U.s. Open 9-ball
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Funny, All the years that I have followed the tournament I have never even noticed or thought about no women being present.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
If the women would allow the men to play in the WPBA events, then maybe they would let the lady pros play in the men-only events.
The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship is the only men-only event that I know of today; whereas, the women have MANY women-only events.
Here's a brief Wikipedia article about the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, but it needs some work, to include references and cites, which are hard to come by because there is not a good pool archives in existence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Open_Nine-ball_Championship
Personally, I don't think the inclusion of lady pros will ever happen at this U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, but one never knows. I do know this. Most male pros do not like it at all when they have to go up against a lady pro. I think deep down inside, they realize there's a chance they could get beat. For some reason, this seems embarassing to some men.
One of the most vocal players I know about allowing the ladies in the men's events is Earl Strickland, and he's come up against many lady pros at various tournaments. Before each and every one of those matches, he made his views known to all about how he feels playing against a lady player.
At the IPT in Orlando, he was outside where the cigarette smokers were, boasting about his next victim on a field of green, how he was going to barbecue her. And that was Gerda. Well, sadly for Earl, she barbecued him in front of a full crowd. He exited the IPT venue site as quickly as he could, with a full crew of press following him down the escalators holding microphones and filming, wanting to get his reaction.
uttahere:I think you could have fried an egg on Earl's head that day. :lol:
At the IPT in Orlando, he was outside where the cigarette smokers were, boasting about his next victim on a field of green, how he was going to barbecue her. And that was Gerda. Well, sadly for Earl, she barbecued him in front of a full crowd. He exited the IPT venue site as quickly as he could, with a full crew of press following him down the escalators holding microphones and filming, wanting to get his reaction.
I think you could have fried an egg on Earl's head that day. :lol:
Yet another case of "alligator mouth and hummingbird ass syndrome". :groucho:
If the women would allow the men to play in the WPBA events, then maybe they would let the lady pros play in the men-only events.
The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship is the only men-only event that I know of today; whereas, the women have MANY women-only events.
Here's a brief Wikipedia article about the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, but it needs some work, to include references and cites, which are hard to come by because there is not a good pool archives in existence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Open_Nine-ball_Championship
Personally, I don't think the inclusion of lady pros will ever happen at this U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, but one never knows. I do know this. Most male pros do not like it at all when they have to go up against a lady pro. I think deep down inside, they realize there's a chance they could get beat. For some reason, this seems embarassing to some men.
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I believe there is a rule saying that if the women and the men have the same kind of tournament / championship, then the women cant play in the mens tourney. Thats why you dont see any women play in the WPA world 9ball championship - the women have their own. Same with US Open 9ball.
Until recently the women didnt have a WPA 10ball championship, thats why Jasmin - among others - could play and do well in the (mens) WPA 10ball championship.
That is the first I have heard of this. Is this a European rule?
pooladdict said:
I'm sorry, but I do not get the correlation. Why wouldn't Jasmin do well in a women's 10-ball championship too? If she could play and do well in the men's, then I would think she most certainly could play and do well in a women's, if one did exist. :smile:
Oh, it was so funny. Earl couldn't get out of the joint fast enough, and, unfortunately for Earl, there were three -- count them, THREE -- escalators, EXTREMELY long escalators, to get from the venue site on the upper level down to the exit door.
The full press with cameras and microphones was chasing Earl as fast as they could down all three escalators. :killingme:
English is not my first language, so maybe you misunderstood me. I was merely saying that Jasmin was able to participate in the WPA 10ball championship since the women at the time did not have their own 10-ball championship. Now they have their own, so I dont believe Jasmin or other women can play in the WPA 10-ball championship (for men) in the future. The fact that she did well, was just some added info, icing on the cake, trivial info or whatever
English is not my first language, so maybe you misunderstood me. I was merely saying that Jasmin was able to participate in the WPA 10ball championship since the women at the time did not have their own 10-ball championship. Now they have their own, so I dont believe Jasmin or other women can play in the WPA 10-ball championship (for men) in the future. The fact that she did well, was just some added info, icing on the cake, trivial info or whatever
Ah, I see. I understand what you mean now.
So, if there is a women's tournament that is of a specific discipline, say, 7-ball, 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball, 14.1, one-pocket, the women would not be able to compete in a men's discipline of that sort.
However, the women do compete in 9-ball events with men, and there are women's 9-ball events.
This is actually an interesting topic. I am working on a job right now where some women veterans -- NOT ALL -- feel that there should not be a so-called "women's veterans memorial." They feel that a veteran is a veteran, whether it is a man or a woman, and that there should be one veterans memorial representing both men and women.
I wonder if there are some lady pro players who feel that they should not compete in the men's tournaments and stick with the women-only tournaments.
Today, things are changing, but there are some things that women cannot do. Like, for example, I don't think we'll ever see a lady quarterback on an NFL football team.
There is only one rule that prevents ladies from playing at Chesapeake...and that's Barry's rule. The tournament has always been for men only. It's Barry's tournament, and he makes the rules. Whether or not the WPBA would allow the ladies to play doesn't matter, as long as Barry keeps it a men's only event.
Steve
Steve
A few years ago the women played their own tournament at the same time in the same venue as the Men's US Open. There were ladies matches and men's matches going on at the same time. One of my favorite Accu-stats US Open matches was between Nick Varner and Mike Sigel at the US Open and the ladies were playing next to them on the video. Grady and Buddy even talked about the ladies matches during Nick and Mike's match. When the WPBA was established they decided to stop playing their tournaments with the men's tournaments and that was the end of the men and women playing at the same venue.
James
Jam im sorry i detect sarcasm if not i apologize
what he means is
the title of the tourney dictates whether the ladies are allowed to play
there is a us open in 9 ball for both therefore wpba probably says no
there is no ocean state for women - they are probably allowed to play
this is what i think the other gent meant
what he means is
the title of the tourney dictates whether the ladies are allowed to play
there is a us open in 9 ball for both therefore wpba probably says no
there is no ocean state for women - they are probably allowed to play
this is what i think the other gent meant
