Fixing American Pool by forming the NBL (National Billiards League) & PBA Tour!!!

Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
How do we fix pool in the United States?

How do we attract more players?

How do we stimulate activity in pool rooms across America once again just like it used to be back in the 1990's?

How do we breed multiple new champions to be competitive on the World stage once again?

How do we appeal to the general public and attract more spectators?

The questions are endless!

The answer is simple.

In a word...



STRUCTURE.


Added money or sponsorship alone is NOT the answer. We need a mapped out course of action to address all the outstanding and neglected issues that have plagued American pool for the past 30 years. A business plan to build a foundation for an everlasting self sustaining industry.An official organization of professional and amateur pool in the country including a nationwide league and tour.


It's now 2020: Year of the perfect vision!


A self sustainable and profit generating billiards industry in America is possible!

Before we can look for sponsorship, before we as for added money, we must FIRST stand on our own two feet and create a product of value to offer a return on investment for sponsors.

The business plan for that product, our industry, has already been put into effect.

It's already happening! Right now a network of venues, promoters and players is forming all across the country!

For decades, we've had great plans in the wrong hands as well as great promotion of the wrong games. Now we've got a unification project nationwide doing right with all the right people in the industry! We are addressing the 3 main components that have been missing in American pool that all other nations have been doing right for decades.


1. Standardization (table & pocket size, standardized rules applied)
2. Organization (a unified business plan of implementation and marketing strategy)
3. Professionalism (a well developed clean image and presentation of the game)


Hundreds of thousands play pool in America each and every day. Between all the leagues, local and regional tours and several independent open events, men, women, juniors, professionals & amateurs, WE ARE MANY! Together, we could be strong. However we are not organized. We don't play by the same standardized rules. We don't have any graduating structure or even a common look as players.


NOW, WE WILL!


A network of 32 sanctioned locations across the entire USA will host various qualifiers and events on a regular basis and be used as a platform and backbone for several competitions and organizations. This network will make things easily accessible and financially feasible for all to participate at both amateur and professional levels the same. Sixty-four qualifier winners from across the nation and 64 top ranked American based professionals will be able to compete in a major quarterly event every 3 months!

How is this possible??? ONLY WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION!!! No excuses, no stalling, no fear. GET OUT THERE AND PLAY!!!

This is just what we've all been waiting for! No crooked promoters, no greedy venues, real money, official rules, good people behind a good business model and a nationwide movement to unify us all and set things straight once and for all!

Take a look at my Facebook pages Ed Liddawi or Sandcastle Billiards for the promo video! Website, Facebook page and more info coming soon!!!:dance:

PROMO VIDEO on my FB page: https://www.facebook.com/EdLiddawi/videos/10213335779709275/

PROMO VIDEO on Sandcastle Billiards' Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/tqDvLOugXL8
 
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CocoboloCowboy

Cowboys are my hero's
Silver Member
Structure is not the whole answer, the other problem Pool has is image. Long history of less the reputable people involved with the sport. Long history of players winning big events, and getting stiffed with rubber checks, or no check at all.

Real sports like NASCAR, NBA, NHL, MLB, PBA PGA, LPGA, NHRA, PRCA, or NFL etc., have reputable sponsors, and the players get paid to play, or paid when they win.

Sorry to be so blunt, but pools image is in need of some big time overhaul to attract big time sponsors.
 

trentfromtoledo

8onthebreaktoledo
Silver Member
Structure is not the whole answer, the other problem Pool has is image. Long history of less the reputable people involved with the sport. Long history of players winning big events, and getting stiffed with rubber checks, or no check at all.

Real sports like NASCAR, NBA, NHL, MLB, PBA PGA, LPGA, NHRA, PRCA, or NFL etc., have reputable sponsors, and the players get paid to play, or paid when they win.

Sorry to be so blunt, but pools image is in need of some big time overhaul to attract big time sponsors.

I feel Matchroom does a GREAT job of capturing a very positive image of our sport. I think things have changed for the better and pool has a bright future.

I hope this works!

TFT
 

pt109

WO double hemlock
Silver Member
Structure is not the whole answer, the other problem Pool has is image. Long history of less the reputable people involved with the sport. Long history of players winning big events, and getting stiffed with rubber checks, or no check at all.

Real sports like NASCAR, NBA, NHL, MLB, PBA PGA, LPGA, NHRA, PRCA, or NFL etc., have reputable sponsors, and the players get paid to play, or paid when they win.

Sorry to be so blunt, but pools image is in need of some big time overhaul to attract big time sponsors.

Yeah, yeah, the old “image” card being played.
That was Brunswick’s game in the 60s.....it didn’t work then either.
How do you think our top pool players would stack up against a lot of the most successful
sports ?
Here’s one league’s record as an example

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I think our pool players would come out looking okay.
 

Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
Structure is not the whole answer, the other problem Pool has is image. Long history of less the reputable people involved with the sport. Long history of players winning big events, and getting stiffed with rubber checks, or no check at all.

Real sports like NASCAR, NBA, NHL, MLB, PBA PGA, LPGA, NHRA, PRCA, or NFL etc., have reputable sponsors, and the players get paid to play, or paid when they win.

Sorry to be so blunt, but pools image is in need of some big time overhaul to attract big time sponsors.

Agreed, that IS another issue and that too is being addressed in the plan.
 

Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
I feel Matchroom does a GREAT job of capturing a very positive image of our sport. I think things have changed for the better and pool has a bright future.

I hope this works!

TFT


ALSO agreed. They DO create a positive and professional image for the game/sport.
I actually spoke with Emily from Matchroom and discussed future possibilities.

Let's make it work!
 

poolnut7879

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
The problem is simply logistics. You need the fans to get the sponsors. How many fans can you fit in a pool room?
Having a venue where you have to bring in equipment and everything else is big money that is hard to get back.

As far as pool's image goes I think that is all nonsense.

If anyone were to put money into pool I think they should try and lobby to make pool similar to Jai Lai where it can be simulcast into OTBs and casinos and wagered upon.

Expand from there. Get casinos to sponsor where it becomes a symbiotic relationship. Everyone has to win to make it worthwhile.
 

AtLarge

AzB Gold Member
Gold Member
Silver Member
The PBA and the PBA Tour have meant bowling now for 60+ years. There is no need for pool to encroach on that. Pick another name.

Edit -- And, apparently, there is a PBA Tour for 3-C billiards in Korea.
 
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Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
The PBA and the PBA Tour have meant bowling now for 60+ years. There is no need for pool to encroach on that. Pick another name.

Edit -- And, apparently, there is a PBA Tour for 3-C billiards in Korea.


Point understood and was already considered. Acronyms can not be owned.There are a few NBA's out there as well.

For marketing purposes down the road, if we accidentally pick up some viewers expecting to see someone roll a ball down a lane but winds up watching pool instead, GREAT! Additionally, a similar tour name carries a lot of prestige and respect, the PGA Tour. If the general public relates the PBA Tour to the PGA Tour as the prestigious tour for pool in America, GREAT! It beats associating us with alcohol and degenerates. Besides, there are plans to expand and start the amateur division after a couple years which will bridge the gap between our juniors and the major leagues which will carry a similar acronym of ABA. It's premature to discuss the ABA Tour right now but let's just hope we can prove to be a self sustaining profit generating entity for a couple years so that we CAN expand and add the minor leagues and more events on the tour each year.
 
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Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
What are your plans for social media other than “we plan on doing social media”?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-...orts-upending-once-staid-world-chess-n1137111

Haha we plan on doing social media. Actually a dedicated social media personnel will be advertising, promoting, running interviews, commercials, standings etc on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat & Twitter all together. A portion of proceeds will also be set aside for Facebook ads targeting not only pool enthusiasts but outside demographics in local areas when a main event is being hosted in their given area. Contests to win free VIP tickets to the event. Other ideas are being tossed around as multiple streamers join the force and we provide a free stream of multiple locations around the US on qualifier day to watch as players qualify from 32 different locations on the same day. It will be like watching the election to see who will represent what state. THAT too will be updated on social media outlets as well. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to share. I'm not an expert at everything so I''m open to hear what you might be able to enlighten me on.
 

Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
What are your plans for social media other than “we plan on doing social media”?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-...orts-upending-once-staid-world-chess-n1137111

PS
Funds will also be allocated to purchasing air time on main stream television and radio. It's a labor of love and sweat equity for the first year as many understand this and are willing to come together to make this happen for everyone's benefit. We sew seeds now to reap the rewards later.

I ask you all to nurture it and water the seed with positive reinforcement, player participation which is another hurdle, viewership in person AND online and so forth.
 

Sandman

Sandcastle Room Owner
Silver Member
The problem is simply logistics. You need the fans to get the sponsors. How many fans can you fit in a pool room?
Having a venue where you have to bring in equipment and everything else is big money that is hard to get back.

As far as pool's image goes I think that is all nonsense.

If anyone were to put money into pool I think they should try and lobby to make pool similar to Jai Lai where it can be simulcast into OTBs and casinos and wagered upon.

Expand from there. Get casinos to sponsor where it becomes a symbiotic relationship. Everyone has to win to make it worthwhile.

I've reached out to a couple NJ casinos that have acquired sports gambling licences. Keeping my fingers crossed.
 

CocoboloCowboy

Cowboys are my hero's
Silver Member
Agreed, that IS another issue and that too is being addressed in the plan.

Well if any group is to succeed it need have all parties involved under one orginizations. Both the NFL, and MLB are doing this be their direct & indrect patterning with youth sports.

If Golf had like 10 or 15 different group it would flounder, it HAS PGA/LPGA, that cover both sexes.

I have been to many PGA, SR. PGA, and LPGA Event for works. Great sponsorship, players don't get stiffed, and they make a hell of a lot of money.
 

8cree

Reverse Engineer
Silver Member
I can't lie, I like the sound of this. I wish there was more I could do to help. I'm looking forward to this entire deal. Good luck and thanks for all you are taking on here! If nothing else it is definitely a step in the right direction!
 

336Robin

Multiverse Operative
Silver Member
I hope you can get folks paid that are running it and manage prize funds for the players. If you can do that then I can see a building of support.

I do believe that there is going to have to be a lot done at the grassroots level.
 

CocoboloCowboy

Cowboys are my hero's
Silver Member
Hope & Change were ideas that a politician sold the USA, sadly ideas sometimes do not work. First thing all Pool needs is one common orginizations, for Pro Level & Amature Events.

I am sure the people who run the BCA, BCAPL, APA, TAP, and other groups will stand in line to relinkish their power, and money flow to their pockets.

Kevin T, had his WPL thing, it was flying high, untill it went down in flames. People still owned money they will never see.

Like I said the two best Pool Movies Hustler and COM, did a wonderful job of show how the world of Pool operates, full of tricksters, huckster, and conmen & women. Great flicks, but DOD not much to sell people the ideas Pool was like Mom's Apple Pie.
 

poolnut7879

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Need a card carrying handicap system that applies to all and requires a membership which in turn can be used to fund whatever deemed necessary by governing body.
 
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