lol. Whenever I hear someone say something like this the first thing I think is: you want a free shot.
IOW, you want someone to set up the table and let you wail away. If you're so sure you, or someone, or anyone, can take Mosconi's record, why don't you say instead: if the facilities are provided, I will match X dollars in prize money and say I can break Mosconi's record in X number of tries/hours?
oh, that's right. You want a free shot.
Lou Figueroa
never mind Mosconi did it
in one inning
Lou, this was an exhibition and Willie got on a roll and ran some balls. He did not say here comes a 526 and wala he ran that number. The only reason that feat has any significance here today is that some lawyer suggested the affidavit aside from that happening this run would just be a mere footnote the same as Eufemia and Cranfield currently get and whoever else ran monster numbers back in the day.
You might say it is a free shot and that is what that Danny is suggesting but if a new exceptional high run was accomplished and Diamond offered that player some cash for doing the same say on a Diamond table they could get plenty of promotional value out of it.
If I thought I could get a world class pro to focus on a task I set for 2 years putting in plenty of effort for only 20k I would think I was getting a bargain. Let say it takes 2 years (104 weeks) 6 days a week (624 working days) 6 hours a day (3744 total hours). The player would be getting ~ $5.34/hr. So I think the person putting up the prize would be getting something for the 20k, a lot of effort. Now lets say whoever posts up the prize requires the video to be captured and also to be streamed by the attempting players (maybe more than 1 will chase a big prize). If so the person with the fund could lots of video streams available put the streams together on a home page and promote the effort to get attention to the sport and their product.
Someone say offer me a small sum such as $20k and I will focus on breaking your record. Owe yeah you do not have to pay me till I do this no matter how long it takes I will work at it till I do it. And you want to say that the player is asking for a free shot as if their time and effort has no value.
I think they should offer $100k not $20k and then spend a million dollars or more promoting the prize to get attention on the effort. That is what happens with more mainstream sports and prizes the promotion cost is higher than the prize. That would bring in many viewers to watch the efforts. Perhaps these viewers would buy some equipment and go play some pool. Perhaps they would just start watching pool if it was well done to watch this would perhaps bring in some mainstream product as advertisers as well. I am not saying that Diamond, Brunswick, OB or Predator or anyone should offer such a prize in particular, I am saying this is what an entity wanting players to make such an effort and get results should do if it wants results and attention on the effort.
The world watches baseball, soccer and golf all can be thought of as very boring to watch by many people but yet they bring enough viewers to attract big mainstream money.
Danny I do not think you were asking for a free shot.
I'm further humbled.
