Who’s playing what
Pros and their cues
- Thread starter John oleson
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Do some get salaries like Shane and others rewarde by performance?
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if you do some digging you'll find out who uses what. i'd guess most get entry fees paid and maybe some travel help. SVB is a whole other deal, he gets salary/bonuses/you name it. look, these guys can/do play with ANYTHING so don't put much stock in what they play.
Pros play with what ever puts the most money in pocket, in endorsement deals. Or who gave them a Cue for FREE.
Pros are Pros because they have skill, not some Tool.
Not pro but use stick type stick. Dual section portable model.
Do some of the euro and Asia pros get travel and lodging, etc?
Just curious but why does any of this matter? you planning on goin' pro? Look, these deals/contract can/do vary MASSIVELY as to their details. Unless you talk directly to a player/cuemaker(both of whom probably won't divulge shit) all you'll get is general guesses. SVB signed what basically amounts to a lifetime gig with C'tec back in '09 and its current value is said to be in the $150,000/yr area. His deal is easily the gold-standard of cue contracts.
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Shane is in another hemisphere ($$$$) than any other pro player!
I'd guess not even one of them gets entry fees and travel help. If they are a top player, they get a salary and some free product (cues) that they can sell to supplement their income. In the case of an elite player, that annual salary can be well over $100,000 per annum and possibly much more in the case of a Filler, Gorst or SVB.
Based on my conversations with top pros, cue deals have become increasingly lucrative in recent years.