The Old Jaybird
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Pool jersey's, love 'em or hate 'em..??
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I don't like that non-collar collar or the material. No way i could play in anything that snug. I usually wear clean logo t-shit, golf polo or a square bottom button-up kinda like a bowling style shirt. One of the best action matches i ever saw had the two combatants down to boxers and house shoes by about day three. 
Don't like them. Let the players express themselves through their respective wardrobes, although there must be a minimum standard of appearance required. For example, both Kim Davenport and Jim Rempe always exhibited the latest fashions and looked great doing it.
I'm totally OK with team jerseys at both the Mosconi Cup and Reyes Cup.
I'm totally OK with team jerseys at both the Mosconi Cup and Reyes Cup.
Flakeandrun
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I don't mind them, and understand it's a way for tourneys to generate revenue from live streams (showing sponsors and the event etc)...
Don't be wearing it to the hall on a random Tuesday for a knock around with a buddy. But I like to collect them from tourneys. Reminds me I did something.
My favorites are the low-key ones that are either polo or sports collar.
Don't be wearing it to the hall on a random Tuesday for a knock around with a buddy. But I like to collect them from tourneys. Reminds me I did something.
My favorites are the low-key ones that are either polo or sports collar.
Who sets that minimum standard though? I think dress codes are bollocks in 99% of scenarios. I'd rather wear a specific item for the event and have that hassle taken away. Being told to change shoes, shirt and cover tattoos etc like I was at the China Open can get in the bin.
The event producer. I saw somebody compete in overalls with nothing underneath at Derby City one year and all I could think was "I hope no potential sponsor of pro pool is here today." How players present themselves affects potential sponsorship in pool.
Flakeandrun
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Right, I'd rather have the standard universally set and applied to all, then to have people find new ways to either bust a dress code, or say 'not like that' when you show up (which throws off your head game - hated wearing the stupid sleeves they gave me to cover tattoos)
I think tournament organizers should provide a jersey.
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My nightly wear to gamble was colored pocket T-shirt and blue jeans. I wore the same to tournaments. Not torn or stained but it annoyed me when someone wanted me to wear a collared shirt. In cold weather I usually started off with another layer or two on and ended up down to the pocket T. I like the free movement of a T-shirt and it is what I wear over 90% of the time anyway.
I very reluctantly let my children have coca-cola branded stuff when it was red hot. The ridiculous deal of paying more to advertise for somebody pissed me off.
I had a late model that I kept parked at my business not far from the race track. Guys knew I kept a drawer full of decals that came with equipment I bought. They were welcome to take what they liked. If I wasn't paid for the advertising it wasn't going on me or my car!
Easy to see why I don't want to wear a jersey advertising anyone. I do think the pro's wearing jerseys that are nicely designed and advertising their sponsors is fine. That is business. The patches stuck on as an afterthought do look terribly unprofessional. These days it is easy to get tightly sewn patches or even better NC embroidered messages to show who is sponsoring you.
Hu
I very reluctantly let my children have coca-cola branded stuff when it was red hot. The ridiculous deal of paying more to advertise for somebody pissed me off.
I had a late model that I kept parked at my business not far from the race track. Guys knew I kept a drawer full of decals that came with equipment I bought. They were welcome to take what they liked. If I wasn't paid for the advertising it wasn't going on me or my car!
Easy to see why I don't want to wear a jersey advertising anyone. I do think the pro's wearing jerseys that are nicely designed and advertising their sponsors is fine. That is business. The patches stuck on as an afterthought do look terribly unprofessional. These days it is easy to get tightly sewn patches or even better NC embroidered messages to show who is sponsoring you.
Hu
I put it right up there with the Hustlin tee shirt.
So, at the Derby City 9-ball, as an event organizer, you are wiling to bear the cost of 500 jerseys. At a Matchroom major, you are willing to bear the cost of 256 jerseys. Where is the money coming from? In the context of entry fees, prize funds and added money, the cost of dressing the players is prohibitive.
DeeDeeCues
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Effing stupid.
Flakeandrun
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I do completely understand what you are saying, but I'm not sure it costs all that much to provide something. Maybe if you use onboard, or some ramped up athletic wear brand, sure. But even small tournaments I've played that have a big field have been able to do this. They have generally looked pretty good too.
Gotcha. We have had different experiences in this area, so our views are understandably different. Thanks for your input.
Flakeandrun
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Most 4 day tournaments here provide two jerseys. Usually contrasting colors (one dark, and one light) - I do get that manufacturing costs here are going to be much lower. Entry fees are usually between 30-100$ depending on the event. Most of the ones I have entered have had payouts varying from $3-20K - all provided jerseys (Except for China Open, which bitched and moaned that every part of my attire to some extent didn't meet the dress code, even though technically I had followed it to the letter... A Zen polo shirt needed black tape over logos, my leather work shoes needed changing due to light soles, my tattoos needed sport sleeves as a long sleeve underneath wasn't right...)
You definitely have much greater experience than me and have likely seen it all being so involved in the pool community. But these things don't need to be too extravagant in my opinion. Simply something branded with the event and its sponsors. A black polo, or sports collar.
How much is entry to DCC? It's a fee per event entered right? I think being more selective of the supplier and taking some of the responsibility for putting patches/logos on can go to the organizer/players rather than adding to manufacture costs (here often provide name patches, but these are stuck on by yourself - They also have allowance for sponsor patches - the event and it's sponsors are usually printed on or woven into the fabric, but sometimes are transfers just like player names that organizers have attached - I can provide some examples of the shirts I have collected here maybe)
In the past, I think it was 100 for banks and one pocket and a little more than that for 9ball. Of course, it can be more if one chooses to buy back.
Flakeandrun
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Maybe some of the fee could go toward relevant jerseys? - which provides space for a set sponsor? Perhaps a sponsor could provide? Perhaps player personal sponsors could be applied at a fee?
I think if the event is well produced and streamed on multiple platforms, it provides a sponsor with an opportunity to obtain recognition on quite a wider scale if jerseys are displaying in unison. Therefore, the right sponsor would surely chip in?
I know people would say, 'that's not going in the prize fund' - but surely, in the grand scheme things, it increases the exposure and adds to the event and available fund down the line?
I don't know, I am just spit-ballin here. No experience in organizing or financing an event. Just observations from events I have been in. Which always have an event/sponsored shirt provided (99% of the time by the hall of the event, the producer of the event and one external sponsor, be it Zen, Fury, LiSi, CPBA or whoever else)
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