http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/storm-coming-up-in-billiards-from-korea.html
And caudron just announced hes joining the korean league
And caudron just announced hes joining the korean league
Turmoil in professional 3cushion
- Thread starter Texas Carom Club
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Kozoom writes:
"The 3-cushion sport, with its hundreds of thousands of players, is under threat of a power grab by an announced new circuit."
Not too be too sarcastic, but I didn't realize this was an enterprise worth grabbing power away from in the first place.
"The 3-cushion sport, with its hundreds of thousands of players, is under threat of a power grab by an announced new circuit."
Not too be too sarcastic, but I didn't realize this was an enterprise worth grabbing power away from in the first place.
Sounds like the ones who are currently in positions of power (UMB) in the Three Cushion world don't want any threat to their hold on the reigns, and they feel threatened by this new group from S. Korea (PBA) for some reason.
Korean billiards have had the biggest payouts in recent times with exception to the mcreery(umb)
With the lg cup and new survivor tournament paying 50k amd up for first place
And all streamed for free
And all streamed for free
For those who were not aware of it....
The top 14 professional 3-cushion players are automatically seeded into the last 32 of professional tournaments (World Cup events). In addition, they get their hotel and airfare paid for by the promoter. Three "wild card" players also get those benefits.
The UMB adds $85,000 to the prize fund per World Cup.
It can be argued that the UMB should not stand in the way of someone else running events, but if those events cause players to be absent at World Cups, the organizers of those World Cups will be disappointed that the top players are not there. With enough disappointment, those events disappear from the calendar.
The full regulations for UMB World Cups is here: http://files.umb-carom.org/Public/Rules/UMB_WC_Rules_2018.pdf
I don't know exactly what the problem is between the UMB and the Korean tour organizers but it seems in these political situations that the players always get caught in the middle.
The top 14 professional 3-cushion players are automatically seeded into the last 32 of professional tournaments (World Cup events). In addition, they get their hotel and airfare paid for by the promoter. Three "wild card" players also get those benefits.
The UMB adds $85,000 to the prize fund per World Cup.
It can be argued that the UMB should not stand in the way of someone else running events, but if those events cause players to be absent at World Cups, the organizers of those World Cups will be disappointed that the top players are not there. With enough disappointment, those events disappear from the calendar.
The full regulations for UMB World Cups is here: http://files.umb-carom.org/Public/Rules/UMB_WC_Rules_2018.pdf
I don't know exactly what the problem is between the UMB and the Korean tour organizers but it seems in these political situations that the players always get caught in the middle.
Have to admit that I know nothing about this conflict, but I do know a lot more about contracts, and if the player and league enter into a contract together and part of that contract prohibits the player from playing in tournaments other than those approved by the UMB, then the league would be totally within their rights to enforce such a provision according to the terms of the existing contract...if no such contract exists or the existing contract does not include such a restriction, then they would have no such right.
If someone does not like the terms of a contract, then he should simply not enter into the contract, rather than enter into the contract and then decide to violate it. Of course there can be situations where a contract is voidable and/or unenforceable for a number of reasons, but other than those circumstances, breaking a contract simply because a better situation arises is legally and morally unacceptable.
If someone does not like the terms of a contract, then he should simply not enter into the contract, rather than enter into the contract and then decide to violate it. Of course there can be situations where a contract is voidable and/or unenforceable for a number of reasons, but other than those circumstances, breaking a contract simply because a better situation arises is legally and morally unacceptable.
The UMB calendar is pretty sparse. They can't fit Korean events around that "packed" calendar of events? Is this Korean PBA strictly events in Korea?
I think the UMB ranking events average about one per month since also on the calendar are national and continental championships which lead into the World Championship. Added are the World Team Championships, and several special events such as the NYC tournament and a few others. That comes to about 16 or 17 if a player played in all of them.
