Funny, I've always had to pay for mine.ESPN won’t pay for production costs.
The women used to pay ESPN to air their events.![]()

Funny, I've always had to pay for mine.ESPN won’t pay for production costs.
The women used to pay ESPN to air their events.![]()
1. Somehow make rich people like pool as they do golf, tennis and Formula One.1 - Make all new cloth play like broken in cloth. Very few people enjoy the first week of new cloth and it's really a different game
2 - Alternate break for everything. To come in line with all major sports, closer matches, increase fairness and to reduce overall importance of the break shot and reward overall ability more
3 - 4 inch pockets as maximum size for all professional play and 4.5 standard for amateur. Misses create pressure and excitement
Honorable mention to using chess clocks to manage match times and slow play. Ie each player starts with 30 mins and add 30 secs every time the players swap chairs. Better than a shot clock and can be run without a ref
What about your 3?
And 4thNo women?? OMG Please dude.
I agree with everything except #2, why call the 9? That goes against the rules of 9 ball. Have you ever seen a professional tournament where the 9 must be called? I have not. Part of the fun of 9 ball is playing a 2 way shot where I make the next ball in rotation but also try to carom the 9 in when the stars are aligned. It doesn't happen often but its part of the fun of 9 ball knowing where the cue ball will be headed and how to adjust its path for a potential early game win.I play in both NAPA and APA leagues. I prefer the rules structure used in NAPA, so:
- Play 8-ball as a call pocket game, no slop (I'm looking at you APA)
- 9-Ball, call the 9 (again, APA)
- ban cell phone use while playing. Use of a cell phone while at the table (unless an emergency situation) results in loss of turn and ball in hand to your opponent.
Why not just play Russian Pyramid??? Nothing needs to be changed.The idea is the 3" aperture.
All good except #4, if the players wanted 10 ball to be the premier discipline it would have morphed into it already.1. No Magic Rack in 9-ball - makes it too easy for anyone to consistently make a ball on the break
2. Jumping is allowed with a full length cue only
3. Classic colored balls
4. Make 10-ball the premier discipline
This can be simulated by drawing boxes on the floor and requiring a short stick and or extreme elevation.Every table must have a structural support pole in the way like a lot of basements I’ve played in
The idea is the 3" aperture.
Why not just play Russian Pyramid??? Nothing needs to be changed.
I agree with everything except #2, why call the 9? That goes against the rules of 9 ball. Have you ever seen a professional tournament where the 9 must be called? I have not. Part of the fun of 9 ball is playing a 2 way shot where I make the next ball in rotation but also try to carom the 9 in when the stars are aligned. It doesn't happen often but its part of the fun of 9 ball knowing where the cue ball will be headed and how to adjust its path for a potential early game win.
What if its not bang and pray though? We have all seen professionals accidentally make the 9 when another moving ball pockets it.In a shot like this a simple phrase of "play the 9" communicates the intent of pocketing the 9 off a carom type shot. Usually in this type of shot the possibility of making the 9 can be seen by both the player and the opponent. "Playing the 9" tells your opponent what you are intending to do and if it works you look that much better for calling the shot!!
Calling the 9 is a rule used in NAPA 9-Ball and 9-Ball Pro.
My main intention with calling the 9 in APA is to get away from the "bang and pray" slop type of shot that would possibly win a game.
Good question. In that case the 9-ball comes out and is spotted.What if its not bang and pray though? We have all seen professionals accidentally make the 9 when another moving ball pockets it.
1. 10 second shot clock for rotation games. I want to see these robots shitting peach seeds when they can’t weigh 50 possible safety scenarios.1. 20 sec shot clock every match
2. 20 sec shot clock every match
3. 20 sec shot clock every match
When I say "every" I mean every match. Even the local weekly tournament and 1 on 1 gambling match.
The great thing about chess clocks is people can use their time however they want, racking, smoking, playing slow, etcThese will never happen, but...
1) Max 2 cues in use per match. Player has to decide on whether they bring a break cue or jump cue.
2) Chess clock. Players rack their own and clock runs while they rack (should reduce 2 minute racking).
3) Centennials as official Matchroom ball set, on green cloth.
Less possibilities in billiards.The great thing about chess clocks is people can use their time however they want, racking, smoking, playing slow, etc
I've seen them used in 3 cushion before and it's really a near perfect solution
It’s a woman, Emily F.I had a dream about that guy getting hit by a bus?!?