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Not all of them have two votes I don’t think or at least that’s what I remember from the podcast. I think EU has 2, Asia should have 2 but the ACBS only has 1 due to being on a probationary period. I don’t know who else has 1 vs. 2

Matchroom started as basically Barry Hearn managing Steve Davis, and I think the name was from Barry’s snooker club in 70s. The matchroom stable expanded in the 80s to include Davis, Thorburn, Taylor, Tony Meo and I think Jimmy White. There might have been a few others that I’m missing. In...

If they start getting million dollar prize funds, or even 750,000 prize funds for their big production events, yes. I think they’d want those players at their tournaments, but it’s really early doors in terms of broadening the awareness of professional pool. There aren’t any real stars at this...

Matchrooms perpsective would be “We grew Darts and Snooker by doing X, Y and Z. We want to do that for pool, but we can’t do Z within WPAs structure” or “The WPA structure negatively influences our ability to do Z effectively”. So they would see it in the best interests of the players because...

This is where I’d like to see matchroom finally get on a podcast and chat about this issue. I’m fairly certain though that they don’t want to get boxed into the WPAs structure and strategy. They want to do what they think they need to do to grow this tour without convincing someone else to...

My initial reactions are, 1. Kudos to Ishaun for coming on and opening himself to scrutiny 2. It’s time for Emily to speak openly on the issue, they can’t let the WPA own the narrative, no matter how well or poorly they do it. 3. This concept of “owning” sounds too squishy and a bit of an...

i think that’s all he really can do at this point. I haven’t watched it yet but I’d be surprised if he wasn’t more careful after the WPA had to walk back his comments immediately after the last podcast he was on. The ended doing exactly what he said they would, but I’m sure there weren’t...

Thinking outside the box, maybe the best timing for this would be directly after the international open? You are still taking advantage of players being already in the country, but you side step the issue that players may prefer to warm up for a 9 ball tournament with a 9 ball tournament.

If I remember correctly, the full video hasn’t been released publicly. What we have seen is the edited video to make John look as badly as possible.

For me it’s the US Open 9 ball, World 9 ball and World Pool Masters. Everything else is too new. I do like the DCC MoT but I find it’s too North America focused since nowhere else plays Banks or One Pocket as consistently. Maybe the World 10 ball could be slotted in if it sticks around for 5...

You’ve already probably had enough perspectives on this but, I’ve always felt like Chinese 8 ball was a poor man’s snooker. I know some people will vehemently disagree but it lacks the creativity in shotmaking/position play and safety play of American pool while also foregoing the challenge and...

I hadn’t even thought about enforceability. The top players will be easy enough to spot for the most part, but beyond that someone is going to need to spend a lot of time combing through players lists lol.

Local tourneys are fine as long as they don’t qualify for WPA sanctioning (over 25k added I think). The biggest risk for Canadians would likely be whether we would be barred from the Canadian Championships for competing in a matchroom event.

Are these the clauses from matchroom that are of concern? 12.0 Other Events 12.1 By signing this Agreement, the Player confirms that they will not participate in another 9-ball ‘UK Open Championship’ pool event during the fourteen months from signature of this Agreement without the prior...

Agree, I think the worst possible outcome (and maybe most likely if matchroom meets its long term goals) is that the WPA and its affiliates are relegated to overseeing the amateur/grass roots game. Sort of like the IBSF and snooker where they don’t call their events “amateur” events but that’s...

Every tour and association I can think of has similar language. But what matters is how and when it is applied. The WPA are not promoters and cannot guarantee the players any amount of opportunities. They also don’t have an existing partnership with a tour or organization that offers...

Predator can have a big impact here and force WPA to reconsider. If Predator chooses not to sanction, what is the WPA going to do? Mandate everyone play Chinese 8 Ball? I have to imagine that as much as Predator wants their tours and tournaments to be successful, they likely also want to...

I think the benefit to the federations is that the WNT provides broader exposure which, generates increased interest in the game and filters back to the federations in the form of more players, exposure and eventually probably more money. Professional sport is as much an advertisement for the...

I think Matchroom is willing to push the boat out a bit with pool because they have the potential to own the professional tour outright. So if they are successful, I don’t think they need to even reach the same heights as snooker to reap similar profits where they only own 51%. The big...

This is where I wish one of those player associations actually stuck around. This is exactly the type of thing you need them for. In a perfect world the players and major sponsors should boycott the WPA. The WPA banned Fedor last year, the ACBS banned Singapore players this year and the WPA...