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Community Guidelines 

The DGPT community is encouraged to actively engage in healthy debate in DGPT social spaces on a variety of topics. However, the DGPT does not condone any hate speech or sanction any language that demeans, disrespects, or inappropriately addresses other people. On all DGPT social media channels, on the DGPT YouTube channel, on the Disc Golf Network, and in person at our events, the following community standards are in place. 

Individuals may be restricted or removed from social spaces, have their comments deleted, or can be otherwise acted upon if they engage in any of the following behavior: 

Harassment & Bullying

  • We have zero tolerance for bullying of any kind.
  • Don’t make personal attacks directed at other users.
  • Don’t criticize other users via name-calling or profanity.
  • Any form of sexism, sexual harassment, or sexual objectification is unacceptable.

Targeted Attacks Based on Gender Identity

  • Purposely and maliciously misgender any person (player, commentator, organizer, etc) or suggest that their gender identity is not valid. Calling a trans woman a man, or calling a trans man a woman is a violation of this standard. 
  • Engage in any hate speech. Hate speech is defined as public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group. 
  • Make hurtful jokes or comments regarding a person’s gender identity.

Hateful Activities

  • Don’t attack anyone based on race, ethnicity, physical appearance, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, religion or creed, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, or citizenship.
  • Don’t use slurs or negative stereotypes, caricatures, or generalizations.
  • Don’t share false or misleading content about individuals or groups that promotes fear, hate or prejudice.
  • Don’t deliberately spread false information that causes harm.
  • Don’t encourage or incite violence.

Impersonation & Representation

  • Don’t intentionally misrepresent yourself by creating a profile pretending to be another user.
  • Don’t create a user name that is a targeted attack or reference to one person, group, or issue.
  • Don’t create multiple profiles under the same or similar username to violate these guidelines.

Explicit Content

  • Don’t use offensive, vulgar, or harmful language.
  • Don’t share inappropriate, harmful, offensive, or lewd content.

Enforcement Policy

If a comment is deleted, it is because it is not compliant with our guidelines. The deletion of comments should be taken by the author as a warning. More than one instance of non-compliance can result in having commenting privileges revoked. We reserve the right to suspend or remove users who violate these guidelines at any point. The DGPT and all affiliated media channels and partners reserve the right to turn off or restrict commenting when and where appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this policy. On the DGPT YouTube channel, there are certain commenting restrictions in place to disallow bad actors from abusing the chat. If you are new to the DGPT channel, you may not be allowed to comment for up to 24 hrs after you become a subscriber.

The Disc Golf Pro Tour has security teams at all events. People who violate these community standards on site will also be warned or removed from the event grounds.

 

*** The following is a statement that was issues on 4.21.22 by the DGPT in regards to the issue of Trans Women competing in DGPT events. The community guidelines in that statement have since been expanded and are found at the top of this page. ***

Issued on 4.21.2022

Statement on Transgender Athletes & Community Guidelines

Inclusivity and Disc Golf Pro Tour

The Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT) recognizes the validity of the transgender experience. The DGPT is in support of the decisions made by any members of the disc golf community to live their life in the most authentic way possible and celebrates the courage necessary to make these decisions. This includes decisions to undergo gender-affirming therapies or surgeries. Transgender disc golfers are valued members of our community. 

Transgender Athletes & Competition
The DGPT follows and enforces all PDGA rules and competition guidelines, including the PDGA Policy on Eligibility for Gender-Restricted Divisions. The PDGA currently follows the last version of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) standards for determination of eligibility for gender-restricted divisions. As long as an athlete is in compliance with the PDGA policy on eligibility, they are considered to be eligible for competition at a DGPT event. All athletes who are in compliance with PDGA rules and policies will be treated equally at DGPT events.

Policy Development

Due to recent publication of updates to the IOC policy which altered the criteria framework for gender-based eligibility at the Olympic level, the PDGA Medical Committee has created a sub-committee to review the existing policy and make determinations as to any future changes to said policy. As the sub-committee is currently engaged in this process, the previous standards concerning testosterone level requirements for eligibility are still in place as they were in the last version of the policy. 

The DGPT community is encouraged to actively engage in healthy debate in DGPT social spaces on a variety of topics. However, the DGPT does not condone any hate speech or sanction any language that demeans, disrespects, or inappropriately addresses other people. On all DGPT social media channels, on the DGPT YouTube channel, on the Disc Golf Network, and in person at our events, the following community standards are in place. 

Individuals may be restricted or removed from social spaces, have their comments deleted, or can be otherwise acted upon if they engage in any of the following behavior: 

  • Purposely and maliciously misgender any person (player, commentator, organizer, etc) or suggest that their gender identity is not valid. Calling a trans woman a man, or calling a trans man a woman is a violation of this standard. 
  • Engage in any hate speech. Hate speech is defined as public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group. 
  • Make hurtful jokes or comments regarding a person’s gender identity.

If a comment is deleted, it is because it is not compliant with our guidelines. The deletion of comments should be taken by the author as a warning. More than one instance of non-compliance can result in having commenting privileges revoked. The Disc Golf Pro Tour has security teams at all events. People who violate these community standards on site will also be warned or removed from the event grounds.

 

*** The following is a statement that was issued on 5.25.22 when an update was made to the DGPT community guidelines.***

For Immediate Release: 

DGPT Issues Statement on Updated Community Guidelines & Enforcement Policy

May 25th, 2022: The Disc Golf Pro Tour has updated its community guidelines & enforcement policy that is in effect across all DGPT social spaces which include but are not limited to: all DGPT social media channels, the DGPT YouTube channel, the Disc Golf Network, and in person at any DGPT event. The policy update was made in an effort to ensure that community guidelines are enforceable across multiple platforms and was spurred on by an influx of hateful comments regarding transgender women playing in the FPO division. Jeff Spring, DGPT CEO, and Tour Director remarked on the issue:

“The Disc Golf Pro Tour understands that there are a myriad of opinions across the professional disc golf fanbase regarding transgender athletes engaging in competition. What I want to stress first and foremost is that this topic is a human one. Whether these debates and opinions are focusing on transgender athletes or cisgender athletes, we are all human beings.

Whether folks agree or disagree with the current PDGA policy on transgender competition, any comments that are hateful, bullying, or incite potential violence against any DGPT athletes will simply not be tolerated. There is plenty of room to have an opinion in contradiction with the PDGA policy on transgender competition and to also show respect and understanding for the human beings involved with the topic. I implore the members of the disc golf community that feel compelled to speak their minds on this topic to consider this and to find more appropriate rhetoric or spaces to share their thoughts if necessary.

As we recognize that legitimate and respectful debate on this topic does exist, we ask all those who would like to express their feedback regarding the policy to reach out to the PDGA medical committee, as they have created a sub-committee to specifically review this policy. We also welcome feedback directly to the Disc Golf Pro Tour via email to social@dgpt.com.

Until we, as the DGPT, can ensure that our social and live stream spaces can reflect these sentiments, we will turn off commenting when and where appropriate. While we’ve dedicated significant resources to moderating these spaces, the volume of comments in violation of our stated community guidelines has warranted a reassessment of our moderation planning and community education on the guidelines that are in place.”

The community guidelines and enforcement policy can be found on the DGPT website. One excerpt is highlighted below.

Individuals may be restricted or removed from social spaces, have their comments deleted, or can be otherwise acted upon if they engage in any of the following behavior: 

  • Purposely and maliciously misgender any person (player, commentator, organizer, etc) or suggest that their gender identity is not valid. Calling a trans woman a man, or calling a trans man a woman is a violation of this standard. 
  • Engage in any hate speech. Hate speech is defined as public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group. 
  • Make hurtful jokes or comments regarding a person’s gender identity.

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For media inquiries, please contact DGPT Communications Manager, Charles McCracken at charles@dgpt.com.