I just wanted to put something out there and I am not sure if this is the right thread to do it but what the hell. I can't help thinking with everyone saying how KT and the IPT is great for todays top players and all players in the future but what about the older players who dedicated their lives to pool and had to live on the road and tournament trail when there was no real money. Some of these great players are over 60 years old and what about the dues they paid for their entire life. Most of them no longer have the ability or stamina(especially) to compete with the younger pros and champions. The fact is without these older players alot of these younger ones may not have gotten interested in pool. Sure they had the KOTH tournament and a few of the older "in crowd" got a little pay day but what about the rest of them. The fact is that most of the top players from the 60's and 70's have nothing to show for a lifetime of devotion and how do you think they feel that when there is finally some money in the sport and alot are too old to win any of it. People are always wondering why pool has never taken off in this country. Why should it when most of the former champions have nothing to show for it. KT should have a " senior tour" also, for players over 50 that are not one of the 150 IPTers so they have a legitamate shot at some decent prize money. I got news for you there are alot of people out there that would love to see what is left from the older generation in a tournament setting if for nothing else the stories the fans could hear from and be entertained by elder statesmen of the game. I am not talking about a charity tournament, but just some repect and a chance to make some money (for once)
elder statesmen of the game
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Don't buy too many rocking chairs just yet...
Age does matter...we can't do things at 60 like we did when we were 18...However...this is pool, not boxing...
When we see the final standings of the IPT at the end of the season...with names like Hall, Sigel, Varner, Hopkins, Martin, Mathews, DiLiberto, McCready, West, and you can throw in Parica and Reyes too...I wouldn't be surprised to see that most of the top 10 finishers are 'seasoned citizens'...
Age does matter...we can't do things at 60 like we did when we were 18...However...this is pool, not boxing...
When we see the final standings of the IPT at the end of the season...with names like Hall, Sigel, Varner, Hopkins, Martin, Mathews, DiLiberto, McCready, West, and you can throw in Parica and Reyes too...I wouldn't be surprised to see that most of the top 10 finishers are 'seasoned citizens'...
How does this look for a Seniors Tour Roster (over 50): Efren Reyes, Jose Parica (who BTW will be 60 on April 18), Mike Sigel, Kim Davenport, Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Allen Hopkins, Mike Massey, Jim Rempe, Ike Runnels, Lou Butera, Wade Crane, Grady Mathews, Freddie the Beard, Billy Incardona, Ernesto Dominguez, Ray Martin, Jimmy Fusco, Bobby Hunter, Ed Kelly, Mike Lebron, Dallas West, Mike Zimmerman, Wayne Catledge, John DiToro, Paul Potier, and maybe Ronnie Allen and Cole Dickson, Danny Medina after he recuperates, and 2 I'm not sure of, agewise, Howard Vickery and Sammy Jones. Quite a few HOFers in that group, and not an easy out in the bunch. I for one would walk right by a "young guns" tournament to watch these guys in action. Think of some of the matchups: Hall vs Varner, Reyes vs Parica, Davenport vs Rempe, Hopkins vs Sigel, Grady vs Incardona, Kelly vs Crane, Freddie vs Runnels (how long before a game of banks broke out?), West vs Fusco, Massey vs Hunter. I know I left a lot of good "over 50's" out but I can't verify their age and I don't want to insult some kid in his 40's by putting him in the list. Count me in as a "senior sweater".
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