Think positive - innovative - progressive & exciting
1500 Points?
1500 points is WAYYYYY too long. I couldn't sit through that long of a match. Anything more than 200-300 points will eventually have lulls in the action and it will turn into a snoozefest, no matter who you have playing, or who you have doing the commentary.
Matchups
Just because it looks like a good matchup on paper, doesn't mean it will come across that way to the audience when the match is played on the table.
If the match ups are put together, marketed, and planned the same way as everything else (in the past 25-30 years), you'll sell (at most) 150 ppv buy - 300 DVD's - and in 6 months nobody will remember where the event was held or who won - or why the match held any significance at all.
In my eyes, that type of strategy should be a thing of the past and we should move in a direction that is far away from what everybody is currently doing.
There is something in the works...
What I am trying to put together has been designed outside the box.
It will be positive.
It will be innovative.
It will be progressive.
It will be exciting.
What am I looking into? I am looking into all the situations and all the stuff that everybody avoids, hides, or the stuff that everybody tries to pretend isn't there.
What Channel would you watch?
You have two channels...
On one channel you have a 1500 point match between Schmidt and Hohmann that will take about 5-6 hours to complete.
On the other channel I have two under card 9 ball match ups plus a best of 5 one pocket match (Daulton Vs Frost), capped off by a 14.1 Match up...
Schmidt Vs Harriman race to 300 - rubber match to settle the score.
Don't avoid the bad blood and history. Bring it up. Toss it out there. Amplify it. If we can market the drama between Eddie, Bert, and Fats, we can also market this. Make it interesting.
9 ball
McCready Vs Earl
Peach Vs Souquet
Winners play the winners
Losers play the losers.
Either way, Earl ends up against Darryl or Ralf - priceless no matter what happens. Put a mic on Earl - appoint somebody in the crowd to act accordingly...
Keith's presence is exciting enough, entertaining enough that no matter who he plays after Earl, people just want to see him play. Toss in a few pacifiers and the unexpected into this scenario... excitement will happen.
End the show by announcing that next week you bring in Townsend, Archer, Bustamante, hell...bring in Grady to talk some $hit at everybody - he's always good for stirring things up.
Which would you rather watch?
This is the 21st century... the world of pool needs to act like they know that. If we don't realize that, we'll just keep pushing out the same stuff over and over.
