The situation
My own concept: a docuseries that follows developmental golfers grinding for a tour card, built as a venture with a signed cast, credentialed producers and sponsors before any platform deal.
A format proven on famous players, a cast nobody knew, producers on a handshake, and one path to money that put the calendar in a gatekeeper's hands.
Proof no platform had to approve, then a way to sell what the venture controlled.
Sign the cast and the producers first, then pitch. When the platform path capped, change the money, not the show: sponsorship only, on golfer agreements that keep the in-show rights, the brand rights and a share of any card-earner's upside with the venture.
Eight golfers signed; Sugar23, Front Office Sports and Winterstone Pictures verbally on board; about $200,000 raised early, in cash, merchandise and materials, by our team; a few hundred thousand in sponsorships since late 2024. Nothing placed yet.
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The decision and the reasoning
Why we did it this way, told first.
ReadWhat we did and what it produced
The work, decision by decision, and the result.
ReadA slice of the project list
A few related projects.
ReadPrivate side
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