Espn billiards today

DogsPlayingPool said:
I was under the impression that ESPN didn't put up any money at all. I thought the WPBA either gave the TV rights to ESPN for free, or that they actually paid for the TV time and then sold their own advertising.



There's probably some of that coupled with the fact that the TV matches are primarily the semis and the finals and at most tournaments these are comprised of the usual suspects every event.
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Yeah, the WPBA pays ESPN to air their product and then owns some of the commercial time to peddle for themselves. I think the way they pay is being charged for production costs, but maybe there is a fee for air time as well.

Kevin
 
JCurry said:
I don't know about anyone else, but I've had enough WPBA to last me for several years to come. ESPN Classic has been showing nothing but WPBA for months.
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Agree.

Dress it up and call it what you want but a cat is still a cat.

Other than the visual component WPBA pool reeks. Look at how TAR showing top men players matches had over a 1000 viewers while WPBA couldn't draw flies.

I think Internet is the preferred way to show pool you get the entire match and not the edited version.

I did enjoy having the men and women play in the same venue by pooling their resources they could have a much better product.
 
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