How many players should a pro organization represent? The PBTA once seriously considered having an entire tour with only 16 players.
All of them who want to be represented.....SPF=randyg
I agree, As many as possible. Strenth in numbers as they say. If we can just get one together it would be awesome for the players ans fans. I'm not sure there are 1,000 pros though.
Anyone who has registered for at least three tournaments in the last two years that have some ($5,000.00 or more?) added money would be eligible to apply for membership in a professional organization. A membership committee elected by the members would screen all applicants and then propose for membership those found to be acceptable to the organization as determined by the organization’s goals. A general vote of the members at the next annual meeting could be held for all proposed members.
While pool players use the term professional only a few understand what it means to be a professional. The term is bastardized and used in other sports which are more players’ unions than professional organizations.
Professionals are self organizing and police themselves. They tend to further the goals of the profession, not the person, and they set the standards for their chosen area of expertise. Any group seeking to form a professional organization should review the work of other truly professional organizations such as physicians, law, and similar licensed and self regulating groups.
Until such time as there is a professional organization the term “professional” is more of a description of an attitude than it is a description of one’s vocation. A professional pizza maker has an attitude that says you can’t have it your way. "Try my pizza as it should be made. If you don’t like it don’t come back." He has an attitude that says he will make the best pizza. Money, fame, and your particular concerns are not his problem.
Perhaps the first distinction to be made is between a players' union and a professional organization. These two types of organizations have distinctly different goals.
While professions are not organized to make money (they are organized to further the profession) ironically they are among the best paid members of society because of the quality of their work. Other groups try to earn the income without the dedication to a life style and some unions succeed for different reasons.
Professionals are professionals if they are paid for their services.
How many players should a pro organization represent?
How many players should a pro organization represent? The PBTA once seriously considered having an entire tour with only 16 players.
Before worrying about how many to represent, wouldn't it be better to come up with how and in what ways to represent them first? In addition, to help grow the sport of pool?