Congratulations Kelly!!!!!

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onepocketchump said:
LS, It would have been professional courtesy to extend some tour spots to national and world champions in other cuesports disciplines. Let's not forget that Allison Fisher never had to play in one qualifier, as far as I know. Allison was invited to the first tournaments and she never looked back.

I think it would have been alright to have extended Kelly the invites. But as it is she is doing just fine like this. She will never have to say that she bypassed the qualifying stage.

John
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I was unaware that Allison was able to bypass anything. But was the system different when Allison came in as opposed to when Kelly did? I do not know the answer to that. I don't know the history of the q'ers and I don't know historically how one became a Pro. I only know the system as it is currently. If it is the same then I would say it was not fair for Allison to be treated differently. However, as the system stands now, I would have to maintain my point of view that EVERYONE must q the same way. How would it be fair to all those other girls who try weekend after weekend to get that spot only to find out one was taken away and given to someone else because they were a champ in another game? Despite that fact that many people view the WPBA players as "the best in the world"; the simple fact is they are actually "the best in the U.S." If the WPBA was infact TRULY international then I could agree with your suggestion that it would be a professional courtesy to extend invites to champs of other cuesports.

Kelly's got game and she is a great person on top of it, so please don't confuse my views with any ill feelings against Kelly. She is on my "WPBA Pick 4" list that Jake started, and she will be there for awhile.
 
KBP said:
Landshark,
Kelly is a Semi Pro and is not a pro. Although I feel that she is a pro in her abilities and her mannerism she is still a Semi Pro in the pool world. She has worked hard and hard work is paid by off by getting to attend in events. There are players that never qualify that come up and win events and there's nothing wrong with that.
Kay
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Kay, I never said that she was a pro. This is kind of an old thread and I have not gone back to review my post, but I know that Kelly is a semi-pro, and I believe that I also pointed that out. I am confused by what you are thinking I said. :confused:
 
landshark77 said:
Kay, I never said that she was a pro. This is kind of an old thread and I have not gone back to review my post, but I know that Kelly is a semi-pro, and I believe that I also pointed that out. I am confused by what you are thinking I said. :confused:
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This is what you said>
No offense to you Steve or to Kelly, but I disagree. IMO, it doesn't matter what her achievements in other billiards games are, she still needs to q like everyone else...fair is fair. In my book Kelly is Pro also, but on paper she isn't and I don't feel that is wrong.

It looks like you were saying that she should have had to qualify for the event and it was unfair the way she got in. That is how I took it. If that's not what you meant I am sorry. I felt like you were cutting her down for how she got to where she is and she has worked hard. Maybe she went about it in a different way than what you felt should have been but players do that all the time.
 
KBP said:
This is what you said>
No offense to you Steve or to Kelly, but I disagree. IMO, it doesn't matter what her achievements in other billiards games are, she still needs to q like everyone else...fair is fair. In my book Kelly is Pro also, but on paper she isn't and I don't feel that is wrong.

It looks like you were saying that she should have had to qualify for the event and it was unfair the way she got in. That is how I took it. If that's not what you meant I am sorry. I felt like you were cutting her down for how she got to where she is and she has worked hard. Maybe she went about it in a different way than what you felt should have been but players do that all the time.
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Oh, I was replying to Steve's post. (Post #32) Read what he quoted me as saying. I was disagreeing with his choice of terms. He said it was only a technicality that she was not yet a Pro. I don't think it is a technicality, I think it is the system and she is not yet a Pro because she hasn't yet earned her pro points. And I am not saying that she hasn't earned them because she is slow. She could have won every event since her first q slot and she still wouldn't yet be a Pro. That is just the system. I am sorry if I was confusing. Again, I think Kelly is a great person and player. I would never cut her down. And I don't think she went about it in any different way. The q'ing system is pretty clear cut, lol.
 
Landshark.
Glad we got that straight. I was confused and it looked kind of bad the way the posting was going. Kelly and Val are both super ladies. I worked at the Fury booth at Allen Hopkins and was able to spend some time with them. They are great people and good players. Thanks
Kay
 
KBP said:
Landshark.
Glad we got that straight. I was confused and it looked kind of bad the way the posting was going. Kelly and Val are both super ladies. I worked at the Fury booth at Allen Hopkins and was able to spend some time with them. They are great people and good players. Thanks
Kay
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I agree 500%. ;)
 
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