Professionalism is a key area if outsiders are ever to notice the sport.
If you
read the article on AzB you can see that I am no stranger to pool, but life made me take a 18 year hiatus.
During that time I worked a lot in the poker industry and pool can really
lean a lot from this industry. The money is never going to be the same, but the way they´ve managed to crawl out from underground clubs to mainstream media is a great feat. I was part of making that happen and really want to utilize my experience from doing that to make pool achieve something resembling that.
In regards to men/women spending, if we want
to sport to grow - we have to support promoters, TD´s
has to make a living, manufacturers
has to make a profit etc. It´s just the way it has to be. Otherwise, people will stop trying and it just dies out and the sport stagnates.
We all have to realize that when brands adds money to prize pools it eats out of their profits, and even sometimes they lose money. They view it as an investment. But if the pool community don´t appreciate that and ask for more and more..they will lose interest and stop doing it.
Now is the time to increase the professionalism, make ONE set of rules world wide and and and...so perhaps mainstream media will put our sport back in their agenda. This means sponsors from outside the industry and bigger prize pools and events.
