Big announcement from Matchroom today

Interesting that international open is not a ranking event. I like that they are partnering with existing promoters though. You can’t ignore the history and prestige of other tournaments.
 
I read all the announcements and watched the video. One thing is clear: MR wants to work with existing promoters. The language they used in all the communications explicitly states this. They learned from the prior pushback a few months ago when we all thought they were excluding other promoters.
 
iusedtoberich said:
DCC is, international is not, on the list I just read. Maybe a mistake? Doesn’t make sense.
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Matchroom mention Pat Fleming multiple times in the descriptions. World #1 Ouchan is mentioned as the International Open champion. I think the IntOpen has to be on the ranking points list. I think the listing is not clear. What would make it clearer is a list of events with ranking points up for grabs.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Matchroom mention Pat Fleming multiple times in the descriptions. World #1 Ouchan is mentioned as the International Open champion. I think the IntOpen has to be on the ranking points list. I think the listing is not clear. What would make it clearer is a list of events with ranking points up for grabs.
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There is a list of ranking/non-ranking events. Int'l is listed as non-ranking. What's weird is it IS listed as ranking on their FB announcement. The other hopefully was a misprint.
 
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I'm probably just cranky returning to work after 3 weeks, but I watched the whole thing and it just sounded like a lot of words to say nothing. I'll need to watch again later.
 
Fantabulous. This is long overdue -a World 9 Ball Tour.
They are adding 2 big new “major events” this year-UK Open and European Open. Total 10 ranking events (including 4 blue ribbon/major events).
I think this is push back against CSI/ Predator 10 ball alliance. Predator has been ramping up the calendar with all kinds of 10 ball events. Though 9 ball and 10 ball are different disciplines, problem is they are both fighting for same set of players. So we will be witnessing a Battle Royale shaping up MR vs CSI/Predator or 9ball v 10ball. There is finite number of available days in the calendar so practically there is not enough room for both in the long run. My money’s on MR and 9 ball to dominate the pool space and deservedly so. 😄
 
spartan said:
Fantabulous. This is long overdue -a World 9 Ball Tour.
They are adding 2 big new “major events” this year-UK Open and European Open. Total 10 ranking events (including 4 blue ribbon/major events).
I think this is push back against CSI/ Predator 10 ball alliance. Predator has been ramping up the calendar with all kinds of 10 ball events. Though 9 ball and 10 ball are different disciplines, problem is they are both fighting for same set of players. So we will be witnessing a Battle Royale shaping up MR vs CSI/Predator or 9ball v 10ball. There is finite number of available days in the calendar so practically there is not enough room for both in the long run. My money’s on MR and 9 ball to dominate the pool space and deservedly so. 😄
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You're probably right. MR is bigger, better organized, and better backed than the CSI/Pred camp. Eventually it may look like the world tennis tour with events all over and 4-5 majors where all the big-dogs play. If i was CSI/Pred i'd be getting cozy as possible with MR.
 
It's a feature, not a bug, that this is centered in Europe. Europe is where the highest concentration of top players live and where the largest number of well-organized professional tour-style events are taking place. It's also centrally located to attract Asian and Middle Eastern players as well as top US players. Hopefully the US can up its game and start contributing more to the qualifying event base.
 
garczar said:
They announced what amounts to a real professional 9ball tour. IMO that's pretty big news.
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I admittedly didn't read any of the MR materials. Is there a bonus / prize for the player with the most ranking points (like FedEx points in golf) or are they only used to seed Mosconi?

Regardless it's great to see some organization.
 
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