The Craziest Rule Disc Golf Has Ever Had!

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[@HelloTygr]

I’m with Uli on that last point. It should work like a warning system, and if someone has already been ‘warned’ twice in a round it’s much easier to call them out on it again and not seem antagonistic.

[@matgbx]

Yea I completely agree. I think it makes a lot of sense from that standpoint. Nothing worse than having to play with time violaters. The round just drags and it's hard to keep your flow going

[@EricCullen-iz1uy]

You're a better, more patient man than I am! Why didn't he NOT have his bag within arms reach?l

[@EricCullen-iz1uy]

​@matgbx I agree! It also takes you out of your "zone", affecting a lot more than a missed putt!

[@part-timelawns4392]

13:05 clip is money! Brodie " you have to get them to stroke themselves" Uli "No, you can just do it" 😂😂

[@danielmccachern2307]

Every player already has a five minute timeout after their throws while they are watching their cardmates throw! I dont understand this rule.

[@longtinma06]

You can only call time out twice a round. Its like a re-rack in bowling. You get 2 per game. It adds a minute or 2 to the over all. It wont affect pace of play honestly.

[@blakebrittain1294]

Let’s look at it a different way. You have well over a 100 players in a pro tour tournament between FPO and MPO. Let’s say only half of a 100 players uses there time outs. Thats 50 x 2 which is 100+ minutes added. That is another hour and 40 minutes added. That’s if players are strict on the 60 seconds per timeout. Thats not including the extra 30 seconds they will get after the timeout. These rounds already take all the way into the evening to finish now since both MPO and FPO play the same course on the same day. You add the extra time from timeouts, you are absolutely slowing down pace of play.

[@Pharmacopium]

I can see how documenting the instances of speed of play leniency will improve awareness and enforcement of the rules about speed of play. This rule is a great experiment and I can see how it’s written specifics are not elaborate enough to cover all situations it might need used in, but also how writing a rule that long would kill it from the start. Let’s give it a try

[@Spiritualego]

Time out your killing me 😂

[@jimmyzamora1559]

This was an awesome show!! Carnival rules in the pdga 😂 lmao!! Hilarious!

[@brooksy3069]

i wish brodie and uli were on the board with the pdga, i feel they could help make the right decisions, you hire brodie for that because he gives his opinions without care of what people think, need someone who can speak their mind, then get uli there because he's such a vet and has a good feel of where the sport should go

[@gagsdgm822]

Why are pro players so afraid to call rule violations? It’s not personal, it’s a Rule and everyone knows it’s a rule

[@xeSStorm]

Bro i definitely received a magazine and was confused and threw it away lol

[@robertnoble1987]

Its like competitive pool on tv. Its basically an extension. Could be useful in a complex shot situation.

[@DUMPSTERDARTS]

I think 2 for everyone per round is reasonable, but we're talking 8 min per card per round which will add up quick

[@deepsender]

Can another player (not on timeout) throw a shot while the timeout is in effect?

[@lersaboi]

Well it aint their turn, is it? 😊

[@lincolnfrey7754]

I don’t think there should be timeouts but I think you should get 30sec per throw but 45sec or something for putts

[@aaronhackett5889]

Yes! "Real golf"

[@cubsfan2304]

I was walking with the card right behind Uli’s card. It was ridiculous how slow the card ahead of them was playing

[@lincolnfrey7754]

I wonder how hard it would be to get a volunteer time judge with each card. I mean, if there was a pro tour event near me and I could go and walk with some pros and just time them. That would be sick… but could I call Ricky or a top guy out? Idk man lol

[@andyhampsten4252]

I like it. There's lots of times where a guy has to find this disc or figure out a window out of a tricky lie.

[@stevenprieto1988]

Yuli is so smart to just sit there and not say something! Rep everything!

[@abfutrell]

Uli has a go ahead putt for birdie? I better ice him with my time out. :)

[@CharlesJWillard]

Extra time should be given for setting up OB shots and obstructed shots.

[@EricCullen-iz1uy]

Uli, you're a better person than I am! What aforementioned player was literally NOT following PDGA rules, RULES, not suggested or implied! Passive-Aggressive annoyingly cheating, no??? You lost a stroke by following the RULES and he is NOT!l Why didn't the other 3 players on his card give him a warning and then called him out, costing him a stroke!!!

[@Pullapelle]

What an impressive rant on such a small issue. Get Brodie a tissue.

[@michaeutech9201]

poor guy

[@DiscoMan328]

He looks special ed in this video.

[@andruscrivs]

If you have played in a tournament you know there is no need. I literally quit at a three hole backup in my league, walked across course got in car , drove about a half mile n decided to go back, my group still had not teed off

[@ryroons]

Has anyone ever opened the magazine? I’m serious though. Those go right in the recycling bin, no?

[@jklew9486]

Why do I feel like in most other sports people are way to competetive to let people get away with these rule violations. If they wanna put it on the players to enforce the rules on each other then we need to let them do that without fear of them not getting along.

[@samdoss1736]

I’d say you get 2, 30 second “timeouts” a round. It would essentially be a time extension to make your 30 seconds 60. And then id be very strict on the time rules. If everyone takes 30 seconds for 50+ throws and then takes 60 seconds on 2 throws it’s not gonna affect pace of play.

[@chriskrippel3264]

Is there a PDGAPA?

[@WBCHelpSaint]

Name names Uli! These peeps arent going to stop doing this unless they get called out on it

[@bryguy008]

I think it’s been said, Uli is onto something. From an opponent/competitor perspective the timeout is essentially a warning. This lowers the stakes on holding guys to their 30sec, and then as Uli points out if you call a guy twice forcing timeouts, it becomes much easier to “stroke” him on the 3rd strike. To Brodie’s point, does it actually improve pace a play? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@howdyhey4985]

This will help if people have to go to the bathroom during the round.

[@leightaft7763]

I definitely do not listen to my PDGA magazine when it comes Brodie 😂. Read it… maybe. But I don’t listen to it at all.

[@adammontgomery9752]

Does retroactively mean you cant take them back to back?

[@Fidens1]

No, retroactively means you can't call a time out after you've been called on a time violation.

[@adammontgomery9752]

@@Fidens1 o gotcha. But u are allowed to call both back to back?

[@Fidens1]

@@adammontgomery9752 That I do not know.

[@StuG-pr9tf]

let them have a timeout for a bathroom break if they need one? they should extend the 30 second rule to 45 seconds though. that's about how much time they are taking anyways, right? But have a rules official on the fairway / green with a stop watch and actually time them. if they don't beat it, then penalize them a stroke on that hole

[@coachbrandon01]

I have seen, on the pro level, in person, that they rarely make any calls. Almost every single player takes, " too long." Lots of foot faults on film. I'm comparing to local and am events. I understand that the pro's do it because there is so much more, on the line, to lose or gain. Amatuers and locals do a great job of policing themselves. The pro's are the ones that need officials, on the course.

[@Spiritualego]

Bahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brooksy3069]

the pdga just has to identify the slowest players/slowest combined cards and stay on the time. if you have cupcake and goose on a card, then have someone there. if you have gannon buhr and nikko on a card, get someone on it. if you have emerson keith and dickerson on a card, stay on the time. if you have ricky, calvin, mcbeth, and barela on a card, no need to look into their time. identify the slow cards, and fix it, it's so simple and the management just is slacking

[@ThugLifeBitches1]

It’s not simple like you think it is because you haven’t thought of very much. Let’s say we throw out everything and go along with it for the sake of making a point, this only would work for the first round of play because all of the subsequent rounds are based on placement in the tournament and makes complete sense the way it is. From what I’m seeing when I look up how the cards are made I get two possibilities, random draw and a seeding system based on tour rankings. The seeding system again makes sense the way it is so there’s not really much to change as far as that goes. You only know the players you know about, there are lots of people playing in these tournaments and to do the level of micromanagement required in your theory is not worth the trouble vs the payout of the “issue” that it supposedly solves

[@jamesyantis9334]

No way you have to take all 60

[@robthaham3408]

If Uli’s card could have enforced pace of play on the other card…?

[@stoneybrookjoe]

In 9 ball pool the have a 30 second extension. Give each golfer a 30 second extension per hole. Don't worry most wont use it.

[@abfutrell]

To make disc golf more interesting, have the most recent winner decide a new rule to be in effect only for the next tournament. The process repeats with the next winner. At the end of the season, the players vote on a rule they would like to be made permanent from the past season.

[@robertd.hewson8451]

although i think that the players should have more input I think it might take players more than a game to figure out how to bend a rule completely.

[@ThugLifeBitches1]

Did someone’s 6 year old steal their parents phone and write this comment?

[@claytonbethmann3033]

Clearly there's a Pace of Play Problem Guys!!!!

[@jessecheadle4035]

If you think this won't affect pace of play, think again.

[@matthewhamilton9590]

Players shouldn't have to police themselves. It's time for an official walking with every card during rounds.

[@pythonprojectfarm]

Also I feel like locastro is the only one here who took this offensively

[@joshadams8877]

This sounds like a great idea. If Brodie or any player supports spending more than 30secs on a tough shot sometimes because it is important and adds value to coverage when someone is analyzing options (I've heard him express this, maybe has changed opinion, I agree they should though) then we should try to allow it without letting players take longer anytime they think it's a tough important shot. I think this would make the field way more time conscious too with stopwatches ready and start calling players when they are taking more than 30secs if they dont call timeout. Sounds super legit to me and adds to the professionalism. When will we see these players be democratic on the course instead of talking about it on podcasts and coverage after the fact? It makes the sport so unique and awesome to see players handle those tense moments, they are too rare for high level competition. The tour should not showcase someone taking more time unless it is allowed and if its allowed with no limit I'll give up my dream to get a contract 😮 I want to throw discs more not just be on the course longer. Sheesh.. good job guys, got me typing lately lol

[@joshadams8877]

I should have watched the whole video first, uli called it and I agree.

[@ztsb_koneko]

It's a stupid idea because the time rules are not being enforced at all so what's the point? I'm also not at all in favor of PDGA trying to force the pace of play rules into being so cut and dry. Like it's been discussed in this podcast, if you take ten seconds to execute most of your throws and keep a brisk pace in everything else you do, you should be allowed to take your time when you do need it - as long as you're in net negative for the round. In other words, enforce the rule exactly how the guys here are suggesting... You don't need an official on every hole or following every card, the Pro Tour has live scoring so it only needs a few people, surely it can be done.

[@dbailey9954]

Do you really wonder why they don’t have officials with every card? Are you going to pitch in to pay for 20 more officials?

[@InitiallyJayKay]

I'd rather pay for that than the magazines honestly

[@ktvlm3987]

a sport with a pace of play problem decides to make time irrelevant

[@Discannons]

There ain’t no reason to take so long to play. People do nothing to prepare before a shot. They wait to approach their lie and then start jacking around with their equipment. These rounds are longer than casual 18 hole rounds of ball golf.

[@Joellivin]

Look, people gripe when the 30 second rule is applied, people gripe when it isnt applied. This just gives the players some wiggle room for weird shot setups. Sure you can argue semantics about how its stated, but i see nothing wrong here.

[@alksmdlaks]

Brodie once again being a screaming child about something that is a non-issue in a sport he doesn't even play professionally anymore

[@DiscoMan328]

He’s a tool. We need better representation than these goofballs.

[@roberthoeg1964]

No time outs this is so ridiculous 🙄. Not a team sport.

[@pattyicediscgolf7323]

Pdga has a bunch of stupid ideas lol

[@BradAhrens]

Players should start choreographing 2 minute dance routines for well-timed viral comedy or I will be disappointed.

[@ThugLifeBitches1]

The fact that you want that is embarrassing

[@michaeutech9201]

the first 90 seconds is the dumbest rant since the last time trump opened his mouth today.

[@peds8345]

Does this guy even play ?

[@Cad1900]

This is the dumbest most idiotic thing I’ve heard this year. They can’t seem to fix existing problems but this is a solution for something??? How to ruin disc golf should be their moniker.

[@Pharmacopium]

They should allow players from other cards to call time violations on cards ahead of them

[@bobjohnson5030]

yes brodie nobody listens to pdga magazine.....

[@pythonprojectfarm]

This is funny lol but come on. Be good enough to make the shot 🤷‍♂️

[@lordofflys7017]

The PDGA needs competition, we need another professional disc golf organization. This one is a lost cause.

[@leastselfawarepotassium]

As you will see in the clip this rule was pitched by the players and the pro tour.

[@InbredJed82060]

It's a non-profit organization. Who is going to be willing to make a competing non-profit just to be a better non-profit while no one makes money.

[@Ethan1Roberts]

I don’t understand the obsession with time taken for a shot. This is GOLF some people play slow some play fast. 30 seconds vs 45 is not going to make a difference.

[@garylefebvre1565]

Rules need to be followed by all players, especially at the pro level. Just Because your good doesn't give you right to take my time. No exceptions for anyone , don't care if it's for the win on 18 get your shot off in time or get stroked plain and simple. It's Not A Professional Sport until this happens. Act like Pros.