I like the idea of shotgun mikes better than individual mikes. I remember them putting mikes on the player's chests. People would chalk near the mike and it would sound like you were driving through a heavy construction area.
To mike people up I think they need to talk to each other too. Unless a player is obviously sharking or when a player is bending over to shoot, let them talk. Keith is loud enough he doesn't need a mike. His old matches are still favorites. Some of the greatest pool on TV was the "Legends" events and Mosconi and Fats matches with just them alone. The talking and interaction made the matches. My favorite match lifetime we were laughing and talking the whole match. The opposite was fifteen games with Johnny Archer. I won but I can't remember saying a word to each other the entire time, certainly not a joke or laugh.
There is another thread that has degenerated into what is wrong with pool. From a business standpoint what is wrong with pool is that it isn't fun for the most part and people go out to have fun! When I was young, big, and hairy, I often butted into games, usually people I knew but sometimes strangers too. Some moron would have a girl out on a date and instead of showing her a good time the boy would be showing her how great he was at pool and not offering her any advice or help. The first time or one of the first times the girl had played she would be lost with an unhappy face for a long time. Ambling over and putting my finger on the table and just telling the girl to hit my finger soft, medium, or hard would have her making balls, even stringing some since she was unknowingly playing shape.
To make pool thrive or even survive, we need people, including spectators, to enjoy it. Another fun match was a Legends match between Fats and UJ Puckett. If they weren't talking to each other, they were talking to the crowd about each other!
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