If you feel as though you were wronged by the I. P .T and/or K. Trudeau please contact me at Jason.R.Knowles@abc.com
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Mr. Knowles,
When you plan to interview this story, are you going to keep your word and shoot it at the spot that was first agreed upon or is it going to be another last minute change?
I know that several people would be very willing to come if the location is right.
When you plan to interview this story, are you going to keep your word and shoot it at the spot that was first agreed upon or is it going to be another last minute change?
I know that several people would be very willing to come if the location is right.
I subscribe to all conspiracy theories.....best be cautious folks !
check this guys credentials thoroughly before giving him any ammo/information that will come back to bite you...
just my paranoid 2 cents worth.....jflan (have seen some of the best scams known to man)
check this guys credentials thoroughly before giving him any ammo/information that will come back to bite you...
just my paranoid 2 cents worth.....jflan (have seen some of the best scams known to man)
Jack,Jack Flanagan said:I subscribe to all conspiracy theories.....best be cautious folks !
check this guys credentials thoroughly before giving him any ammo/information that will come back to bite you...
just my paranoid 2 cents worth.....jflan (have seen some of the best scams known to man)
He's on the up and up.
I was asked to assist him months ago VIA 20/20. He told me at the time that he didn't want this info leaking on AZB, so I reframed about saying anything. THEN out of the blue he post's this..
He does not understand that posting this info coming from him and not from me or anyone realted to AZB, that people would not talk to him. I have tried unsucessfully to assist him with this, but he has a different game plan and goes about things his own way.
I had things set up for him a couple of weeks ago, at his request, then he changed the entire game plan and it was a real kick in the pants to me.. Oh well...
So, YES to all this guy is legit.
All that is necessary is a review of the facts of record here: the timeline of KT's statements, promises, retractions and dodges. Then a few "human interest" interviews about people who gave up jobs and borrowed money to follow a guaranteed "dream". Then, conclude the piece with the inevitable "Trudeau's office could not be reached for comment." KT may not realize this, but there actually is such a thing as "bad publicity". Ask Michael Jackson.Da Poet said:I would have tried to hook em up with Bernie. Now that would have been entertaining!
Jack Flanagan said:I subscribe to all conspiracy theories.....best be cautious folks !
check this guys credentials thoroughly before giving him any ammo/information that will come back to bite you...
just my paranoid 2 cents worth.....jflan (have seen some of the best scams known to man)
This link may help with his identity:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4895753
cuetique said:
I hope you know I was kidding earlier.
Seriously, I agree with the bulk of what your saying. I don't know what good could come from a piece about KT and the IPT at this point.
A victim sympathetic story would no doubt hurt KT and perhaps garner more public sympathy for the players, but from my view, the game and the players don't need sympathy, they need respect.
If the point of the television show is to "expose" KT, there are plenty of victims who have been wronged far worse. I'd just as soon leave the IPT out of the picture. Pool has enough image problems as it is.
WHAT!!??!! You were kidding about a reporter getting serious information from Bernie? Say it ain't so!Da Poet said:I hope you know I was kidding earlier.
Pffffft. Bernie would probably flip-flop two or three times, just in one interview. He'd crucify KT for 30 seconds, break down into tears, say how KT was misunderstood, abandoned by his mother, the greatest thing to ever happen to pool, even though he shouldn't have screwed the players, ending Bernie's dreams of being the greatest pool player ever (that bastard!), leaving him out in the cold like a dog. But, he did pay partially and made more promises, so give him another chance.....lather, rinse, repeat....etc....
I wasn't being critical of your post in any way. In fact, I really have no earthly idea why I hit "Quote" as if to say I was commenting on your post. I was, as always, just free-associating -- rendering my usual one-sided monologue.
It certainly won't do the credibility of pool any good for the dirty laundry to be hung out on the prime time clothes line, I agree. But, you gotta admit, this story if so full of fraud, deceit, intrigue, and good ol' fashioned soap opera drama, it will probably be irresistable to networks at some point.
cuetique said:
As usual, what you say makes much sense. But thinking past my own initial gut reaction, I would first need to know the slant of his presentation of the story. If the author decides to create a storyline that presents the professional pool players as a group of immoral gamblers that finally got what they deserved, well of course it would be terrible for the sport. But, barring something as terrible and unlikely as that, it really doesn't have to be bad at all.
Perhaps, simply presenting the professional pool player as he is, a dedicated professional that has worked hard most of his life to perfect and master a very difficult and complex game, only to be conned and cheated by K. Trudeau, a master of deceit and fraud, would be good for the sport. Explaining how hard many trained and practiced, sacrificing so much to participate on a tour that finally promised to reward the players as they justly deserved, only to get cheated by KT. Honestly, anything near the truth, sympathetic to the players and condemming KT as the deceptive, con man may actually be good for the game.
It seems as though everything depends on the program's creator, what his motives are, and whether he has an agenda that is favorable to the players. I find it hard to imagine that KT would be presented in a favorable light.
Of course, if the authorities became interested in KT and began digging a little, no telling where he can wind up. Now that wouldn't be so bad. Would it?
Jim
There is always one "Bozo" in the bunch!Bozo said:
Personally I think you are correct. Good Question! ‘Where is the story?' A third has been paid, and the payouts whether now or later have been huge. It is however, unfortunate about the way things have happened, but we are still being paid.Bozo said:
The last thing that the pool world needs is more negative promotion. If the pool community wants the rest of the world to tune in and make this sport as big as any other sport, nothing but the positive should be expressed in words and/or solutions. (I must admit that there are other threads on this forum with some exceptional positive solutions)
It is already hard enough to sell the game of pool as being a legitimate sport because of its heritage. And to attack the sport because one doesn’t like a certain promoter seems to me to be a personal attack and makes one question what their intentions are really about. The IPT structure obviously made some unfortunate calls. And there are only a few who believes it was intentional.
Sponsorship is hard to come by no matter who the promoter is especially when you are talking about Billiards/Pool. To invite a network news station to bring out dirt on an already struggling sport is just ludicrous to me and to others. It won’t be about the slow payments or players not being paid; it will be another down play on our sport that we are struggling to make a major sport. The population that doesn’t know a lot about the sport will think what they always have.
People should really think sometimes about what they are doing. Are you helping or hurting?
cuetique said:WHAT!!??!! You were kidding about a reporter getting serious information from Bernie? Say it ain't so!
Pffffft. Bernie would probably flip-flop two or three times, just in one interview. He'd crucify KT for 30 seconds, break down into tears, say how KT was misunderstood, abandoned by his mother, the greatest thing to ever happen to pool, even though he shouldn't have screwed the players, ending Bernie's dreams of being the greatest pool player ever (that bastard!), leaving him out in the cold like a dog. But, he did pay partially and made more promises, so give him another chance.....lather, rinse, repeat....etc....
I wasn't being critical of your post in any way. In fact, I really have no earthly idea why I hit "Quote" as if to say I was commenting on your post. I was, as always, just free-associating -- rendering my usual one-sided monologue.
It certainly won't do the credibility of pool any good for the dirty laundry to be hung out on the prime time clothes line, I agree. But, you gotta admit, this story if so full of fraud, deceit, intrigue, and good ol' fashioned soap opera drama, it will probably be irresistable to networks at some point.
LOL, You left out sex, or at least groping anyway!
Aye chihuahua. There's a fine line between comedy and tradgedy isn't there?
The irony of all of this is that if they did make a movie or mini series about this crap, more people would probably start to play pool. What a goofy world we live in.
Da Poet said:LOL, You left out sex, or at least groping anyway!
Aye chihuahua. There's a fine line between comedy and tradgedy isn't there?
If it's happening to someone else, it's comedy. If it's happening to you, it's tragedy.