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What company would support a guy who says, "I have to win this [gambling match] because I've got two kids at home and the rent has to get paid" ?

Yes. Really.

Your idea is less appealing than the APA. The APA has handicaps AND rules that help lower-skilled players (slop) AND they dangle free trips to Las Vegas at the players. I think macguy has it right: if you want to help grow pool, find a town without a poolroom and open one.

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We're still on holiday hiatus until the 14th; we have one team of college students and they're not back for a while. It's just as well... I'm dealing with a rotator cuff problem that is keeping me from playing. :frown:

Ok, so do you have proof that the leagues aren't growing? I don't have hard numbers, but according to my LO NAPA is growing really fast. He could be wrong (though he communicates with the national office a lot) and things could have changed since I spoke to him, but I don't see stagnation in...

How do you define stagnant? I live in a town with no poolrooms but we have 3 APA divisions and 2 NAPA divisions.

The roster fills up really fast for this event. It's possible they just missed the window.

I don't know. If the only reason to switch is because of who is running it then I don't honestly see a reason to switch. But I wouldn't care if my NAPA LO suddenly said, "hey we're switching over to Johnny Archer's league". He's not talking about existing leagues giving money to a pro tour...

Isn't this basically what Joe Tucker is doing with American Rotation League? (minus the pro tour, of course.) The league scene is pretty saturated between APA, NAPA, TAP, VNEA, BCAPL, American Billiard Club, American Rotation (is that ABC?), in-house leagues, GPPA, etc. Besides having a...

1. Recover from a rotator cuff injury (thank God it's not a tear) 2. Practice better 3. Beat my 14.1 high-run (only 25) 4. Beat the 6-ball ghost (may be a bit audacious since I can only beat the 4-ball ghost right now.)

D'OH! Right after they say contributions are nonrefundable, they turn around and say this in the next paragraph.

With 37 hours left, they are woefully under their target number: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/american-road-player They've raised $2,485 out of $40,000

I don't usually care what people say but the parasite comment really got me going (as you can tell.) For a "professional" pool player to call a nine-to-fiver a parasite is the epitome of the pot calling the kettle black:

I have never played with Cyclops balls but there are so many people with different experiences that they have a quality control problem if nothing else. I think you're under-stating this calling it "minor." Perhaps it really was just a clumsy post born from frustration and anger, but he...

What Mr. Putnam doesn't realize is that he has no leverage. He didn't play in many tournaments in 2014 because (according to him) he didn't have a chance to get on the Mosconi Cup team. Did his absence affect anything? Nope. I normally don't reply to threads like this but this comment by...

I don't like the 3-foul rule but I really don't understand the "no safety shots" mentality. If you're playing a match -- whether it's a tournament, money match, or league -- and you want to win, why would you play a low percentage, offensive shot instead of a high percentage defensive shot?

Thanks for the link! It was really interesting hearing him talk about safety play after reading the "ban safety play" thread.

I don't know if I have a tear or just a strain but I did it playing golf this summer and like an idiot didn't stop playing golf even though it hurt. I figured it would get better after I stopped playing for the season. Now, playing pool keeps it aggravated and like an idiot I haven't stopped...

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