westcoast said:

even if a player is world class Filler, SVB, Gorst, Yapp level talent, they also have to be prepared to live their life out of a suitcase 3/4 of the year. That is fine for some people, but that wouldn't suit my personality- never mind the fact that I'm just an average league player. I wouldn't want a lifestyle with that much travel and relative instability

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Life can be funny. I got out of the military because I wanted to be home for my family. Ended up traveling 50% in IT for work, then closer to 75%. Great for my game, horrible for family and my intentions. I got an IT director position and was able to stay home, then the Mezz tour started but because of my job, I wasn't able to practice like I did when traveling before and it affected my game. Then health problems etc...Can't complain about my life but in retrospect sometimes it would be better just to do what you love rather than fighting it.

Here are a couple. $650 and 2K for the phenolic cue. The Purple Heart cue was one of mine.

penguin said:

The business model is to get the stakehorses and rail bettors involved.

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Is this your project? Just wondering how you know what the business model is.

Or, are you just yapping?

iusedtoberich said:

I go by the opinion of do whatever the hell you want. I don't care if it's a 15 year old or a 50 year old. It's a free country. If a kid wants to dedicate himself to xyz, so be it.

Dedicating yourself to any sport, even the major ones that pay millions, for 99.999% of people will result in less money than working full time at McDonalds. That's the reality of pro-sports.

But so what? Life isn't just about money. If someone loves poking the balls with a stick, let them.

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Yeah I used to get into conversations with a local kid, probably one of the better players in SoCal, named CJ. He would say "Man, you should be out there gambling with how I know you can play". I would say nah, I'm happy with my IT job making X amount of dollars a year guaranteed. His reply at the time was, "I made twice that over the last 6 months".

Fast forward several years and he became a union carpenter.

PracticeChampion said:

Tony layne

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Would you be so kind as to send me his contact information via PM?

What am I missing? Is he a pool player?