imo you're giving Filler-n-co. a pass here. He made a statement of intent and clearly reversed course out of self interest. Never have liked this little tool sac and now i have even less regard for him.
You are correct. I am giving Filler a pass. For now. I want to see what happens going forward before judging harshly.
The players have never been united historically. They’ve always been at the mercy of promotors (some quite shady) and national and world federations. The federations have acted both good and bad over time.
Now, for the first time ever, the players have some leverage. It’s no longer, it seems, the law of the jungle and every player looking only after themselves. For once they have a chance to exercise power in numbers, just like athletes in, say, the NBA, MLB or NFL.
Every collective bargaining body has had growing pains over time. This is all new for the players and the sport. None of the players have ever been involved in any remotely like what they are trying to do now.
I get it that others are less forgiving. Most of us are older and wiser. Cynical too.
Perhaps I am thinking the way I do because I have young adult children making mistakes. Things I thought they should know, they don’t. I just want to see them learn from their mistakes and become better people.
Same for the pool players, especially the young ones. If it were Niels Feijin, SVB, Soquet or Mika immonen doing what Filler has done, I would judge more harshly.
Albin and Josh clearly elaborated that they made a mistake in signing the prepared statement. Maybe Americans don't make mistakes, but people in the rest of the world do and readily admit it.