L.S. Dennis
Well-known member
Last night I watched Earl being interviewed by Kim Davenport and Reed Pierce which has recently gone up on the probilliardstour.com website. Along with the anticipated questions like °what are the differences of the game today, and who were the better player then or now?” Earl was asked about the slow play of nineball today (as was mentioned many times on this forum during the last US OPEN) he opined that there should be a 20 second shot clock with no more that 3 or 4 extensions PER MATCH much the same as foot ball with times outs per game. I for one agree, maybe not with the 20 second clock because not everyone can play at Earl’s speed I‘d allow for a 25 second clock as is done in Asia. But the part about extensions I absolutely agree with, This would force players to use their extensions wisely during the match. He also mentioned that the size of the balls has changed over the years, this I’ve never heard of, maybe Bob could chime in on this one’