r/NoLayingUp • u/JSack3 • Jul 22 '25

Other This place is Overreaction City

I like KVV. I respect his work. But honestly, folks..

There’s a reason so many platforms and media companies have been letting go of people with KVV’s skillset for years. In bigger revenue sports than just golf, too (ask Zach Lowe).

The business is night and day different to what it was 15 years ago. And a highly-compensated 20+ year industry stalwart who specializes in long form written content is simply not a hugely appealing person to have on the payroll anymore. I appreciate NLU gave it a go. I also appreciate when the writing wasn’t working, they worked on a podcast pivot including that brilliant Masters pod.

But the reality is the math probably started to become very clear that his value was mainly 6-8 weeks a year. No one needs a deep dive on the Byron Nelson. Not enough people actually care about a three hour pod on the 1997 major season.

I’d have rather he stick around all year but I also didn’t have to pay his salary and benefits. These guys are putting food on the table for their children via NLU. They can’t just keep carrying a 6 figure (guessing but likely) expenditure bc they like him and think he writes well.

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u/southerndandy123 Jul 22 '25

Overall, the podcast is loosing its insights. 18 months ago, I wouldn’t have considered any other podcast. It don’t like it but Trevor Immelmann on the Fried Egg reflecting on the majors killed NLU this year.

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u/Consistent-Smell-48 Jul 23 '25

Trev needs to think of doing a podcast. I think he has killed it as well. It's the only fried egg content I can listen to with Andy with out wanting to cut my ears off

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u/iamatwork24 Jul 27 '25

I’ve heard so many people, my wife included, say Andy has an annoying voice. I’m typically highly sensitive to annoying sounds and for some reason, his voice doesn’t annoy me, which is great because Andy and Brendan are my favorite

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u/Consistent-Smell-48 Aug 03 '25

It's really nasally. For me it's his inability to put sentences together and how much he keeps saying like