straightline said:

That's to show an event. What about the hapless commercial watching public that needs to jump in?

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That's to show an event.....that's what I'm talking about, of course corn hole and pickle ball are far more entertaining......

garczar said:

And people keep asking for tighter and tighter pockets. Modern pool has turned into safety-filled 'cinch' pool drudgery. Without refs/clocks its virtually un-watchable. It has ZERO flow that pool had back in the CamelTour days.

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Couldn't agree more, it is harder to play on tighter pockets, there are far less chances to cheat the pocket so a Pro who is earning a living would be stupid not to play the safety instead of playing a hard shot, its not just the size of the pockets but the angle of the face as well, I would like to see matches where you have to really make a decision whether to take the shot or play safe, it would make safety play more difficult and risk taking on shots more acceptable, I think it is one of the biggest differences from the days when Strickland, Archer, McCready and many others would chance the difficult shot instead of playing safe, there is no real option in today's game.

Monkey playing pool is too easy.

SSP said:

ESPN does need to provide anything needed for a pool tournament, just show up and film it or show a live feed, I would bet most tournament directors would love the publicity.....I could be wrong.....

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That's to show an event. What about the hapless commercial watching public that needs to jump in?

Did you ever find a butt?

measureman said:

You guys have it all wrong.
Let me straighten this out.

A long time ago there was a pool player that collected a lot of plain Jane looking cues.
He dies and his wife sold the collection for a pretty good sum of money.
She was very happy about the windfall.
See was a merry widow.

And ever since plain Jane cues became known as merry widows.

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Buyers were very happy, because she offered them at prices that her husband originally told her.

straightline said:

Pool.
You need a long stick................ $500 - $1000
You need 16 specially made and matched balls.............$100 - $400
You need a very special and bulky playing surface..........$2000 - $10,000
And optionally a climate controlled enclosure.

Cornhole.
You need a hole
You need something to throw in the hole

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ESPN does need to provide anything needed for a pool tournament, just show up and film it or show a live feed, I would bet most tournament directors would love the publicity.....I could be wrong.....

Open to offers

SA96 said:

But when a snooker player goes into the pack of reds, it's all about luck.

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It's like poker. It's a game of skill with aspects of luck. The better the control of the white the better the odds. simple. The commentators explained where the pack should be hit for the best chance at good results. The hit precision speed and spin makes for better numbers in the percentage records. Ronnie was putting whitey on a grain of rice. Every Shot! The delicate work picking reds in tight quarters in one run out was uh, well a work of Art.

TTT

Another thing -- snooker doesn't always move along quickly, but it's more a part of building the dramatic narrative than found in pool. The commentators seem more comfortable filling the dead time between shots in snooker. So the production plays a big part in how palatable slow play is.