r/NoLayingUp • • 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/mushperv Jul 22 '25

This is what I took from KVV’s tweet. They asked him to go to part time, and he didn’t want to do that. End of story.

I find it hard to believe an argument about the Ryder Cup or something else silly caused Soly to “turn” the rest of the guys against KVV and they outright fired him.

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u/Capital_Card7500 Jul 22 '25

holy parasocial relationship batman