Actually, I have negotiated spots based on the use of jump cues. There was a guy I used to gamble with ($100s a set, not $5/10), and on a race to 10, I told him I'd give him a game on the wire if we played no jump cues. Or, he gave me a game on the wire if he wanted jump cues. He always chose the latter. And he usually lost giving me the spot. He ALWAYS lost if we didn't play with jump cues. Maybe he should have spent the $8 learning to kick.
Everyone on AZ is a pro, though. They can tell Mark Wilson what's wrong with the US team, never miss a shot, and everyone kicks like Efren.
JB is the Sheldon Cooper of CTE and jump cues. Too bad he's a B player, at best. But, he "knows" how to do everything at the professional level.
Of jump cues for sure. I certainly know way more than you about the subject. I also don't have to be a nit and negotiate games based on the use of a legal tool just because someone else is better with that tool than I am.
I guess you are what then? I mean you think we aren't allowed to talk about what we think Mark should do with the team because we aren't "good enough" yet you presume to tell the WPA and the Texas Express tour founders, and the BCA how to make their rules based on what? Your opinion as a super nobody? I mean it's not like anyone ever heard of you outside of AZB. You're not considered one of the better players from Canada as far as I know. Maybe you're the best guy on your league team but that's probably about it.
Yet you SEEM to think that your OPINION means something.
Do you know why I sold jump cues (and am considering doing it again)?
Because they are LEGAL.
The governing bodies took up the question more than 20 years ago and deemed them to be LEGAL for use.
These were then, and still are, some of the smartest people in pool, all with lots of experience. They looked at all aspects of jump cues and decided to regulate them and allow them for tournament play. What part of legal is hard to understand?
I get it that despite claiming to have owned around ten brands of jump cues and despite claiming to have collaborated on the design of one brand you seem to want to ban jump cues. But the fact is that your opinion has no weight. It simply doesn't matter.
All your arguing, and all mine, on here doesn't matter. We are peons....the rules are set, the jump cue is legal for use in every tournament that adheres to the World Pool Association's rules.
I sold jump cues because I saw an opportunity to make a profit on a legal item. I learned everything I could about jump cues so that I could do a good job of selling them. Along the way I became fairly proficient at jumping because I chose to practice enough to be able to demonstrate them adequately. I also learned how to teach people how to jump as a necessity precisely because they are not automatic. In the past 16 years since I first introduced the Bunjee Jumper I have considered this topic from every angle and heard every argument.
I wouldn't REALLY care if they banned the jump cue tomorrow but I think it would be a travesty to allow jump shots and not allow the tools that expand the shot to it's farthest limits. I happen to think a 1mm jump shot is pretty awesome just like I think the circle draw shot is pretty awesome. I can't do either of them with any consistency but I like living in a world where they are not only possible but also allowed for those that can do them.
I happen to respect the wisdom of the rule makers on this and think they did the right thing by establishing parameters for the jump cue. Cry all you want to Shawn but it's unlikely to change. And especially not in the Mosconi Cup where they definitely WANT the excitement and drama produced when a killer jump shot is made.
