Im guessing more than just one kind.
đź’ˇ 8-ball should be the game. POINT, BLANK, PERIOD!!
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Im guessing more than just one kind.
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For a "writer", you sure do have a hard time understanding how words work.
John Disque
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No, just a guy that knows what hearsay means. Not sure that you could pay me enough to edit your nonsense, if your posts are any indication of your.. umm.. "talent."
"more than me." Lol
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Based on what i heard he not only fried but also ate the damn fish... only left the head, tail and bones for the vultures, but, i don't relay hearsay as gospel:smile:
Soccer is a school sport in almost every school in the United States. I know you're trying to educate us, but you really should stop while you're behind.
John Disque
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LOL
OK - You're right! Soccer rocks!
I'm not really sure why I can't seem to find it on the idiot-box... but I'll leave you to do "the figuring out."
Whatever you're doing, just stop. It's not coming across as intelligent, despite what you're convincing yourself in the mirror.
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I hope it's true - I hope soccer is a national US sport embedded into the American way of life.
I'm also pretty sure that soccer didn't overcome their obstacles by having a bunch of fat dingbats saying they could score a goal from a hundred yards away, while never getting their butt off the bench. POOL is the only sport you could do such a thing.
I sat and watched dozens of legitimate players beg that pretender to get up off his fat-ass and bet something! Only CHUMPS bought his garbage.
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lol, what a coincidence PC, JD and BK were all launched & apprx the same time and suddenly blessed us just in time for CHRISTMAS
better than talking about tips, chalk, gloves, shoes, etc., though (imo)
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I think it's more about marketing than anything... I saw ESPN3 streamed World Darts Championship (from Sky Sports) and it was at Alexandra Palace packed with fans.
Any sport or hobby has a niche of diehard fans. It's a matter of amplifying the voices and enthusiasm of these fans through marketing.
Any sport or hobby has a niche of diehard fans. It's a matter of amplifying the voices and enthusiasm of these fans through marketing.
Soccer wasn't a main stream sport in America until recently. In fact, soccer wasn't a sport at my school until my senior year in school. The athletic department made the players buy their own uniforms and arrange for their own transportation because they didn't want to waste a penny on such a useless sport. No way would they divert pennies away from worthwhile sports like baseball and football. The school I had attended had the kids from the nearby Army base. They all grew up playing soccer in Germany. That team went undefeated in the district the first year and didn't even have a full time coach. This coach-less team destroyed all of the other school's teams because soccer was not a main stream sport and wasn't even offered in most schools in the region but where these kids grew up, it was a way of life. (True story)
I watched my first soccer game in person when I moved to Cali in 1983. A friend, who was a native to San Diego, talked me into it. We watched the San Diego Soccers (If I remember correctly). It was an indoor league. I liked it some but not enough to go back. So, when the US Women's World Champion team came to play in Chattanooga, some friends asked me to go watch with them (Of course none of them were from around these parts either). My response was, "The two things that I would prefer to do for entertainment that rank just ahead of watching women's soccer are 1) Getting liquored up and thrown in the county slam with Bubba while banjo music plays on the intercom 2) Watch One pocket for 12 straight hours." Their response was, "What's one pocket? We only know 8 ball". :grin:
I didn't grow up with soccer and as a result, I couldn't give two sh!ts about it.
By the way, this is the Va. High School League's Book of Champions. (http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/pub-vhsl-recordbook-january-20142.pdf) The first soccer champion was 1982. Soccer has grown into a pretty big thing in recent years. It wouldn't have been that way without the addition of soccer to high school sports.
I typed that soccer story because I believe that in order to gain viewers on TV (If it's even possible) that pool needs to be available to the youth. A generation of kids needs to grow up with pool available to them.
The game on TV will have to be 8 ball with a shot clock (slow play is a knife to the liver of pool) and the presentation will need to be kept under two hours. 8 ball is what most people know. The image of the sport will have to be cleaned up. No way would I nor most American parents bring kids into a smokey pool hall serving alcohol. I drink and enjoy having drinks playing pool, but this is not an environment for youth to be in.
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I'm 42 and soccer was at every school i was around. It didn't gain popularity as a professional sport for a long time, but it was always there in school.
I'm assuming that you grew up on the left coast with a large Mexican and Central/South American influence so I'm not surprised. Soccer is number one with them followed by baseball. The Midwest and Dixie states had no such influence until later. Soccer began to spread in the early 1980's. 30 years later, it has just began to get a solid fan base in the US.
This is what John was attempting to convey. To be frankly honest, unless the World Cup is on or the Olympics, I never see soccer on the tube. I will admit, I don't look for it either.
Dark side of the room...
I have never understood the need to compartmentalize billiards down to one game and one game only. I think the variety of games available is one of the strengths. To limit it to one game, be it 8ball or whatever, would be like saying, let's limit track and field to just the 100m dash, because that's the event people are most familiar with.
I have never understood the need to compartmentalize billiards down to one game and one game only. I think the variety of games available is one of the strengths. To limit it to one game, be it 8ball or whatever, would be like saying, let's limit track and field to just the 100m dash, because that's the event people are most familiar with.
One only needs to understand basic marketing concepts to know that with the right approach, you can sell an air conditioner to an eskimo. Television has proven this beyond any shadow of doubt.
In other words, which game is being played doesn't really matter. Ultimately it's all about the marketing and production.