It's really not like that at all.Exactly, its like complaining about sunflower seeds on the ground at a baseball game. You're probably not a ball player.
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It's really not like that at all.Exactly, its like complaining about sunflower seeds on the ground at a baseball game. You're probably not a ball player.
It's really not like that at all.
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Actually it is
I believe the term "nazi" in layman usage these days is a secondary reference like in "soup nazi" from Seinfeld . NOT a direct reference to Nazi as in Nazi Germany :grin-square:
If I came to your house and did that on your rug, how would you feel?
Julian
I agree, I think it's totally disrespectful. I have always disliked it when people do that.
I was watching Shane's match against Aranas on the TV table, and after it was over you could see Shane drag the tip of his cue on the rug to clean it of chalk before he put in the case. He then did the same for the second cue.
For some reason that bothered me. He always seemed like an elegant player, but I thought that lacked class. Surely he could have used a paper towel or his own towel?
Julian
https://youtu.be/EtCenT6VNd0
I honestly do this myself and consider myself to be a true gentleman on the table in in my game for over 30 years. I've seen dozens of pro players do the exact same thing. I really don't see the issue here other than it may be a tad bit disrespectful to the room owner and his staff who have to clean the room up every night.
I honestly do this myself and consider myself to be a true gentleman on the table in in my game for over 30 years. I've seen dozens of pro players do the exact same thing. I really don't see the issue here other than it may be a tad bit disrespectful to the room owner and his staff who have to clean the room up every night.
I knew an owner who was such a neat freak, we'd put a dime size piece of paper on the floor and bet on how long before he picked it up in a 12000 sq ft room. He once, in front of a PACKED room (33 tables), threw a kid out, smacking him on his head and grumbling "get out MFR" the whole way out from the back of the room- "What happened George?" "MF'r didnt flush the toilet!"
He had no problem, with the tip/carpet move. In fact his best friend did it.
I agree completely with your well reasoned point. I have however come to believe that a certain percentage will simply never be able to understand it is and was always about how it appears to the public and not about one more stain on an already grimey floor.One of the points of the people objecting to this, including myself, is that this is inappropriate for a televised/streamed match because it doesn’t present the professional pool player in the best possible light. It doesn’t matter what the majority think of it, or what a particularly strict pool room owner allows and doesn’t allow in his establishment. The fact that a decent percentage of people here have expressed their disapproval of this behavior is an indication that a decent percentage of people viewing a televised/streamed match would also disapprove.
Do you want the best possible outcome from the recent efforts and money put into promoting pool? Then try to consider not from your own point of view, but from the point of view of presenting pool in it’s absolute best possible form, including the behavior of those representing it.
It's really not like that at all.
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I agree completely with your well reasoned point. I have however come to believe that a certain percentage will simply never be able to understand it is and was always about how it appears to the public and not about one more stain on an already grimey floor.
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Déclassé...low in rank, class, or social position
Can’t imagine a carom player cleaning their tip in the carpet.........
...or a straight pool player from its golden age
Those are different interpretations of the sport.
I've never seen a cricket player step out of the batters box, hock a spit wad down the first base line while checking the signs, and step back in.....
Then again, I don't think it's hurting baseball that much
Those are different interpretations of the sport.
I've never seen a cricket player step out of the batters box, hock a spit wad down the first base line while checking the signs, and step back in.....
Then again, I don't think it's hurting baseball that much