His GPPA website is under construction, but there is some info on it ---> gppaleague.com
Timing is everything. Pool needs something like this right now in America. $250,000 first prize. Wow!
OK I went to their page and read the whole rules and league description. Although I'm personally not a fan of those rules, I can see them attracting lots and lots of potential players. IMO it's even more "evened out" in terms of skill than the APA, but since this is a league for masses of casuals (I came to that conclusion after reading all the info) it's a great thing. Now if APA and GPPA could both grow side by side, together they could promote pool and gain thousands of new players. That is something pool desperately needs right now, and we should all be thankful to Mike Sigel for helping this sport out a lot. I can only hope one of those leagues (or both) one day decides to spread to Europe as well
Recently, I purchased the final day of the Accu-Stats coverage of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship. Though I really enjoyed sweating the players I have come to know from past events, by the end of the day, spending all those hours in front of a computer, I was literally exhausted. I don't think I would want to spend another day of my life sitting in front of a computer. Maybe it's because I use the computer for my job, but, man, watching pool in a computer, it sure did wear me out. LOL
I think playing pool, being in the pool room, watching players up front and close, that never seemed to tire me. There was always something new and exciting happening.
I do miss the camaraderie of interacting with other pool peeps, and that is what I think a league offers.
Understanding the thoughts of others how this is just another curveball being thrown at the gullible and unsuspecting pool public, I believe Mike Sigel has the expertise and knowledge base to make this league work.
We may have to take a ride on the Reading and check out this GPPA.
This is what the APA should be saying, not "everyone can play and anyone can win".....or whatever it is. As long as there is a handicap system people will abuse it, in some form or another. Some systems are obviously better than others and this one may be better than most, time will tell. I havent read every post but the one about the APA and sandbagging where no one does it was interesting. If that is true then the league operator needs to take over the govt and oust all the "sandbagging" senators, congressmen...etc. That is indeed a huge statement and if its a fact, I would lay a doughnut to a biscuit that its the only one in the country. I know guys who play off handed during the "dump" season or non-qualifying matches and no one can tell it. I have seen guys who play strong shortstop speed look like legitimate skill level 4s or 5s when they want to. Who knows, maybe all 700 are sandbagging.....
We're #1 .... We're #1....We're #1.....:dance:
This is what the APA should be saying, not "everyone can play and anyone can win".....or whatever it is. As long as there is a handicap system people will abuse it, in some form or another. Some systems are obviously better than others and this one may be better than most, time will tell. I havent read every post but the one about the APA and sandbagging where no one does it was interesting. If that is true then the league operator needs to take over the govt and oust all the "sandbagging" senators, congressmen...etc. That is indeed a huge statement and if its a fact, I would lay a doughnut to a biscuit that its the only one in the country. I know guys who play off handed during the "dump" season or non-qualifying matches and no one can tell it. I have seen guys who play strong shortstop speed look like legitimate skill level 4s or 5s when they want to. Who knows, maybe all 700 are sandbagging.....
