Pool is second fiddle to cornhole on ESPN

cardiac kid

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trob said:
Maybe your unaware but pool surpassed bowling as the most played game in the county a few years mr. negativity lol so I promise you more people play pool then cornhole.
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What most posters here continue to err on is, it is professional pool that is disappearing. Amateur pool, specifically league pool on a bar table, is still expanding. It just angers me "Cornholing" is on national TV whether broadcast or streamed and pool is not. Cornholing has a national sponsor. Pool does not. Something wrong with the picture.

Lyn
 
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With great ratings due to all the cornhole enthusiasts I hear they are working on Bonus Cornhole with orange and purple bean bags! :rolleyes:
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Most cornhole enthusiasts voted for the Draft-Dodger-in-Chief. Enjoy the progamming. :thumbup2::thumbup2::thumbup2:
 
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cardiac kid said:
What most posters here continue to err on is, it is professional pool that is disappearing. Amateur pool, specifically league pool on a bar table, is still expanding. It just angers me "Cornholing" is on national TV whether broadcast or streamed and pool is not. Cornholing has a national sponsor. Pool does not. Something wrong with the picture.

Lyn
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Iv seen it on a few times , I'm not buying pool is played by , more people than corn hole is and I don't think it's even close I'd like to know how many boards are in use on a 4th of July weekend , in the last few yrs I've never been to a outside event where there is not a grill and corn hole board so it's easy to see how the get a sponsorship

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They have bags tournaments where I play in leagues and they just look ridiculous with carrying their little bags cases. They look like purses for god sakes :grin:
 
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This is just too funny. Pool players all mocking because guys throwing beanbags at a hole in a piece of wood is more popular than THEIR game.

A clue: you are mocking the wrong thing.
 
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Cornhole is so relatable though compared to pool... It's drunk rednecks putting things in holes in competition. Nothing like pool.
 
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BC21 said:
I laughed at this, because not only do I like drinking a few beers while tossing bags of corn at boards with holes, but because I play a banjo too! Not all at the time of course. I mean, a guy can only have so much fun before it becomes unhealthy.

Here is what I find most disappointing with cornhole vs pool on ESPN: The fact that a backyard cornhole association somehow does a better job of lobbying for tv time compared to the well-established professional billiards association. It's either that or there aren't many pool player folks at ESPN.
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People are always willing to give new things a try, but anything with a reputation will have noses turned up.
 
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BBC-to-CHE??????????????????

That would be " bean-bag center to corn-hole edge". I wonder if Stan has seen this game and whether aiming can be improved?
 
cardiac kid

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garczar said:
That would be " bean-bag center to corn-hole edge". I wonder if Stan has seen this game and whether aiming can be improved?
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Gar, you had to do it. You just had to do it. Poor Stan will be besieged by a slew of unkempt inebriated redneck cornholers desperate to gain that last little edge. Wonder if the official sanctioning body has a certified scale and laser measuring device to keep competition fair? Are the targets set up using lasers? An inquiring mind wants to know :rolleyes: .

Lyn
 
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Brookeland Bill said:
Just watched a few minutes of cornhole on ESPN. A bunch of hicks tossing bean bags at a hole in a Board they took out of their s##t House. How in the world can ESPN show 30 minutes of pure hillbilly tomfoolery and not air professional pool matches?
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I think I broke the code. Stupid chit sells.
 
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cardiac kid said:
Gar, you had to do it. You just had to do it. Poor Stan will be besieged by a slew of unkempt inebriated redneck cornholers desperate to gain that last little edge. Wonder if the official sanctioning body has a certified scale and laser measuring device to keep competition fair? Are the targets set up using lasers? An inquiring mind wants to know :rolleyes: .

Lyn
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NIIIICE-ly played,sir.:thumbup:
 
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trob said:
But pitching bean bags at a board with holes in it is? Lol I’m pretty sure more people play pool then even know what corn hole is.
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I don't think so. Bean bags/corn hole costs only the price of a set of boxes and bags that can be easily made, can be played by anyone without much skill, and makes for fun competition. It is played very commonly where I live in Illinois, and is a lot of fun. I would love to see pool on TV more, but pool just isn't popular enough among people to make it viable for tv, while almost everyone I know plays "bags" at one time or another. I doubt either will have a prolonged tv presence though.
 
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