Are The Bonus Ball Players Under Contract?

You are giving the leaders of BB way too much credit.
Plus, I don't believe they have evil intentions.

pooler said:
Has it struck anybody’s minds that the ultimate goal of the whole BB scheme maybe to eventually take total control over a group of some best Pool Players for future, unknown yet, purposes. :wink:

All pieces slowly start to fit:

The trap is already set:
Location: Vegas
Delay: a month with not much to do
Free time activity available 24/7: gambling

Results:
In a month time all players are totally broke and in great debt to the BB Principals. :confused:

Finally:
At the start of the New Year we will hear the announcement of the new Pool Players Association forming under an exclusive control of BB Principals. :cool::cool::cool:
In my opinion it is something the "nowadays infamous" CW has never dreamt of in his wildest dreams. :grin-square:

If the BB owners have (I am sure they do) a genuine interest in resurrecting the ProPool it may actually be a start of a new era... :):):)

Hats off to BB, pure genius.

Of course, no offence to anyone mentioned, I meant all the above as a great joke.

However, should the BB team never thought of such solution and should such situation become true reality I would expect some kind of remuneration (generous Royalty Fees) from the BB Principals for thinking up such a great solution to the, otherwise troubled, Pool World.:thumbup:
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POOL is BORING AS HELL to watch unless your a pool nut.

and all this talk about the players be owed something is a line of crap.

Some of the players involved are great people and are smart enough to know pool has not paid the bills for many years but are willing to try this because there is no risk to them and if it makes it great, they can do what they love for a living.

Many of the players involved are part of the reason pool is in the shiter in the first place.

Pool players like any other person who choses to play a sport are not owed a damn thing. If they are lucky enough to get paid to do what they love great.


The fact is for whatever reason a majority of americans dont like watching anything to do with a billiard related game. Some of this comes from the black eye pool has had for many years and the fact that we did not grow up watching pool of any kind.

Snooker is huge in other countries because it is part of the culture. IS snooker any more exciting them pool NO.

The only good thing about bonus ball is that Oscar D, Ernesto D, and Louis Ulrich are on the same teach and I get to route for 3 of the nicest most respected people and pool players I know. Its about damn time the good guys in the game get some recognition.
 
If Bonus Ball gets more teams (at least one team from each state) and a TV contract new and old pool fans will start betting on their state teams just like other sports. No casinos are needed to do this. If 1/10 as many bet on Bonus Ball among themselves as football (both pros and college) Bonus Ball could become huge. You can bet that if fans start betting on Bonus Ball they will quickly learn the rules and in and outs of the game. A line on the matches in the paper and/or online would be a big plus. IMO trying to keep betting on pool is a big reason it don't go anywhere. I'm talking about pros here. Johnnyt
 
spanky79 said:
The only good thing about bonus ball is that Oscar D, Ernesto D, and Louis Ulrich are on the same teach and I get to route for 3 of the nicest most respected people and pool players I know. Its about damn time the good guys in the game get some recognition.
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True they are really nice people .... I haven't had a chance to interact with them much in my previous travels but having them here has really shown me that what you say is true.... Take this for example... Ernesto after practicing today was down on his hands and knees with tools helping Lenny put together some of the theater seats for the arena. How cool is that?
 
meximan2469 said:
True they are really nice people .... I haven't had a chance to interact with them much in my previous travels but having them here has really shown me that what you say is true.... Take this for example... Ernesto after practicing today was down on his hands and knees with tools helping Lenny put together some of the theater seats for the arena. How cool is that?
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Fast Lenny is working for Bonus Ball? I did not know that. I now understand why he has contributed so many posts to this forum about the entity as a whole.
 
Anyone else try to buy the Dec. 3rd match or the year deal from the Bonus Ball web site? You would think you could start to buy it by now... less than a week away from the match. Thank you. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
Anyone else try to buy the Dec. 3rd match or the year deal from the Bonus Ball web site? You would think you could start to buy it by now... less than a week away from the match. Thank you. Johnnyt
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The start of the season has been pushed to Jan. 3.
 
BTW, I had posted a few weeks back that the players were under contract - that I saw Archer with a stack of 'em at The US Open and was providing them to players and perhaps perspective players. Barry Bremner corrected me by posting they were given "Agreements", not contracts. I'm not sure exactly what the difference means practically speaking - but perhaps an Agreement isn't signed???
 
KoolKat9Lives said:
BTW, I had posted a few weeks back that the players were under contract - that I saw Archer with a stack of 'em at The US Open and was providing them to players and perhaps perspective players. Barry Bremner corrected me by posting they were given "Agreements", not contracts. I'm not sure exactly what the difference means practically speaking - but perhaps an Agreement isn't signed???
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I'm not sure, as it might be semantics, but a contract is a legally binding document, I think. An agreement may have different legal ramifications, depending on how it's written. I think it is good to have something in writing to protect each side. :)
 
No an agreement means the players are bound but if Bonus Ball goes belly up, they can't get anything out of the owners.
 
Use your connections JAM to get a copy of the agreement - I'll bet you a Starbucks I am right.
 
Contracts generally are professional documents that require legal input, whil agreements don't.

Ultimate differenc- again, generally- is
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watchez No an agreement means the players are bound but if Bonus Ball goes belly up, they can't get anything out of the owners.
 
Black-Balled said:
Contracts generally are professional documents that require legal input, whil agreements don't.

Ultimate differenc- again, generally- is
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watchez No an agreement means the players are bound but if Bonus Ball goes belly up, they can't get anything out of the owners.
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A discounted contract?
 
KoolKat9Lives said:
BTW, I had posted a few weeks back that the players were under contract - that I saw Archer with a stack of 'em at The US Open and was providing them to players and perhaps perspective players. Barry Bremner corrected me by posting they were given "Agreements", not contracts. I'm not sure exactly what the difference means practically speaking - but perhaps an Agreement isn't signed???
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Simple answer: Agreements are contracts. Both may, or may not, be legally binding, dependent upon how they are constructed. In order to be "valid", certain basic elements or requirements must be included and satisfied; like ability, legality, agreement, consideration, and sometimes specific form. Valid, verbal agreements (contracts) are binding and enforceable.

J
 
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The difference between a contract and an agreement.

A contract is legally enforceable while an agreement MAY be legally enforceable.

It depends on the wording and how it is put together...

generally in order for it to be a contract it has to have several elements.

I'm not going to get into the specifics of what elements it has to have and since I have not seen the agreement I won't comment on the enforceability of it before a court.

Jaden
 
Jaden said:
A contract is legally enforceable while an agreement MAY be legally enforceable.

It depends on the wording and how it is put together...

generally in order for it to be a contract it has to have several elements.

I'm not going to get into the specifics of what elements it has to have and since I have not seen the agreement I won't comment on the enforceability of it before a court.

Jaden
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And of course there are jurisdictional issues as well...where is work performed/ where was offer made/ where was offer accepted.

Lawyers...who needs 'em?
 
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