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- Thread starter Grady
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My only response to this, for what it's worth, is you and your wife are in my prayers. I sincerely pray that both of you find peace.
NYC cue dude
Banned
I don't believe it was. I don't think mike considers it one of his world titles, lol.
I know there were some negotiations between the ipt and the wpa about working together initially. Eventually, it became a hostile and adversarial relationship. KT felt the wpa was shaking him down, etc.
We all know what KT's intentions were. Everything comes out in the wash....
Rg
Grady I think you are a great ambassador for our sport and would love it if you were invited to play. I'm also ashamed for some of the negative comments being thrown at you including the ones from Steev. Some people are clueless I guess. You are great in my book and I wish you all the best with your family and career. Sincerely, Phil Welch
Pretty sure I kept quiet the first three years he did this.
As to who has a clue, whatever, man. I don't think you're in a position to judge [anyone].
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The fact that the WPA sanctions CW's "World Championships*" is an absolute joke and says a lot about the WPA. Yes they're tournaments and yes they have good players but no, they are not true world championships. The *world* is not represented and it is not filled with the worlds best players that earned a spot in a World Championship. The people CW like are represented and there are only 3 or 4 qualifiers. One can only guess that CW won't allow anymore qualifiers than that because he doesn't want to risk someone he really doesn't like getting into the event. Its a "good ol boy" club, plain & simple.
NYC cue dude
Banned
The fact that the WPA sanctions CW's "World Championships*" is an absolute joke and says a lot about the WPA. Yes they're tournaments and yes they have good players but no, they are not true world championships. The *world* is not represented and it is not filled with the worlds best players that earned a spot in a World Championship. The people CW like are represented and there are only 3 or 4 qualifiers. One can only guess that CW won't allow anymore qualifiers than that because he doesn't want to risk someone he really doesn't like getting into the event. Its a "good ol boy" club, plain & simple.
In the US we had a presidential election where someone won the popular vote (gore) and someone else won the electoral majority (bush). Many felt gore won and didn't want to recognize bush as president. Guess what, bush was president.
It doesn't matter what you or I think about the validity of these world championships. They will ALWAYS go down in the history of pool as authentic championships. That's a FACT!
Rg
On the IPT web site, the video of that match is listed as the "2005 World 8-Ball Championship".
Good thing posts on the forums can be archived so the real facts behind the "FACT" can be shown to generations to come when CW's "World Championships*" are discussed.
The fact that the WPA sanctions CW's "World Championships*" is an absolute joke and says a lot about the WPA. Yes they're tournaments and yes they have good players but no, they are not true world championships. The *world* is not represented and it is not filled with the worlds best players that earned a spot in a World Championship. The people CW like are represented and there are only 3 or 4 qualifiers. One can only guess that CW won't allow anymore qualifiers than that because he doesn't want to risk someone he really doesn't like getting into the event. Its a "good ol boy" club, plain & simple.
Isn't the event an "invitational"? That's pretty much the definition.
You're barking up the wrong tree. Call Charlie or whoever is in charge and make nice. He who has the gold makes the rules and you ain't got no gold - they do. It's like kissing a cop's ass while they write you a ticket--- it makes me sick too--- but that's your only chance.
When you make the call, better put in your mouthpiece so you don't grind your teeth flat. I wish you the best--- but posting on azb about this will get you nowhere.... go to the source of the problem.
Um... so I wanted to check it out for myself and I googled "Dragon Promotions" (that's the name of the promotional company, right?)
Anyway, I thought you guys would get a kick out of this... I am at work right now, and when I tried to log on to the Dragon Promotions website, my office filter blocked it sighting the following:
"Phishing and other frauds"
(If you don't know what phishing is, I looked that up too: The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.) LOL
Another way of looking at it is: Why would someone who has been publicly called awful for our sport have any interest in inviting the name-caller to play in his tournament?
We all know the answer - Charlie Williams can't possibly have any interest in inviting Grady after all that has been said. Bridges have been burned and the embers burned and burned again - annually, apparently. Further discussion seems pointless.
I feel sorry for the illness in Grady's family and understand it's not the happiest time in his life. I wish him well, truly, and hope he remains a contributor to our forum.
what could we do to help? while i'm pretty sure this is the largest most popular billiards forum on the net i don't know how much weight that'll hold with anyone that counts
NYC cue dude
Banned
It holds absolutely no weight at all. This isn't an opinion. In fact, it's counter productive. His posts over the last 4 years, and those that side with Grady, have made it an impossibility to be invited, ever........
Rg
ps; and he knows this already.
I am going to go PHISHING this weekend...I hope to catch lots o Bass
Grady,
I wish you and your family all the best during these tough times.
I wish you and your family all the best during these tough times.