Yep, that's the one.
Association of Billiards Professionals - A breakthrough
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Yep, that's the one.
iusedtoberich...Yes, it's the same group. I don't want to be a pessimist, so I'll just wait and see. I hope they can make something work...but I have to agree with JB's statement.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
That guy Barry B. of US Open 9 ball tried to start a players organization a few months after ABP.
With a competing group they likely will wait to see if the ABP does something and then imitate it.
Like what happen after the IPT busted, new members tried to emulate the IPT in a smaller way.
With a competing group they likely will wait to see if the ABP does something and then imitate it.
Like what happen after the IPT busted, new members tried to emulate the IPT in a smaller way.
If the players use their association to muscle in on tournaments and decide that they want to have an independent or impartial monitor of the prize funds before, during and after the tournament that would prevent anyone from running off with the cash like the entry fees from the USPPA event, and that would be a way for someone to determine if payments can be made in full preventing the IPT delayed situation.
Essentially the pro players association can sanction tournaments giving them sponsorship in exchange for management of the prize money. Just because they manage the prize money doesn't mean someone won't run off with it but there are barriers that can be put in place. Since the prize funds are managed by a neutral party nobody can rob Peter to pay Paul.
Essentially the pro players association can sanction tournaments giving them sponsorship in exchange for management of the prize money. Just because they manage the prize money doesn't mean someone won't run off with it but there are barriers that can be put in place. Since the prize funds are managed by a neutral party nobody can rob Peter to pay Paul.
Laura Norder
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I'm not getting this at all.
As a fan, I whole-heartedly subscribe to the opinion that the players need to pull together across the globe to take the game places, even just to stop the calamities like non-payment occurring every other event.
But...what does this organization actually stand for and what does it hope to achieve? What is the purpose of announcing 'such and such' has joined our cause when nobody actually knows what the cause is?
It just looks like a list of Pool players to me right now.
As a fan, I whole-heartedly subscribe to the opinion that the players need to pull together across the globe to take the game places, even just to stop the calamities like non-payment occurring every other event.
But...what does this organization actually stand for and what does it hope to achieve? What is the purpose of announcing 'such and such' has joined our cause when nobody actually knows what the cause is?
It just looks like a list of Pool players to me right now.
I hope this works out for the benefit of the sport.
Egos be damned.
Egos be damned.