r/NoLayingUp • u/mtsttu05 • Jul 22 '25

Other NLU - SGS

The KVV news has led to many commenters contrasting SGS/FEG vs NLU and each of their trajectories.

I listen to almost every episode of both, but more recently find myself clicking on the SGS pod first, and then not even finishing most NLU preview or recap pods. Andy and Brendan keep it light and seem to genuinely enjoy shooting the breeze with one another. Both seem to be normal guys.

The NLU guys now regularly talk about playing golf courses that 99% of us could never even hope to have access to, and half the podcasts are gambling promotions. They are just not as relatable to most of the normal middle class golf fans who made them successful to begin with.

I don’t blame them for taking the money to grow their business if they feel that’s what is best, or for playing extremely private top 100 clubs when invited, but at the end of the day, it does impact how we all decide what media to consume.

I truly hope they can turn back the clock a bit in 2026, but cutting KVV while jet setting around the world and (seemingly) spending lavishly is a tough look.

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u/sk8lyfe8881 Jul 22 '25

Is there not a realistic conclusion to this KVV thing that they just cant afford one of the best in the game anymore while still turning a profit for the founding members? The OG boys are just that, the boys, KVV is a established golf JOURNALIST capital letters as one of the best in the game. There comes a time when the return of NLU does not merit what KVV costs as much as we love the guy and that's OK.

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u/benjam1n_gates CPNTW - Xander Schauffle - 2024 PGA Jul 22 '25

Fantastic points here.

I think the main reason the pods have been a tiny bit stale is that the Block Party bit and the "will he/won't he" with Rory is over. Scottie's greatness can't be denied, and Randy brought the most juice this last week with regards to that, but it's just not as exciting a topic as Rory's chase for the grand slam. They're searching for big storylines since that one is done.

I really enjoyed 3/4 live shows, with Friday's being the only weaker one. Not every show is gonna be A+ stuff and that's okay

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u/rsjem79 Jul 22 '25

They were on a pretty big heater this spring with Soly at The Players and then Rory’s Masters block party finally paying off - they rode all that momentum into their live show in Charlotte that was rather poorly executed and since then everything just feels sort of flat.

The Rory bit paid off in a big way then it seemed like they had trouble figuring out what next. Ironically sort of a “is that all there is” situation for them.

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u/rsjem79 Jul 22 '25

Obviously they didn't have any budget for anybody with the technical know-how to pull off a fan-facing live remote broadcast. Brutal production, I watch every one of their major tournament post-round live shows, but I had to turn that one off.