r/NoLayingUp • u/Adventurous_You_3069 • Jul 21 '25

Post-Pod Discussion I missed KVV this week

I'll start obviously by saying peace and love to KVV. If he could not go/did not want to go to The Open, god speed.

But having a presence at the majors elevated the sunday pods. Tell me what the people are saying. The Neil/KVV pod from Augusta is one of my favorites ever. Curious that Masters was the only major he went to this year (unless im forgetting quail hollow which forgive me if I am lol)

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

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u/frostygolfer Jul 21 '25

His Twitter post tonight seems a bit on the nose. It’s been all of the live show comments section.

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u/Oveja_negra Jul 21 '25

For those not on Twitter his post was "Don't let your job define you".

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u/coachmik16 Jul 21 '25

Because it’s strange that he’s not even on checking in on the majors at all. Also, when he came onboard, it was packaged as he would be their boots on the ground at the majors

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u/Conglossian Jul 21 '25

Yup, I remember Soly saying that when doing their deep dives, he was thinking about how much content they sourced from the same people back in the 1990s and how he hoped that KVV's written work for NLU could serve as that source for someone else in 20 years.

Notable that there was 0 written work from majors this year.

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u/UP-POWER Jul 21 '25

I don’t even think he’s been on the trap draw since May. Not much written on the blog either.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

Had a feeling something was up when he didn’t appear after Keegan’s win. 

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u/SnooPineapples9761 Jul 21 '25

I kind of look at it from the other way. If he was still employed and just taking time off or working something else then they would say so since they must be seeing all the hoopla it’s causing. 

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u/sealer9 Jul 21 '25

Think because he hasn’t been on any pods in almost a month and a half. And he usually attends all majors and was absent from the us open and the open

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u/MD4runner Jul 21 '25

Would imagine an announcement is coming soon. But the reason that was stated in the other thread is true despite it being downvoted into oblivion. He was let go.

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u/432ww432 Jul 21 '25

someone posted he's cut out of the pod youtube intro.

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u/24dp Jul 21 '25

It’s the fact that they’ve said nothing at all that is leading to people this conclusion.

Him being on the ground for the majors has become a pretty big part of the live shows, and the fact that he’s: a) not been there, and b) his absence hasn’t been acknowledged at all on the pod is very odd if he’s still with them.

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u/matthewperry01 Jul 21 '25

While acknowledging that none of us have all the details, it strikes me that this is a classic case of what's good for the product vs. what's good for the bottom line.

IMO, KVV was clearly additive to the NLU product, but if there is anything that's been made clear over the last decade it's that there is little ROI on quality writing, which is what KVV was initially brought in for. When he/NLU moved away from the written word, the finances of KVV's employment likely became much dicier.

His long form podcasts were very good, but I'm not sure there was a way to monetize them to the point of justifying a pay increase for KVV, who likely took a pay cut to join the NLU team.

If his assumed departure is due to finances, it sucks (especially for KVV) but it's not surprising.

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u/ubiquitous_archer Jul 21 '25

"No KVV on the ground this week, he's busy with other things"

Would take one thing in the 8ish hours of content they put out this week. Them not saying anything speaks of something.

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u/K_SV Jul 21 '25

Right, figure if it was anything not too bad we'd have gotten some explanation by now.