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Thank you for your response, Oscar. I was hoping this thread would get your attention, and I'm glad to see that it did. It grows tiring to see threads started all the time that keep asking the same old questions about why pool players can't make a decent living, and why do pool rooms keep...

I catch your sarcasm, Cleary, but Oscar's not destroying pool and I didn't claim, insinuate, or even hint that he is. Nobody is destroying pool. But then nobody is doing much to make it any better, either. The only way professional players will ever stand a chance at making a decent living at...

So you know something about art direction. That's nice. Roger

I'm in a pool room and around pool players of all levels six, and sometimes seven, days a week. Virtually everything I do to make a living is pool related. That's my reality. What's yours? Roger

And why isn't it cut out for TV? It should be. How can pro players ever expect to get paid on a level with pro players from other sports if they can't put on something that is cut out for TV? Roger

I just read the report on the AZB home page where Oscar and Amar split 1st & 2nd place winnings in the Mezz West State Tour 10-ball tournament in Sacramento this past weekend. Although that might have been the merciful thing to do in a tournament where the second set of the final match wasn't...

Why go to all that trouble? Make it real by putting Lou and JB on TV. :grin-square: Roger

This thread seems to bear out something I said in the series of articles I wrote on CTE several years ago. In them, I said that the controversy over CTE had to do with its marketing on these forums. The letters "CTE" (standing for Center-To-Edge) are just a name given to a certain aiming...

I'm told it's still there, intact, and not up for sale or lease. Roger

Bonus Ball hasn't gone to the wayside for good. It's merely been a pit stop. You'll be hearing about it again in the near future. Roger

Glen, does everyone here understand the significance of the various pocket characteristics? I, for one, understand the significance of reducing a pocket opening from 5" to 4.5." What that means is that there will be a reduction in the amount of degree you will be able to cheat the pocket...

Maybe they should just change the rack. Make a Magic Rack that spaces every ball 1/16" apart and then let's see how the players micro-manage that. Roger

I agree. I show students what ideal mechanics look like, and explain to them what makes those mechanics "ideal." Then I show them (by video recording) how their present mechanics compare to the "ideal mechanics." But if they don't want to change their style of play, I don't force them. I...

Extremely nice case. :thumbup: Roger

You can't get there from here, Mike. At one time, they were printing lists and distributing them to the ratings committee members, but they stopped that practice. They now have all the ratings on a website that is only viewable by committee members with access codes. Roger

I agree with what Chris Renfro is saying here. I install tips every day. LOTS of them! LePro still remains the tip in most demand by my beginner and intermediate customers. Kamui Black SS has been, and still is, my biggest seller to advanced players. The Kamui Clears look nice, but I don't...

JAM loves animals, and that's all I need to know to be able to tell she's a great person at heart. Which makes me wonder...why don't the animals on this board love her back? Roger

Mark, Even if you had started in one direction and then changed your mind, it's still nobody's business but yours. Roger

I'm just having a hard time understanding why anyone feels that they have a right to put Mark Griffin and CSI on trial here. Roger

Maybe when we start paying our "professional" sports commentators and professional players more, we might be able to expect more professionalism out of them. :wink: Roger