China Open payouts

[garczar]

Here is another totally off topic post, but about the Asian countries. We in the US have said for the past 15 years that Asia is the future of the game, because the govt supports their players.

I think that might end soon, if it was even ever really true to a large group of players.

In the US, all of the other sports became much more popular than pool, less people are playing pool, no pool on actual TV, and no fans except the pool nuts like us.

Pool is popular in Asia now, but I see the same exact things happening there, that has happened here. The game itself is simply not as exciting to the fan as the major sports. The govt will shift sponsorship money away from pool, and into whatever sports are major over there. The game itself is the problem. Not the support (or lack of) of the host country.

I read somewhere that over SIXTY MILLION people play Chinese 8ball. Wow. That's pretty strong.

 

[jay helfert]

You guys are missing the point of why I picked Zuglan for my example. Its not because I'm stupid....

He is an upstanding guy, that has paid on the spot since the beginning. It is FOR that reason someone like him would be the perfect example. The point of my post, is to make the WPA escrow the money from ALL promoters (if its WPA sanctioned). Once a few upstanding guys like Zuglan escrow the money every event to the WPA, then the players will start to say "this is the norm". And it will shift the tide into forcing new or questionable promoters to also escrow their money.

You don't start a shift by having bum promoters escrow the cash. They don't have it to begin with, that's why they are bums. You start the shift by having excellent promoters like Zuglan escrow the cash.

The only reason Zuglan would have been a poor choice for my example is if his events are not WPA sanctioned, I forget if they are. If they are not, then insert Sullivan's name for his DCC 9 ball event.

You guys get it now?

But if they did that and no one wanted to post (escrow) the money, then how could the WPA make anything? They need to be able to announce big prize money events, put them on their calendar and collect their fee IN ADVANCE! That way they have their cut before anyone else get's theirs! Kapeche

 

[BeiberLvr]

Here is another totally off topic post, but about the Asian countries. We in the US have said for the past 15 years that Asia is the future of the game, because the govt supports their players.

I think that might end soon, if it was even ever really true to a large group of players.

In the US, all of the other sports became much more popular than pool, less people are playing pool, no pool on actual TV, and no fans except the pool nuts like us.

Pool is popular in Asia now, but I see the same exact things happening there, that has happened here. The game itself is simply not as exciting to the fan as the major sports. The govt will shift sponsorship money away from pool, and into whatever sports are major over there. The game itself is the problem. Not the support (or lack of) of the host country.

Welcome to the club.

 

[one stroke]

Huhsay what??

You need a globe?:banghead:

Step off that tricycle back on to planet earth not getting paid here is no different than not getting paid there except the fact it's much more rare and you got more outa pocket , his two partners in crime have zero shot to begin with infact I'm not so sure they would have gone anyway so putting them into the conversation is pretty comical to begin with
Shane has more than enough money to take a flyer and chase a missing link in his legacy which ultimately will be a part of his legacy for what ever that's worth

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