I just read the article on AZBilliards.com for the up and coming US Open, and the new seeding format.
I know it is their tournament to run, but i have never agreed with seeding events. I dont care how Tennis, or any other sport runs their Events, Pool is its own sport, and if we continue to compare what other sports do, Pool (an any other sport in general) would lose its uniqueness.
HOWEVER; i have always felt that instead of seeding the Event based on some matrix of Player Ratings (which are always adultered and based on perceptions), why not seed the Event FIRST based on past Champions?
It treats the US Open with a little lust of "King of the Hill", and rewards your Champions with a oppertunity to seperate in the field.
The whole idea is to bring to the table what you have done here. Not what you have done somewhere else.
Using the tennis analogy, seeding in major events can only go so far, but all the Major Events are played on differernt turfs, different arena, and are unique in their own manner.
The same can be said with pool - from the different tables, cloths, balls, and the arena atmospheres.
Tennis is a bad comparisson!!!
I know it is their tournament to run, but i have never agreed with seeding events. I dont care how Tennis, or any other sport runs their Events, Pool is its own sport, and if we continue to compare what other sports do, Pool (an any other sport in general) would lose its uniqueness.
HOWEVER; i have always felt that instead of seeding the Event based on some matrix of Player Ratings (which are always adultered and based on perceptions), why not seed the Event FIRST based on past Champions?
It treats the US Open with a little lust of "King of the Hill", and rewards your Champions with a oppertunity to seperate in the field.
The whole idea is to bring to the table what you have done here. Not what you have done somewhere else.
Using the tennis analogy, seeding in major events can only go so far, but all the Major Events are played on differernt turfs, different arena, and are unique in their own manner.
The same can be said with pool - from the different tables, cloths, balls, and the arena atmospheres.
Tennis is a bad comparisson!!!