Solution is very easily found. Don't allow Earl to enter any event anymore. He is the sole reason there is no pro pool tour. Multiple TD's over the years have allowed Earl's antics inspite of the sponsors wanting that behavior controlled.
I don't like Earl Antics or Behavior, but I am sorry, you are dead wrong with your statement there, you saying that this type of behavior is responsible for pool not to have sponsors or enough money and that this behavior and the reason there is no pro pool tour? This is so wrong in so many levels, as a matter of fact, as much as I don't like his behavior, but bring more of that kind of behavior and antics and drama to the game and watch more sponsors chip in and coming to bring this to TV for people to watch, you are a pool player, you don't like this, but TV personal they know that this drama can trigger audience that has nothing to do with pool which would be a huge number which will translate to money to them, THEY KNOW that this is the type of stuff that they need on TV, as a matter of fact the sole reason for pool to die and have no money or sponsor is the quiet the exact opposite, players like Ralf souqet and Neils and mostly the EU players who sit quietly in their chair and do nothing and just be there - as boring as hell - TO THEM TV personal, this will not work for TV, it will put people to sleep. I understand that this FOR YOU as pool player is amazing, and is the legitement pool mind, you would go "Oh wow look at ralf he is composed and doing nothing" but for money making machines and TV & sponsors, they want drama, they want fights and dances around the table, they want action.
as i said, for audience that has nothing to do with pool, what you want is what killed pool, thats why pool will never work and pickup pace in terms of sponsor and TV, this is the truth weather you like it or not, because what you want which is the opposite of what Earl is doing and that will put normal people to sleep or switch the channel, you as player and only players will like this, but not the normal viewers on TV, so pepsi will never come to pool its quite boring, they know normal audience will not want to watch this.
There are many examples of other sports where when adding people with Antics and Drama had made their game and built a foundation of audience which translated into money, which then brought even more sponsors, I don't want to name names or sports but this exactly what happened to them for the game to pickup, it's when the PEOPLE who dont play the sport start WATCHING the sport, for us it's just those that play pool who watch pool, and even imagine this, 50% of pool players dont watch pool themselves, only the other 50% watch pool, I know friends who play pool who even stated to me that its boring to watch pool, lol. and whenever I put pool infront of my wife or father who don't play pool, they either leave after 5mins or sleep.
Again, let me tell you this one more time so you don't misunderstand me, I am a player, and I don't like what Earl does, yesterday while I was watching he made me so angry that I shouted at my screen, what the F is this guy doing, I used ot love Earl. but when you saw your comment, you said that you think EArl is sole reason for pool not to pick up in terms of money and exposure and sponsor and what not? here you are dead wrong, if you had 10 people like EArl you would see that Car companies and Pepesi and BMW and other big giant companies coming here to make big events for pool, trust me on this one, they hunt the normal audience, and what makes normal audience watch? it's drama, people love drama man, I hate to repeat myself but the normal people (The ones that never play pool) they dont want to get bored watching two guys sitting quietly and just shooting, they will start yawning, I hope you understand this in the prespective of TV personal and normal audience, if you leave your "Pool player mind-set" you will get it.
