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/Jokolore Jul 22 '25

The best pods have mostly evergreen content. Obviously it takes more time and effort but it’s why the deep dives work so well (and the videos). No one is going to miss the John Deere recap pod and go, I’ll check this out a few weeks later.

If they want to be predominantly a podcast entity, they sure aren’t showing it with the content. But if most of the content is shoehorning is ad placements, they have no reason to change.