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My stance, for what its worth, is as follows: The Mosconi Cup has been a great success, it is pretty much the only recognised event for non-pool afficionados (at least in Europe, I can't speak for the US). I could ask 1000 people if they'd ever watched the US Open, (9-Ball) World Championship...

With plenty of chat on the boards about the recent edition of the Reyes Cup, what are people's thoughts on the next edition (and moving forwards), what would be most appealing to the fans?

and then barely got a shot in his second match, he didn't do much wrong!

WST put out this announcement earlier: Today's afternoon session will now begin at 6pm local time, 3pm GMT, where Mark Allen takes on Mark Selby for a chance at the 167 prize & a place in the semi-final tomorrow. The second match will commence N/B 7pm local time, 4pm GMT. So it looks like...

No, I have never been a member previously, so there was no risk of them having any payment details for me!

I tried it to see, was able to sign up and not enter any payment details. They of course do try to get you to subscribe, but if you decline and then go to the schedule it loads up, so it works for me (I'm UK based, possible it may be different in the US)!

Just in case anyone is interested (as I know quite a few will already have DAZN accounts). https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/december/17/dazn-to-broadcast-riyadh-season-snooker-championship-worldwide-and-for-free/

Yeah, Sky is a subscription service, you have to pay to get the basic channels then extra for movies, sports etc. Subscriptions cost between (approximating for the fx) $20 - $100 per month. You can also buy single day or single month passes instead of having to sign up for 18 months on a...

https://matchroompool.com/wp-content/uploads/Rules-on-Country-Representation-1.pdf This is the current set of rules, but I think these came into play after Fedor switched.

and Sky Sports isn't free, its approx $30 USD per month (varies depending on package, provider etc.). I suspect the new service will only be available when an event isn't shown on an existing network, I don't think it was explicit on the WNT release, but on the WST release (which was almost the...

I think this is quite important, in Europe we don't have the same stigma around alcohol as you guys do in the US. Of course all pool halls sell alcohol, but they simply don't serve children (the definition of which varies country to country, but in most places will be 16-18). In the US I get...

Ah yes good point, that was the Covid year, I had forgotten that!

A fair point, I was just highlighting that he can compete over short races.

My point was simply that perhaps its not short races that are the issue, but something about the US team dynamic.

https://www.mosconistats.com/players.php His win rate for Europe was pretty good...

I agree with you on that, look at Hanoi, I bet the players enjoy that far more than all the other events! Darts has pretty lively crowds and the players do okay, also the snooker shootout (which starts today) is very loud and Shaun Murphy hit a 147 last year so I think Pool players should be...

Fair enough, thats your view, I won't try to win you round on that one!

Is the Ryder Cup a golf event?

And yet we all spend weeks talking about it before and after, unlike every other event....

The problem is it doesn't work as well for TV. The US as the home of pool vs the outsiders works well as a narrative, there is a healthy rivalry (even if it is massively overplayed for TV) between the US and European players. With the Reyes Cup for example you could see there was healthy...