sjm said:

I'd be OK with allowing a brief stoppage of the shot clock when a player must get their jump stick or the bridge, but I do not favor lengthening the shot clock to facilitate it.

This is one of many examples for which attending to the game's best interests must take precedence over what the players want. If there were ever a player vote on the shot clock, it would disappear completely, as would some of those who watch pro pool.

Slow play is boring, and Matchroom must continue to do what it must to avoid it.

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Yep,

skor said:

I'm for the shot clock but 30 sec is too short.
Have to give enough time to be able to grab a jump cue or extension without running around the arena.
40sec - 45sec should just right.

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30 sec is like a week, especially with the players that take the full 30 or beyond every shot, 45 would be a disaster and many would shut it off when the notoriously slow players are playing.

skor said:

I'm for the shot clock but 30 sec is too short.
Have to give enough time to be able to grab a jump cue or extension without running around the arena.
40sec - 45sec should just right.

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40 seconds or so is the perfect amount. Watching them rush around like rats in 30 seconds is retarded and an insult to their craft. You can watch tournament after tournament where there are multiple instances of a player having to unnecessarily rush a hard shot because of the clock. Much more suitable limits than 30.

JohnnyOzone said:

Why not expand the number of players on each team to 10 or 12? Play way more matches, have 3 or 4 tables going.

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Why? We all want to watch EVERY match.

Terrible idea IMHO

Only switching is cheating. It's not just the change-up - but the blind change-up. Frankly I prefer slick balls to say, the ones in the finals. Those dragged wide like any fresh out the box Centennials for instance.

Why would you guys question Kaci? He a professional player and has been for yrs. If he sees something not acting quite right...I would believe him. Plus people have been doing this for awhile..and yes it's cheating.

The main advantage is when one player knows the ball is doctored, the other doesn't. When both recognize the cue ball is playing differently both adapt, no advantage.

I bought a fairly early measles ball. Compared to the well worn red circle cue balls we used in tournament play it rolled long. Going around the table it would roll 12-18 inches long. Not enough for a banger to notice but if somebody was playing tight shape they would.

I prefer playing with clean and polished balls. They definitely play differently than dirty balls. One major thing, they play more consistently than dirty balls. I would like to see the balls used in big events cleaned and polished every evening. It would make for more consistent play and minimize the effect of wax or silicone added by a player. I think some are cleaned daily, it should be standard practice.

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Bavafongoul said:

I think Penn linen fishing line is a very high quality wrap for pool cues and Blue Mountain is a close 2nd.
Cortland is still #1 and searching is frustrating, plus #9 is usually all that you see and it’s kinda expensive.

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Oh yes...expensive...

These big tournaments can implement a policy to have 4 clean cue balls per table at the start of each match. If the incoming player believes something is wrong with the cue ball, they can make up to 2 requests per match to change the ball.

skor said:

I'm for the shot clock but 30 sec is too short.
Have to give enough time to be able to grab a jump cue or extension without running around the arena.
40sec - 45sec should just right.

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I'd be OK with allowing a brief stoppage of the shot clock when a player must get their jump stick or the bridge, but I do not favor lengthening the shot clock to facilitate it.

This is one of many examples for which attending to the game's best interests must take precedence over what the players want. If there were ever a player vote on the shot clock, it would disappear completely, as would some of those who watch pro pool.

Slow play is boring, and Matchroom must continue to do what it must to avoid it.