If you're not good enough it's motivation to quit. USA have quit and they ARE getting paid.
Do you think that the US might play stronger if the MC were a winner take all event?
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If you're not good enough it's motivation to quit. USA have quit and they ARE getting paid.
Or to try harder / get better.
I think....the USA players need to learn how to win FIRST under the current format before there's any discussion about changing the format to something else in order to give them a CHANCE to win!
There would be a lot of broken face and hand bones.
No, No, No!!
Come on Bmore, don't go with this! We just need a new mix, not a new format.
Come on Bmore, don't go with this! We just need a new mix, not a new format.
Well for lack of anything else working in the last 10+ years........ and honestly I am a huge proponent of performance based compensation - seen it work in many different fields. Honestly not saying they should get nothing - I'd probably do $2500-$27500. After all, they are pros.
Until they send the real SVB to the tournament that'll never happen. Either that or clone Bergman 4 times
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Since we're brainstorming...
What if you selected the US team at the beginning of the year, and signed them to a contract that would agree to pay every member of the US team an annual salary of say $100k. In exchange, they would be expected to treat their position as a job, enter/travel/participate in a set number of major world events, practice, receive instruction, and adhere to a code of conduct. Then after each MC is played, you reserve the right to release players who didn't perform and recruit others who have proven themselves throughout the previous year.
Would this be enough incentive for us to field a competitive team? IF not now, maybe in the future? As to who would finance this, unfortunately, I don't have a good answer. Maybe there exists some loaded hyper-patriotic pool fan
What if you selected the US team at the beginning of the year, and signed them to a contract that would agree to pay every member of the US team an annual salary of say $100k. In exchange, they would be expected to treat their position as a job, enter/travel/participate in a set number of major world events, practice, receive instruction, and adhere to a code of conduct. Then after each MC is played, you reserve the right to release players who didn't perform and recruit others who have proven themselves throughout the previous year.
Would this be enough incentive for us to field a competitive team? IF not now, maybe in the future? As to who would finance this, unfortunately, I don't have a good answer. Maybe there exists some loaded hyper-patriotic pool fan
So true, but it's worse than that. Often, players in regional events don't even play the final, preferring to split the prize money.
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Try it -- Try playing a race to 5 against the best in the world with alternate breaks.
One little mistake (it doesn't have to be a big one) WILL cost you the match.
Asian players are schooled like soldiers going into battle, from the time they're little kids. European players have the support of their entire continent and have a very, very strong network of Snooker players.
America? We're barred from pool rooms and tournaments when we get good. We're called hustlers and treated like 2nd class citizens. At the end of a regional tournament we're lucky to have two people watching, and one of them is the barmaid.
So.... We're not team players. It's one guy against the world, doing everything they can to survive.
YEAH!!! - a race to 100, 9-ball or 8-ball, winner break - and bet something more than $10k, which won't even cover costs.
Sorry about the rant -but I had to put that somewhere.
One little mistake (it doesn't have to be a big one) WILL cost you the match.
Asian players are schooled like soldiers going into battle, from the time they're little kids. European players have the support of their entire continent and have a very, very strong network of Snooker players.
America? We're barred from pool rooms and tournaments when we get good. We're called hustlers and treated like 2nd class citizens. At the end of a regional tournament we're lucky to have two people watching, and one of them is the barmaid.
So.... We're not team players. It's one guy against the world, doing everything they can to survive.
YEAH!!! - a race to 100, 9-ball or 8-ball, winner break - and bet something more than $10k, which won't even cover costs.
Sorry about the rant -but I had to put that somewhere.
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There we go!
Straight commission is great in a VERY FEW circumstances, just like winner take all. But in situations were the difference between success and failure is fractional there has to be a safety net.
$2500 - $27,500 is plenty of net!!
Straight commission is great in a VERY FEW circumstances, just like winner take all. But in situations were the difference between success and failure is fractional there has to be a safety net.
$2500 - $27,500 is plenty of net!!