Recent content by Wheelsno3

If the player who went 150 out did so immediately after the break because the breaker made a poor break, then no, they don't get another chance. If in some way they called a ball on their own break and the other player never got a shot at all, then yes they should get a chance. Pool players...

Wow. You couldn't be more wrong. You think the NBA should take up the street rules of "make it take it"? You think Wimbledon should allow the player who holds serve to keep serving because they haven't been broken? You think the NFL should force the team who got scored on to kick the ball...

Let's look at Tennis and Darts specifically because they are very clearly two sports where the first mover advantage is HUGE. At the top of both sports the best player "holds serve/throw" a very high percentage of the time, easily over 80% for the best players. Therefore the alternate start is...

The Packers did get an equal shot after every score by the Cardinals throughout the game. The NFL's overtimes rules specifically are at fault, not the overall set up of Football. And by the way, there are lots and lots of people who think the NFL overtime rules are stupid, myself included...

What? How? If you suck at breaking how does getting more chances to break help you. You are still going to suck at breaking and not be able to run out the table. Alternate break is simply the fairest way to play the game. Every other sport has some sense of equality in opportunity build...

Many, many other sports in the world uses "alternate break" or at the very least equal chances. Basketball, football, soccer, professional darts, and more. Volleyball is one of the only sports I can think of that has a "make it, take it" type of rule, but even then, the rules have been changed...

Rotation 8 ball would be interesting with pros, but the safety play would likely be unbearable. When you have a different legal object ball than your opponent playing safe/hooking/snookering would be very very easy. The ease of playing safe would likely over shadow the other skills in the...

There isn't supposed to be any strategy in racking 8-ball. The rules specifically say (BCAPL, BCA, WPA, VNEA, many others) that the only requirement is that the 8 be in the middle of the third row and that the back two corners be opposite groups. The rest of the balls are supposed to be placed...

I love the idea of Chinese 8-ball, creating a version of 8-ball that is very difficult, forcing pros to play the game in a more interesting way, half offense, half defense. Smaller, rounded, tough pockets - love it. A table that treats rail frozen balls like clusters making it harder to runout...