Dress code in tournaments

in golf all of the tour players are sponsored heavily and make their players wear and act as they want or they drop them.

in pool they barely get traveling expenses for the most part.
 
maha said:
in golf all of the tour players are sponsored heavily and make their players wear and act as they want or they drop them.

in pool they barely get traveling expenses for the most part.
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This isn't true. Some of the big names have clothing sponsors. For the lesser guys, the money and free clothes aren't worth wearing stuff they don't like. The tour has standards, but they don't pay for the players' clothes. The tour doesn't, "drop" players. They play in through winning, mini tours, and Q-school. They get dropped for poor play. The worst the tour will do is tell them to change. Happens to Jason Day sometimes because he has an out there sponsor.
 
I think the real conclusion is that events like Derby and Texas Open are not pro events. They are amateur events that are won by pros or in other words ProAms. They have great history and tradition to them. Some might argue for them to evolve into true pro events. The potential is there and a dress code would be one small aspect of going in that direction. And some might argue that they aren’t meant to be true pro events as that would undermine their connection to their history and tradition. But there are plenty of true professional events put on by Matchroom and Predator these days where the contrast between them and Derby/Texas Open really illustrates the gap in professionalism.
 
JPB2 said:
Because typically dress codes are minimums. Like in golf you can, as far as I know, step on the first tee of a tour event wearing a shirt and tie like the old days. They wouldn’t make you dress worse. So some tournaments come up with a dress code as you support. But the rule and/ or enforcement is moronic as I said before. If a suit and tie is a dress code violation your dress code is unbelievably stupid.
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That is how I interpreted the dress code. I don't have any problem with having a dress code for pool. I appreciate the effort to clean up the image.
 
if you can't dress descent might as well go like this
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might make someone laugh.
 
skogstokig said:
DCC now has a dress code of sorts. i've speculated that it was ronnie alcano that was the straw that broke the camel's back (but he was in good company that year) because the year after it was:

All dress items must be neat and not torn. Prohibited: Short pants and distressed/ripped jeans. Backward hats and sagging pants. Any sloppy, dirty ....
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They have always (or for a long time) had a "code", but they have never (or very rarely) enforced it.

kollegedave
 
Look at pro snooker, players dress and the money involved in winnings. Then consider American pool, players dress and $$$$.
I think pro snooker's money comes from online betting. The people who promote pro snooker know they do better if the image on the TV is appealing. It's a business.
 
whole different set of viewers with a complete different mindset. no way to compare the two.

and simple solutions rarely fix complicated problems. put lipstick on a pig and it still goes oink.
 
There is no comparison btwn the game of snooker and pool. Snooker was brought to mainstream TV years ago and the pool stigma is still a stigma to the general populace. Snooker had major sponsors,players had huge endorsements and marketable. Pool needs more than being streamed by pool junkies and the top players need to definately make more money for their efforts.
 
simple,,,,, you watch a snooker match even if you don't know what is going on, it is interesting and exciting in a way.

you watch most pool matches and they are boring.
 
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