All Pro Invitationals Won't Last Long

Johnnyt

Johnnyt

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All Pro Invitationals Won't Last Long because even though some ABP players said that they wanted ALL pro tournaments...they don't. They and their steakhorses will get tired fast of putting up $1000-$2000 a pop to bang heads with each other. Even the ones that have sponsors will back away if their man doesn't cash high often and win some. I mean most of the top players won't even match up even with other top pros now. It will last for awhile, but not long enough to give pro pool a pop. JMO. Johnnyt
 
I didn't know that's what they said or want but it doesn't surprise me because decisions worse than that have been made in the past fairly regularly by them. No more suckers subsidizing the same top finishers?
 
It's not easy to make heads or tails of your post, JohnnyT, but I'll take a shot.

Frankly, I don't care whether some pros or stake-horses turn their back on the game. There are, in my opinion, way too many pros in America and those who lack the skill or the work ethic to develop it have little long-term importance to the game's future.

Who says that the switch to the invitational format is meant to give pool a pop? Some promoters and producers are tired of players who show up to events when they feel like it and skip major events when they feel like it. Some of these businessmen might walk away completely unless able to produce events in which a full field was a certainty and in which poor demeanor would be penalized through denial of future invitations.

When it comes to small field invitational events, as we have seen with the Bigfoot 10-ball event coming up next month at Derby City, there are far more that want to get in than the number of spots, There's no reason to think this will change anytime soon.
 
sjm said:
It's not easy to make heads or tails of your post, JohnnyT, but I'll take a shot.

Frankly, I don't care whether some pros or stake-horses turn their back on the game. There are, in my opinion, way too many pros in America and those who lack the skill or the work ethic to develop it have little long-term importance to the game's future.

Who says that the switch to the invitational format is meant to give pool a pop? Some promoters and producers are tired of players who show up to events when they feel like it and skip major events when they feel like it. Some of these businessmen might walk away completely unless able to produce events in which a full field was a certainty and in which poor demeanor would be penalized through denial of future invitations.

When it comes to small field invitational events, as we have seen with the Bigfoot 10-ball event coming up next month at Derby City, there are far more that want to get in than the number of spots, There's no reason to think this will change anytime soon.
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Tap, tap, tap. :thumbup:
 
sjm said:
It's not easy to make heads or tails of your post, JohnnyT, but I'll take a shot.

Frankly, I don't care whether some pros or stake-horses turn their back on the game. There are, in my opinion, way too many pros in America and those who lack the skill or the work ethic to develop it have little long-term importance to the game's future.

Who says that the switch to the invitational format is meant to give pool a pop? Some promoters and producers are tired of players who show up to events when they feel like it and skip major events when they feel like it. Some of these businessmen might walk away completely unless able to produce events in which a full field was a certainty and in which poor demeanor would be penalized through denial of future invitations.

When it comes to small field invitational events, as we have seen with the Bigfoot 10-ball event coming up next month at Derby City, there are far more that want to get in than the number of spots, There's no reason to think this will change anytime soon.
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I could not have said it any better myself!
 
Just got 2 keep in mind that half the field in " The BigFoot " will at least get their entry fee back.

So for many top flight players it's worth a shot being that they are at DCC anyway!

Noel
 
Johnnyt said:
All Pro Invitationals Won't Last Long because even though some ABP players said that they wanted ALL pro tournaments...they don't. They and their steakhorses will get tired fast of putting up $1000-$2000 a pop to bang heads with each other. Even the ones that have sponsors will back away if their man doesn't cash high often and win some. I mean most of the top players won't even match up even with other top pros now. It will last for awhile, but not long enough to give pro pool a pop. JMO. Johnnyt
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I must have missed something. I now that Mark Griffin has talked about making making his 3 events that take place during the Big BCA shindig in Vegas Invitatonals but that's all I have heard. So I don't think all pro events ae going to be invitationals. Again there is a good chance that I missed something though.

As to the longevity of invitationals I am not too sure but I think a few players will for sure benefit from that kind of set up.
 
I think the main goal (and an extremely tough one at that) of any invitational tournament should be to eventually get enough sponsors that can put up 100% of the prize money, and possibly even cover expenses for the players.

It would have to start off small obviously. 16 player fields. First place might only be $5,000, but hey, $5,000 is a good payday when you didn't have to put in a dime of your own money.
 
Yes going to small invitationals does away with some of the dead money but also has some advantages. Expenses and logistics for putting on the tournament would be lessened as you need less tables, less personel to run the event and set up etc. Also the promoter gets to work with exactly tge players they want and promote and sell the matches (which will all be high profile matchups) accordingly. No shortage of players wanting to play. There will undoubtedly be players who will be on the outside looking in but it's more or less a bed they made.

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