So many posts about "pro" players quitting matches, leaving pool for Chinese whatever, not enough money, complaining, complaining, complaining........
Here is something that WE all should have figured out by now. There is NO money in pool PERIOD!!! Not in leagues, not in tournaments, not in the pro's (if you could even call it pro's).
So if you want to dedicate your life to become the best at something that does NOT pay anything of any significance.......well that is your choice!!! You made that decision, no one else.
Your talents are admired yes!! However until there is real money in this sport, admiration is all you will ever receive!
If you have chosen pool as your profession, and need to survive off of the monies you earn from it, you have made a terrible choice.
Everyone of us have chosen a career path, most of us however have chosen paths that allow us the ability to pay our bills. We too have worked to achieve a level of excellence, to move up the ladder successfully. Our pay however is not based on sponsorships, or a fan base spending money. It is based on conducting ourselves appropriately and doing our jobs within the boundaries of our field.
In other words we act, dress, speak, and behave in a such a way that earns us respect in our desired field of employment, which is what makes us professionals!! If we did not do these things we would not be called professionals we would be called unemployed.
If you want to be a "professional" at something talent isn't enough, you need a governing body with rules that you must adhere too, much like an employer. You need to act, dress, speak, and behave like a professional......then you can call yourself a professional, and then you will start to make real money.
Until the best of our best in this pool community begin respecting this sport, and acting like PROFESSIONALS, they should not expect to be paid, treated or respected as such.
Please stop all the complaining and find a better career if you are not happy with your current one!
Here is something that WE all should have figured out by now. There is NO money in pool PERIOD!!! Not in leagues, not in tournaments, not in the pro's (if you could even call it pro's).
So if you want to dedicate your life to become the best at something that does NOT pay anything of any significance.......well that is your choice!!! You made that decision, no one else.
Your talents are admired yes!! However until there is real money in this sport, admiration is all you will ever receive!
If you have chosen pool as your profession, and need to survive off of the monies you earn from it, you have made a terrible choice.
Everyone of us have chosen a career path, most of us however have chosen paths that allow us the ability to pay our bills. We too have worked to achieve a level of excellence, to move up the ladder successfully. Our pay however is not based on sponsorships, or a fan base spending money. It is based on conducting ourselves appropriately and doing our jobs within the boundaries of our field.
In other words we act, dress, speak, and behave in a such a way that earns us respect in our desired field of employment, which is what makes us professionals!! If we did not do these things we would not be called professionals we would be called unemployed.
If you want to be a "professional" at something talent isn't enough, you need a governing body with rules that you must adhere too, much like an employer. You need to act, dress, speak, and behave like a professional......then you can call yourself a professional, and then you will start to make real money.
Until the best of our best in this pool community begin respecting this sport, and acting like PROFESSIONALS, they should not expect to be paid, treated or respected as such.
Please stop all the complaining and find a better career if you are not happy with your current one!
