Ideas that haven't saved pool
- Thread starter justnum
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How about fast food restaurants, spend $20 on the sponsors products, and they'll pay the $20 in live streaming for you! I know thats hard for anyone to imagine, but Yum Brands for example has 50,000 locations in over 150 countries around the world, and spend a half billion a year on food for thought advertising!! Why not sponsor pool with direct sales!!! $20 for $20!!!
What cow pasture are you guys playing golf at for $20?
So many places to golf for $20 in the greater Phoenix area. It's a bit hot out, but the courses are in great shape!
flmusclehead
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IMHO... Matchroom WPM was pretty cool... Keep refining the concept on the big stage with excellent commentary and great camera work...
But lousy pay for the players!
Marchroom makes millions, while the players get paid scraps, AND have to pay to play!!
That's cheap., even for summer prices. Cheapest I've played in FL s $35 after 2:00. But way too hot. But not like Phoenix. I stayed at Star Pass (I think) and played 9 every morning and it was like an oven. Made the lazy river that much nicer.
You're not kidding! I moved here from Florida. I'll take AZ heat all day over FL heat.
Mine would think it's a place to drop me off and never come back.
$20 is about average around here, but you have to time your stroke if you want to get through the clown mouth and avoid the windmill blades.
That reminds me...putt putt golf used to be on Wide World of Sports pretty regularly back in the 70's.
But keep in mind that back then the sponsorship dollars were all about the commercials that network TV sold. The content...log rolling, putt putt, badminton, demolition derby, ski jumping, and yes, pool...were shown because the network didn’t have to pay them much if anything for broadcast rights. We watched it because it was sports and it was one of 3 things on TV at that moment. The networks knew that and spent as little as possible to put on a show.
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flmusclehead
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Uh oh! I smell a players union brewing...
That would add more social proofing to the dating pool. There is more accountability if the users have some common territory.
The adult single parent has the most challenging time meeting people.
The phrase "I'm going to drop the kids off at the pool"... it doesn't mean what you think it means...
Instead of looking for a sponsor it has to get the attention of a cable TV entity. They're the ones "crafting" shows, because they know what gets ratings. Pool should appeal to sports junkies because they can bet on it. If an endless series of house hunter/home improvement/real estate agent shows and The Laundry Guy get produced (https://www.hgtv.com/shows/the-laundry-guy) why not pool? I have no idea how to make that happen, but that's my take on it.
I've been told that somewhere in the past the pool players fixed a tournament and pissed off Vegas, maybe enough time has passed that they'd give the sport another chance.
I've been told that somewhere in the past the pool players fixed a tournament and pissed off Vegas, maybe enough time has passed that they'd give the sport another chance.
There's a huge difference between drawing advertisers and picking up sponsors.