Scott, I have no argument with what you said, including Justin being a rube, and Johnny being out of date. He's a hundred years old for crissakes. But, in all honesty I think you're a tad myopic here.
The Jr. Nationals is fine business, but how many entries are there? A hundred. A hundred-fifty? Spread that group (along with the ones who didn't qualify for the tournament) across the United States and it won't even make a bump on the graph of new pool players.
Also, Coach Wilson has how many players on his team? Six boys and six girls? That's hardly a representation of the vast army of new players to come.
My local pool room has sixteen Gold Crowns which is fairly large for a pool hall these days, and it serves a city of about 175,000 residents, not counting the surrounding area.
Currently there are two players, under the age of twenty who come in to play pool. That's it. Just two. :smile: