{"id":1723439,"date":"2022-11-03T13:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723439"},"modified":"2022-11-03T13:48:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:48:23","slug":"baggate-cornhole-controversy-after-top-players-accused-of-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baggate-cornhole-controversy-after-top-players-accused-of-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018BagGate\u2019: Cornhole Controversy After Top Players Accused Of Cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaggate-cornhole-controversy-after-top-players-accused-of-cheating%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A roiling controversy has sprung out in the world of professional cornhole, the game in which players toss bags of resin beads into a hole in slanted boards.<\/p>\n<p>The No.1 ranked doubles team at the 2022 American Cornhole League World Championships in August was accused of cheating in a scenario now referred to as BagGate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re too small,\u201d color commentator Mark Pryor pointed out when officials inspected the bags of Mark Richards and Philip Lopez. \u201cThat\u2019s going to create some drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But then Richards and Lopez asked officials at the event to check their opponents\u2019 bags. They were not proper either.<\/p>\n<p>The American Cornhole League, with roughly 155,000 members, has a contract with ESPN and featured 22,000 events this year, with top players able to make $250,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>Rules stipulate that the cornhole bag \u2014 six by six inches when flat, weighing 16 ounces \u2014 \u00a0that rests on the board without passing through the hole is awarded one point; a bag thrown through the hole or knocked through by another bag garners three points. The winner is the first player or team to score 21 points.<\/p>\n<p>Since a bag that is thinner and less hefty could be easier to throw through the holes, various techniques and tools have been utilized to alter the resin beads, including vinegar-washing , sandpaper, or hammers. Nate Voyer, a cornhole professional, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cornhole-cheating-scandal-baggate-11667312803?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_content=Will+SCOTUS+Can+College+Affirmative+Action%3F&#038;utm_campaign=Will+SCOTUS+Can+College+Affirmative+Action%3F\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> that he knew someone who covered his bag with plywood, then drove his car over it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll it takes is one bad apple,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>On the Addicted to Cornhole\u00a0Facebook\u00a0page, one commenter wrote after the alleged scandal occurred, \u201cI think it\u2019s funny that anyone believed it would be all friendships and rose petals forever in cornhole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow the dirty underbelly is being exposed,\u201d the commenter added.<\/p>\n<p>After the competitors\u2019 bags were examined at the August event, officials at the world championships said that no intentional flouting of the rules had occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve really had to crack down to make sure that all these bags are to spec,\u201d said ACL spokesman Trey Ryder, acknowledging the ACL will implement random bag checks at tournaments. \u201cInternally we\u2019ve had to invest more into our compliance. \u2026 We believe we are taking a major step,\u201d Mr. Ryder adds.<\/p>\n<p>Cornhole professional Jay Corley told the Journal, \u201cI think we\u2019re going to have to go to having a referee just like any other sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Voyer, a former school administrator, enthused, \u201cNow I get money to play a backyard game. Are you kidding me?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A roiling controversy has sprung out in the world of professional cornhole, the game in which players toss bags of resin beads into a hole in slanted boards. 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