Trent VanEgtern

University of Dubuque Alum. Former College Baseball Player. Environmental Scientist. I will always call Wisconsin Home. #ForeverForward #PERSPECTIVE #FindAWay

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

Throw this clip in the intermission Hall of Fame!

[University of Dubuque Baseball @UD__Baseball]

🚨JOHNNY BLAKE NO HITTER 🚨

Johnny Blake throws a full 9 inning no hitter to beat the Norse 7-0 in game one‼️

[D.J. Piehowski @DJPie]

You guys wanna consider the terrifying truth about pro golf?

Or do you want to see the boys sock a few dingers?

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

Hell yeah, brother. Let's go!

1. To start, are you comparing our 2 minutes of commercials per 60 minutes of content policy to the PGA Tour's 18 minute policy?

2. Do you actually think we believe there should be ZERO commercials in professional golf?

3. Do you actually think we would complain about commercial load in golf if it looked like ours?

4. Our ads are skippable on every platform you listen or watch on. Can I do that watching live golf?

5. Should we have run the ad while he was in the middle of telling a story?

6. They aren't the same ads we see every single week on the PGA Tour. Agreed?

7. Every year we survey our audience with regard to the commercial volume in our content. 95% of respondents said they do not find our advertising to be obtrusive. What do NBC's survey results say? We ran a poll on Twitter during the Open this past year. You guys got a 13.9% approval rating. Do you find that satisfactory? I would find that very concerning if my goal was to create a quality product. Will there be a change in NBC's policy this year to reflect this very strong feedback from its viewers?

8. Every year we turn down many additional advertising opportunities because it's antithetical to our directive to be a voice of the fan. We're proud of the fact that our advertising volume is WELL below what you would find in other top 50 rated sports podcasts. Did you consider this at all before posting?

9. In response to this, a large amount of our listeners sign up for our membership platform to support the show. They get some bonus content, some merch discounts, access to a message board, etc. On top of all of the issues we get with live golf on NBC an Golf Channel, now viewers have to PAY for Peacock AND get ads on top of it! And this is not just for bonus coverage. There is actual major championship golf that is only viewable on that side of the paywall. Do you understand how golf fans see this as a giant middle finger?

10. The comp to our show is not live golf. A much better one would be your "Live From" show, which we greatly enjoy and have made quite clear over the years. Never have we criticized the commercial volume on that show (it's high, but not egregious) because it is an "opt-in" show. If I find the commercial inventory to be too obtrusive, I'll just find another golf show to watch or listen to. NBC/GC/CBS hold the viewers hostage because there is no other way to watch live PGA Tour golf. If there was, there's no way your network would air the volume of commercials it does, because you'd be beaten by the competition. The PGA Tour has made it very clear that they've put their own short term commercial interests ahead of any consideration of harm to the actual product. And now you're asking golf fans to be more sympathetic to the shareholders of Comcast than their own time and interests in the sport of golf. Does that sound as ridiculous to you as it does to me?

11. It isn't your fault that Comcast has overpaid for live golf and has to run an ungodly amount of commercials to try to make up for it. But don't piss on the viewers and tell us it's raining. What happened at the Ryder Cup was nothing short of a disgrace. The pro golf model is broken if this is the best that can be done.

12. What you're implying in all of this is that there is no such thing as a healthy balance of ads and content. This is wildly untrue, and without any semblance of a doubt, the PGA Tour is on the wrong side of this balance.

It is very difficult to even begin to have a serious discussion about how to piece the golf world back together if you're going to be this disingenuous about how our brand treats it's listeners compared to how Comcast/NBC/GC/PGA Tour treats theirs.

Thanks for watching the Trevino pod. Among all of those stories he told, it's wild that the humorous part you found worthy of commenting on was the ONE ad break (which also happens to be the most replayed part of the video.)

[Luke Fickell @CoachFick]

#JumpAroundMadTown25

[D.J. Piehowski @DJPie]

Hearing player-caddie conversations 60 seconds before a ball is struck? It's just simply not possible. We don't have the technology.

[SMU Baseball @SMUBaseball]

3 more sleeps until it’s ready!!!

[Milwaukee Brewers @Brewers]

Another one

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Angel Hernandez made his season debut tonight and it’s going how you’d expect @StoolBaseball

[Shane Bacon @shanebacon]

I wanted to shout out @NoLayingUp @the_fried_egg @TheShotgunStart for the content last week. The recap pods are must-listens, what the NLU team has done with the Live Shows is damn impressive & the Egg team's multitude of voices & subject matter makes Masters week even better.

[620 WTMJ @620wtmj]

Get your brooms out — Garrett Mitchell's walk-off home run completes a 3-game sweep of the Mets to conclude Milwaukee's first homestand of the year 🧹⚾️

Uecker is having a BALL to start this season!
#ThisIsMyCrew

[Dylan Dethier @dylan_dethier]

Dustin Johnson got asked to compare Orange County National to Augusta National and was having absolutely none of it:

"I don't think you could have those in the same sentence, other than I played there last week and I'm playing here this week."

[SMUMN Athletics @SMUMNAthletics]

BB - B7: GET OUTA HERE!! VanEgtern blasts Cardinals' 2nd HR of the day — this one a two-run shot — to pull @SMUBaseball even with Aurora 6-6!! Cardinals still batting in the seventh

[Trent VanEgtern @VanTurn_6]

@espn ESPN+ is a joke. Fix your feed.

[Trent VanEgtern @VanTurn_6]

@VeryAvgDad @GolfWRX Pay $5.

[Allan Bell @AllanGBell]

sir the entire pentagon has no answer for the chinese spy balloon we don't know what to do

joe milton:

[King Collins Dormer Golf @KingCollinsGolf]

Excited to announce our next project, ⁦@BountyClubGolf⁩ in Nashville. Thanks also to ⁦Ran @GolfClubAtlas⁩ for the great article about a remarkable site in my home state! (Tad is a dawg. Don’t hold that against him)

https://t.co/seWCbl5cld

[Fore Play @ForePlayPod]

All the boys were down at the Kingdom swinging the new #Stealth2Driver from @TaylorMadeGolf and we only felt it was fair if you got the chance to swing one too!

We are giving away 5 Stealth 2 drivers. To enter, you must follow us, @TaylorMadeGolf, and retweet this post!

[Riggs @RiggsBarstool]

I love you all especially the haters so I’m teaming up with my good friends at @TaylorMadeGolf to giveaway FIVE (5) STEALTH 2’s

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

If any other company's want to spend a ton of money and sponsor the final hour of golf coverage and make it commercial free, we will pay you back with a podcast shoutout that will give you a .03% return on your money.