In a weekly handicapped 9-ball tournament, in addition to an entry fee purse, a player auction is held just before the tournament where players are auctioned off to anyone willing to bid on them. As is standard in player auctions, if someone other than the player being auctioned buys that player, the player has the option to purchase back half of themselves, which they usually, but not always do.
The auction purse payouts are generally a number of multiples more lucrative than the entry fee purse payouts.
My question is, should a player that has been purchased by someone else in the auction, either 50% or 100%, have the right to concede a game during the match on 9-ball shots, regardless of the difficulty of the shot or the runout? Particularly if it's the match deciding shot, but really this pertains to any game during the match. I would like to hear some opinions on this.
My feeling is, unless the player has purchased 100% of himself in the auction, it is not cool to ever concede any shots during the match, since a 3rd party has a financial stake in the match outcome. A number of players in our tournaments don't really seem to understand this rather obvious concept, but it seems to me as the only policy to have, and it must be followed for all shots in all situations.
A tournament director can make this policy clear at the start of each week's auction, but if a player fails to follow this rule, what can you really do about it, other than suspending them from future tournaments for a stipulated time period?
The auction purse payouts are generally a number of multiples more lucrative than the entry fee purse payouts.
My question is, should a player that has been purchased by someone else in the auction, either 50% or 100%, have the right to concede a game during the match on 9-ball shots, regardless of the difficulty of the shot or the runout? Particularly if it's the match deciding shot, but really this pertains to any game during the match. I would like to hear some opinions on this.
My feeling is, unless the player has purchased 100% of himself in the auction, it is not cool to ever concede any shots during the match, since a 3rd party has a financial stake in the match outcome. A number of players in our tournaments don't really seem to understand this rather obvious concept, but it seems to me as the only policy to have, and it must be followed for all shots in all situations.
A tournament director can make this policy clear at the start of each week's auction, but if a player fails to follow this rule, what can you really do about it, other than suspending them from future tournaments for a stipulated time period?