Let's start out with the obvious. Matchroom is the best thing to happen to professional pool EVER. With that said, Matchroom started this conflict when they decided to go out on their own, ignore the WPA, and schedule events on top of other "dedicated" event dates. Matchroom, by doing so, are forcing players to make choices, and in my opinion, trying to make other promotions go away so that they have a monopoly, just like in snooker. Does anybody think the WPA is just going to take it? They can see the handwriting on the wall if they do nothing. I certainly don't they're going to stand pat, but they are going to have to compete for the players loyalty, which means increasing the payouts. I for one hope to see increased payouts for the players, and I hope they both prosper, but at least one side of this equation will not be happy, either way.
I should have said "THINK" they're going to stand pat.