BCA predicts $800,000 loss - making cuts
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I wonder how they calculate their losses?
Other than the 'trade show' where does their money come from? How about pool room owners joining the BCA for membership rights?
I know the BCA has been around since the late 40s and primarily to run qualifiers for World Championships and provide referees and TDs for these events.
They lost money in a BCA player tour in the 90s, they couldn't control a league system they started in the late 80s early 90s and ended up selling it (BCA Pool League)...
Now they take an $800.000 loss because they thought they could run a decent trade show and now they want to sell the Hall of Fame? I really don't think they could sell their Pro Event... who would buy it?
Seems like poor management is the only good thing they do consistantly.
$800.000 is a lot of money to lose in one year.... I doubt they will find very much with the small staff they currently have. Time to trim the FAT and/or close up shop.
Other than the 'trade show' where does their money come from? How about pool room owners joining the BCA for membership rights?
I know the BCA has been around since the late 40s and primarily to run qualifiers for World Championships and provide referees and TDs for these events.
They lost money in a BCA player tour in the 90s, they couldn't control a league system they started in the late 80s early 90s and ended up selling it (BCA Pool League)...
Now they take an $800.000 loss because they thought they could run a decent trade show and now they want to sell the Hall of Fame? I really don't think they could sell their Pro Event... who would buy it?
Seems like poor management is the only good thing they do consistantly.
$800.000 is a lot of money to lose in one year.... I doubt they will find very much with the small staff they currently have. Time to trim the FAT and/or close up shop.
The economic slowdown is affecting a lot of businesses. Trade show groups like this have a lot of eggs in one basket and convention travel was off considerably this summer. These groups typically make guarantees to hotels and conference centers and generally spend a lot of money promoting the event. They count on the the participation of exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees. In an economic downturn, if participation drops off dramatically, they are left holding the bag.
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Jerry Forsyth
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Hope for BCA
Well, not sure which metaphor to use here. Light at the end of the tunnel or always darkest before the dawn, something like that.
It is true that the BCA has been its own victim over the years, but now things have gotten serious enough so that they are taking some steps to change things up a bit. I have known all of the Executive Directors the BCA has had over the last twenty years and they all had the same complaint: That the BCA board changes every year and a new set of goals comes in with each new board. So the Executive Director would get a set of goals and then, just as he was beginning to get some results a new board would come in and and change the goal set. Rinse and repeat, year after year.
Some very competent Executive Directors got very tired of the musical chairs in the board room and the ever-changing goal sets and just quit in frustration. They all expressed the same thought about how it was impossible to get anything done when new ideas kept erasing the old goals.
Well, this year the Executive Board is unchanged. The same folks are in there, just with different titles, so the goal sets should be remaining static. The board got a lot of grief for not letting in new blood, but I imagine Rob Johnson, the Executive Director, is in a better spot as a result of this.
Mr. Johnson is a sharp cookie. Now if this board will just give him room to run instead of micro-managing the scene, I imagine he will be able to right the ship pretty quickly. Of course, the economy has to co-operate as well.
The board of directors is made up of folks who rely on the popularity of the game to generate their business. So this temporary step back from the player side of things will probably be a short-term solution. It is, after all, in the best interest of the members of the BCA for pool to stay in the spotlight rather than stand in dark corners.
Now, it is a very popular pastime on AZB to crucify the BCA. But what we should all realize is that we in pool are all adrift on the same sea and that the BCA is a boat on that sea that boat now has a good helmsman. Instead of drilling holes in the hull we should all perhaps try getting on board and seeing what good we can do from within. It may be very cathartic to hurl those stones, but no good can ever come of it. Positive reinforcement and urging positive change will certainly prove more productive than pouring venom into the recipe.
AZB is working on some things that should prove ultimately beneficial to the pro scene and, through that, to the game in general. Details will be forthcoming very soon. We will be asking for everyone who cares about our game to get out of the wagon, get into the mud with us, and push this sport forward. This is a great game and given a little traction it can take off and run.
Well, not sure which metaphor to use here. Light at the end of the tunnel or always darkest before the dawn, something like that.
It is true that the BCA has been its own victim over the years, but now things have gotten serious enough so that they are taking some steps to change things up a bit. I have known all of the Executive Directors the BCA has had over the last twenty years and they all had the same complaint: That the BCA board changes every year and a new set of goals comes in with each new board. So the Executive Director would get a set of goals and then, just as he was beginning to get some results a new board would come in and and change the goal set. Rinse and repeat, year after year.
Some very competent Executive Directors got very tired of the musical chairs in the board room and the ever-changing goal sets and just quit in frustration. They all expressed the same thought about how it was impossible to get anything done when new ideas kept erasing the old goals.
Well, this year the Executive Board is unchanged. The same folks are in there, just with different titles, so the goal sets should be remaining static. The board got a lot of grief for not letting in new blood, but I imagine Rob Johnson, the Executive Director, is in a better spot as a result of this.
Mr. Johnson is a sharp cookie. Now if this board will just give him room to run instead of micro-managing the scene, I imagine he will be able to right the ship pretty quickly. Of course, the economy has to co-operate as well.
The board of directors is made up of folks who rely on the popularity of the game to generate their business. So this temporary step back from the player side of things will probably be a short-term solution. It is, after all, in the best interest of the members of the BCA for pool to stay in the spotlight rather than stand in dark corners.
Now, it is a very popular pastime on AZB to crucify the BCA. But what we should all realize is that we in pool are all adrift on the same sea and that the BCA is a boat on that sea that boat now has a good helmsman. Instead of drilling holes in the hull we should all perhaps try getting on board and seeing what good we can do from within. It may be very cathartic to hurl those stones, but no good can ever come of it. Positive reinforcement and urging positive change will certainly prove more productive than pouring venom into the recipe.
AZB is working on some things that should prove ultimately beneficial to the pro scene and, through that, to the game in general. Details will be forthcoming very soon. We will be asking for everyone who cares about our game to get out of the wagon, get into the mud with us, and push this sport forward. This is a great game and given a little traction it can take off and run.
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Seems unusual the Jerry is speaking on behalf of the past 20 years of BCA miss steps. One would think the BCA themselves would address there current public play base of adults and show us a little backbone. Somehow, coming from you JF and not Rob Johnson just won't ring as loudly as we all would like. And now that thats been said, it will still have less impact if this post causes them to speak' up''.
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Seems unusual the Jerry is speaking on behalf of the past 20 years of BCA miss steps. One would think the BCA themselves would address there current public play base of adults and show us a little backbone. Somehow, coming from you JF and not Rob Johnson just won't ring as loudly as we all would like. And now that thats been said, it will still have less impact if this post causes them to speak' up''.
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