What's amazing to me is all the people complaining about big pockets, loud crowd, short races, etc.
Did any of you watch the international open???? 6 people on the rail, 3 of them sleeping, 2 on their phones and 1 watching. Yeah, that's exciting.
You obviously know NOTHING about what people want to see, and YOU are the reason pool is not on TV and is boring as hell.
The place is packed, selling drinks like crazy and everybody there PAID to get in, guess you guys would rather watch in a Church with 3" pockets cause you're all elite pros and watching pool with these pockets is so far below you.
Get a clue!
Jason<---not here to make friends
Well said. No, I don't want to be your friend. But you speak truth here.
Pool, on its own - no matter which way you package it or present it, has a tough time gaining favor with fans. The MC is pretty much about as fast and exciting and aggressive as you can make pool.
I'm not counting the nonsense of 7-ball and other formats tried by ESPN...
That said, all these hard core fans and their opinions are awful for the game.
Speaking of churches. While at the MC they silence the crowd for the shot - I appreciate the loudness. It's more fun for the fans. The heckling is not so good, but fan noise is OK.
I've been to several high level tournaments....
AWFUL. I did not enjoy them at all. And I don't attend them anymore. I'm not a rowdy person at all, pretty quiet actually - but it isn't fun to be so restricted. The atmosphere at these tournaments sucks.
I don't care if it effects their concentration. Learn to concentrate with the noise. In most sports, top athletes have to deal with noise. Are you a pro or not? Of all the things pool could have adopted from other sports, it adopted the WORST thing ever from golf, and that is being silent during shots.
The players are all hypocrites anyway. At a major tournament, they demand silence and stillness. But world class players will slug it out for even more cash in a pool room with the jukebox blaring the most obnoxious rap or metal music, skimpy dressed waitresses walking around, people banging balls, yelling at hooting at the bar, smoke, food being served and eaten....
Whatever!
Pool players and their fans deserve each other in a race to the bottom.