward with money and success; you think the pasta thing was a joke? I think you're projecting something on a culture that is very different (not necessarily better or worse!), and quite a bit is probably also lost in translation. Regardless, a good discussion especially about Silva and FPO.

FPO will never be able to be a stand alone tour. It will always NEED the MPO to survive.

I love the rebuttals, but Brodie needs to stop yelling over ppl while they are making their points. I don’t mind the yelling in general tho, always show the passion

Commenting until the guy commenting for uli stops commenting: week 1

And not 1 person mentions, attending a womens pro golf,tennis, etc event,snd seeing a male being allowed to compete against women

Ohn still kinda throws far?? 👀. Yeah didn’t think I’d ever hear that one. Flexing Destroyers on 250 foot holes. Maybe he doesn’t watch FPO. She’s only winning because she’s the best putter. Same goes for Silva

I’m looking forward to see the Europe DiscGolf overtake the US since company’s and news in the EU Take this sport much more serious then in the US. Just to point out we got in the national news for holding our first A. Tier in Iceland In Iceland we have around 350k living here, 65% of people from the age of 18-45 had played discgolf in Iceland I feel like the us like the life in their bubble 😂😂 Mabey I’m talking out of my ass but I think things will change , just see the fpo field (if the eu field isint thare then it’s a lower field ) Many Eu players will overtime take over Specially Roland kour . Saw him play when he was 15 years old in Spain when he and his father passed us on hole 7 in Oviedo and I told my buddy’s he’s need to go to drug test since I’ve never heard the amount of snap the KID made then 😂😂 Just to point out I’m born in the US but raised in Iceland so I don’t think I’m that biased

you don't need to cheer everyone on to be a fan of the sport lmao

Nope. Man of the people

Until the FPO has some players with personalities, skills that are unique like Caitlin Clark in the WNBA, and as bad as this sound some sex appeal to draw in male fans and sponsors they won't ever be profitable. Just like womens golf the most followed players are "golf influencers" who are attractive with personalities. While it may not be a popular opinion it's the reality of society and the reality of where the money is. Also to split the tours alternate the weeks they play MPO one week then FPO the next for elite events and the majors can be shared.

Ryan's take on Innova is delusional lol they probably sell more plastic than anybody.

Every time Brodie says "man of the people" I cringe

Continued Trevor bias against Brodie! We need a new host. Will comment every week until he's not there!