Only two things keeping cue sports from being a major sport like football, golf, basketball, baseball, etc.
1) Booze
2) Gambling
In what other professional sport do the players drink alcohol while playing?
In what other professional sport is gambling by the players allowed?
Since most pool players like to drink and gamble, and that is the image the sport evokes, cue sports will remain a fringe sport. Cue sports will never become a big-time activity until it becomes a family sport that has parents cheering on their kids in competitions. And this can never happen as long as bars and pubs are the locations of the sport.
1) Booze
2) Gambling
In what other professional sport do the players drink alcohol while playing?
In what other professional sport is gambling by the players allowed?
Since most pool players like to drink and gamble, and that is the image the sport evokes, cue sports will remain a fringe sport. Cue sports will never become a big-time activity until it becomes a family sport that has parents cheering on their kids in competitions. And this can never happen as long as bars and pubs are the locations of the sport.
