Not just you. Carom cues seem to have more of it for some reason. Look at Longoni’s signature cues. Feijens pool cue by them may have it too. I have a Schuler Richard Bitalis model. Same idea. I never forked over the money for a Longoni but kind of wondered about spending a fair amount with a pro player’s name prominently displayed on it. I guess it didn’t bother me to the point of not buying the Schuler, but it bothers me a little and isn’t my favorite thing. I sort of don’t get why people like it.
It also seems different to me on baseball bats, I don’t know why it doesn’t bother me on a wood bat but does on a cue. Maybe the old Joe Morgan model I had as a kid. Golf clubs seemed to have player’s names on lower end stuff back in the day. With some notable exceptions. Like Tommy Armour Silver Scott and a few others. Hogan doesn’t count because he started his own company. And like the old story goes when Gary Player called Hogan at an odd hour for swing advice and Hogan asked what clubs he played. Player said Dunlop. Hogan said call Mr. Dunlop.
Anyway, there is a difference between the maker’s signature and a pro’s.
comparing yourself to a god tier player is going to set you up for a lot of disappointment 