Heck, why not just do away with ball in hand on fouls and play the ball behind the line on everything.
Make the 9 ball a called pocket shot, no slopping it in......use the 3 foul rule all the time.....and alt. breaks.
There a lot of ways to change the game aside from the notion that stripes 'n solids is the game of choice.
Personally, I find 8 ball less appealing than 9 ball, 10 ball or 14.1 and I don't care for one pocket as a game.
Nonetheless, switching to 8 ball because that's the game we all grew up with is pretty presumptuous.
Maybe if you are over 50 or 60 that's the game you learned. But as soon as you gained some skills,
8 ball fell by the wayside and your started playing other versions of the game. Well, the youth today
do not migrate to 8 ball like in the past and it sure seems 9 ball is pretty popular with the younger set.
I second that.
No doubt he has a point as 8ball takes away the luck n ensures both players does their fair share of hardwork being getting the win each game as compared to u running out from1-8 missing d 9 n ur opponent takes it.
However , i think 9 n 10 ball rotation are more physically n mentally demanding than 8 ball.
Reason is u have to be a good shotmaker ( running outta position or certain situation ) n excellent ball control as u 're playing postion for just 1 ball on the table.
As for 8 ball, u have choices, usually 2 or 3 balls to position or shld u run into trouble so u can actually rely on intelligence to choose an effective run out pattern most of the time.
My point ,.A player who runs out consistently in 9 or 10 ball will have a higher chance beating a player in 8ball who runs out consistenly in 8 ball due to superior shotmaking n cueball control.
However a 8ball player who runs out regularly in 8ball have a pretty low percentage of beating one in 8ball that consistently does so in 9 or 10 ball.
My 2 cents