Yes, I don't think it's possible to adjust to the lack of spectators these days. It seems like they're more interested in streaming free video than attracting live people. It appears to have sucked the life out of the events for the professionals. Anything given away for free does damage in many ways - quality, quantity, and economically in most cases.
It's very easy notice {at the major events} there's no "new blood" coming into the game these days. ESPN is the key to connecting to the minds of the general public and "TV Tables" with no TV is confusing. No matter how many times they tell me that streaming video is TV I will always wonder why...I feel like I should tell them, but at the same time I feel they want to think it is TV (it's like saying there's no Santa Claus LoL).....but no matter how you slice it, "TV is what it is, not what it isn't."
I wonder who started calling computers "TVs" in the pool world? It's kind of embarrassing. calling "streaming video" TV - it's like calling a bicycle a "Harley" - it's close, but not quite the same. Maybe we should call it the "Movie Table," that way we may be eligible for an Academy Award.'The Game is the Teacher'
CJ, I don't always agree with you (although I do find us on the same page quite often) but I have come to always appreciate your honest input, common sense approach, voice of experience and efforts in the betterment of the game. My sincere thank you for this, Sir!
