In case anyone else here in the USA missed the news, the 2014 Asian Games, the largest sporting event in Asia, decided to drop all cue sports from their schedule for the 2014 Games in Incheon, South Korea.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided that the eight non-Olympic sports in the 2014 competition would be baseball, ten-pin bowling, cricket, kabaddi, karate, sepak takraw, squash and wushu. This resulted in roller sport, chess, cue sports, softball, dancesport and dragon boat being dropped from the list.
These competitions have been an important part of billiards competition for some time now, and I am very disappointed in the OCA's decision.
If this has been previously posted, my apologies for reposting. I was researching a billiard-based vacation where I will spend quite a bit of money, but now, I will most certainly spend it somewhere other than in Incheon.
It seems, as Earl Strickland said in his Sky Sports Interview, Pool is dying. Earl seems to be very angry about it, and many of the rest of us are as well. But being angry won't stop this trend. Read AZ's 2013 year-end summary and see where our sport is heading. It may just shock you. Let's embrace what we do have and appreciate those individuals that promote our Sport.[/B]
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided that the eight non-Olympic sports in the 2014 competition would be baseball, ten-pin bowling, cricket, kabaddi, karate, sepak takraw, squash and wushu. This resulted in roller sport, chess, cue sports, softball, dancesport and dragon boat being dropped from the list.
These competitions have been an important part of billiards competition for some time now, and I am very disappointed in the OCA's decision.
If this has been previously posted, my apologies for reposting. I was researching a billiard-based vacation where I will spend quite a bit of money, but now, I will most certainly spend it somewhere other than in Incheon.
It seems, as Earl Strickland said in his Sky Sports Interview, Pool is dying. Earl seems to be very angry about it, and many of the rest of us are as well. But being angry won't stop this trend. Read AZ's 2013 year-end summary and see where our sport is heading. It may just shock you. Let's embrace what we do have and appreciate those individuals that promote our Sport.[/B]
