Mosconi cup SOLUTION
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This is a good argument against 9 ball if correct. I don’t think it is correct though.
Everything about the Mosconi Cup is good the way it is. Watch the fans...excited. Watch the players...extreme pressure. Great execution of 'do or die' shots. What other pool tournament would you rather watch from beginning to end? Or go to watch?
Exactly, the Mosconi Cup is the most profitable pool event in the world.
It's the only pool event that gets non-Pool fans interested.
I had rather see a guy run two or three racks in a row than see him miss a ball or two every game because the pocket spit the ball out because he tried to "cheat" the pocket 1/4" to get position.
Jay & I are cut from the same cloth. Luckily we were both involved in pool in the sixties and still live the game.
There are so many reasons that there were great players in that era and a lot of those reasons are reflected by the people of the Philippines. Nothing riles them up. They can focus with any kind of distraction, many unimaginable to the players in this country.
They can shoot that money ball in with a rooster crowing and a dog biting them on the leg!
Add to that they might just be the friendliest people on the planet…
They play in conditions that require concentration. Hot and humid rooms. Lackluster tables. A kind list of elements that make playing in the States feel like they are dreaming.
There are more people watching "I Love Lucy" reruns than there are the Mosconi Cup.
That was before everybody's brain was rewired from being addicted to the internet, social media, and the everyone get's a trophy mentality.
The younger generation in the West is too conditioned to "conditions" that may not exist in other parts of the world.
I lived and played pool in the Philippines for three years and the environment is similar to the pool-playing atmosphere that existed in the USA back in the 60s, minus the chickens running in and out.
Back in the 60s and early 70s, people played and gambled in bars and pool halls that had bands/juke boxes playing full blast, people shouting and raising hell, and maybe even a fight or two going on.
Today's conditions are operating-room sterile compared to the conditions people in the Philippines grow up playing in.
They should make another “Rocky” movie but instead of an underdog boxer they could use team USA for the Mosconi Cup. Maybe have John Turturro play the crazed heartless coach that has to whip them into a championship team in a short time where they have to live, workout and practice together with no outside interference. Have a lot of T & A so I would watch it and maybe even Sly would do a cameo
Flakeandrun
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Mosconi Cup solution = 3 parts of play better pool + 1 cup of don't choke the 9ball + a sprinkling of not being so wet (per 100ml of play)
Everyone dogs it for the money at some point in time.
And this golden era of American pool you speak of was all about hustling. Not championships streamed and played all over the world.
They should make a movie of "Earl", based upon his life...warts and all.
Who would play Earl?
Reported.
Who is it profitable for?
The USA is worse at all of those with the exception of Fedor being the best with a jump cue and you wanna take that away
guess 11 - 0 is your goalBlow a carrot?
Matchroom
Emily Frazer in a recent interview said that the Mosconi Cup is the only pool event that makes money, and it helps plug some of the losses from the other events on the WNT tour.
Without the Mosconi Cup, the WNT tour would be a lot smaller, meaning less prize money for players.