Help for my dream

MrDix said:
It's like people are hating on me bc they didnt think of it first or they know they can say whatever and I'd never see them. It's so funny.. Thanks again for all your comments loving everyone of them.. lol
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You are not the first to think of it or come here asking for help but those before you have done it a bit better and have received help. This is a good community here but if you are not a contributor to the forum then most will see that from your past post. There is a girl named Melinda Huang aka OMGWTF who eats Ramen noodles for months and months to save up for action matches and tournaments, maybe it might not hurt to give that a try. I bet if you stopped eating out and drinking you would have enough coin by DCC to play all the events, if you really want it then it won't be too difficult. :smile:
 
so do be careful son....our battles will continue.
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In your Dreams there Johnny 6 Gun.

You do a great job of Flaming yourself. All I have to do is sit back and watch the Retard Show. Yep. The Bava Blogs.
 
 
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Just an idea. I don't know who you work for, but you could show the owner of the company your resume for pool playing, and see if he/she would like to sponsor you for one tournament......like the U.S. Open.

It would be exciting for your fellow employees and for the owner of the company. You could wear a shirt advertising your company.

It's a tax write-off for the employer.


If you do meet with your employer, don't make it like you are messing around. Set up a time to meet, get dressed up some and make it serious. Don't forget to shake hands.:thumbup:
 
It looks like you could save about $300 a month just on food your body doesn't need each month.

I'm a fat bastard too and if money ever got tight that's the first thing I would cut back on as much as I love to eat:smile:.

JC
 
Huzz said:
Just curious what u did with the winnings from these events? Unfortunatly u are like a telemarketer to me i have nothing to give you so stop calling!
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Ah, the $64K question. Well, if he had brains, he put it in the bank, and thus why he's asking y'all for mor cheese. The best money to invest is someone elses, the risk is zero, the reward is everything ;)
 
Sad that a guy can't drum up a few local sponsors. Even if it is just for a few dollars here and there. It all adds up.

Surely a guy has a few connections or friends that have an in with other businesses.

I suppose the op didn't think of that. Too much leg work perhaps. I'd be knocking on a few doors if I wanted something bad enuff.

Watch the Bass Pros. They all wear jerseys with multiple sponsors on them.

One guy was hoping to win the $160,000.00 grand prize so he could fish full time. So you see, even the Pro Fishermen have to work and figure out a way to own a 75 K boat, truck and travel expenses.

Funny tho, Chev Trucks and Wal Mart were major sponsors in the All American Bass Pro.

Like Wal Mart?

Know what. For example, I would call Berkley's head office and ask if they wanted me to wear a Berkley Jersey in front of the pool fans.

Gotta be pool fans that also like to fish. They'd say, hey, pretty cool, a fishing company sponsoring a pool player.

Berkley might think, cool, get some advertising out there in other venues. Berkley might not hand you a bunch of money but they might give you a bunch of Gift certificates and decals to hand out to the fans. Have someone take pictures of you mixing it up with the crowd and handing out the bling and send those back to Berkley.

I use Okuma reels. I got huge Okuma decals for the boat and truck plus a ball cap. I know they didn't send me any money but then I didn't tell them that I was entering any Wall Eye Tourneys either.

The first Wall Eye Trail win I get, the sponsors would be calling me. Thats how it works, put so me wins under your belt and it may become easier.

All I had to do was send a simple email asking if they wanted some advertising.

Not saying that this is exemplary of the op but it seems like it is with many of the Pros. They sit back and wish the sponsors would come to them.

Seriously, you have to get out there and knock on a few doors. You can't expect a potential sponsor to be excited if you don't have a good story to tell them and sound excited for yourself.

You have to have a decent sales pitch. Tell them, this is what I can do for you if you can help me out a bit.

See, thats how easy it is. Ask a potential sponsor if they would like to have a decal on your Jersey. For free. Once you prove yourself, you can start asking for a bit of help.

No one said that things like this happen over night. Certain things like this can take time to generate. Just keep plugging.

All I have to do is win even just one or 2 local derbies and at the very least, Okuma or someone else will be sending me free fishing equipment for the advertising.
 
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Mr Dix, if I don't know who you are, you have no chance of breaking even at these larger tournaments, let alone winning any of them. As good as Stevie and Shannon are, they can't win either. Moët gave you a generous offer. Start there and see how it goes. Good luck.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Sad that a guy can't drum up a few local sponsors. Even if it is just for a few dollars here and there. It all adds up.

Surely a guy has a few connections or friends that have an in with other businesses.

I suppose the op didn't think of that. Too much leg work perhaps. I'd be knocking on a few doors if I wanted something bad enuff.

Watch the Bass Pros. They all wear jerseys with multiple sponsors on them.

One guy was hoping to win the $160,000.00 grand prize so he could fish full time. So you see, even the Pro Fishermen have to work and figure out a way to own a 75 K boat, truck and travel expenses.

Funny tho, Chev Trucks and Wal Mart were major sponsors in the All American Bass Pro.

Like Wal Mart?

Know what. For example, I would call Berkley's head office and ask if they wanted me to wear a Berkley Jersey in front of the pool fans.

Gotta be pool fans that also like to fish. They'd say, hey, pretty cool, a fishing company sponsoring a pool player.

Berkley might think, cool, get some advertising out there in other venues. Berkley might not hand you a bunch of money but they might give you a bunch of Gift certificates and decals to hand out to the fans. Have someone take pictures of you mixing it up with the crowd and handing out the bling and send those back to Berkley.

I use Okuma reels. I got huge Okuma decals for the boat and truck plus a ball cap. I know they didn't send me any money but then I didn't tell them that I was entering any Wall Eye Tourneys either.

The first Wall Eye Trail win I get, the sponsors would be calling me. Thats how it works, put so me wins under your belt and it may become easier.

All I had to do was send a simple email asking if they wanted some advertising.

Not saying that this is exemplary of the op but it seems like it is with many of the Pros. They sit back and wish the sponsors would come to them.

Seriously, you have to get out there and knock on a few doors. You can't expect a potential sponsor to be excited if you don't have a good story to tell them and sound excited for yourself.

You have to have a decent sales pitch. Tell them, this is what I can do for you if you can help me out a bit.

See, thats how easy it is. Ask a potential sponsor if they would like to have a decal on your Jersey. For free. Once you prove yourself, you can start asking for a bit of help.

No one said that things like this happen over night. Certain things like this can take time to generate. Just keep plugging.

All I have to do is win even just one or 2 local derbies and at the very least, Okuma or someone else will be sending me free fishing equipment for the advertising.
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Pro fisherman that have a boat sponsor get free boats (to use, but don't own).
 
I imagine so. My analogy wasn't so that he could get a free anything other than to hit the bricks and start knocking on doors.

Law of averages. Some doors will close and maybe one in ten might invite you in.

I even saw an M&M boat. Looked pretty wild. Even tho some of these guys are like the top 20 in pool, the rest may get a boat to use, free equipment, but they still had to prove
themselves to the potential sponsor and they have to continue to produce for them.

Like the one guy said, "if I win the All American, I can fish full time".

That tells you right there, that even if he does have a loaner boat, he still has to provide a
certain amount for himself and the sponsor. If I give a guy a boat, I expect him to be at every available Tourney.

I know yer a smart guy NYC so don't think that you missed the main theme of my post.
 
Dix

Greg never got back with me, I guess he doesn't want it that bad. Or maybe some people were rite he just wanted a hand out. Only time will tell but I hope you get to chase your dream.
 
I tried to do something similar years back, and I did it without completely thinking it through as well. I had a specific tournament (US Bar Table) that I was requesting donations toward though. Nobody gave me a dime (as well as they shouldn't have, I was a dumb kid who was still way too green in the game for investment, and I hadn't thought the whole thing through in the first place). I did learn a valuable lesson though... LUNCH IS NEVER FREE. I still to this day haven't been able to get the funds together for that tournament, but I've been able to play in some tournaments of similar caliber.

My advice is to find a way to do it on your own. You'll never get any help here, and you shouldn't even really be asking for it. John Schmidt got backed here, but he did it the right way, with a business proposition. Seeking donations won't get you anywhere. You'll feel better about it if you did it on your own anyways. You don't need the charity of others. If you got what you were asking for, and happened to snap off a tournament, you'd always feel like there was an asterisk next to your name on that trophy. Or at least I would.

Leland
 
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Maybe not. Maybe he doesn't want to stay in a house or eat at your table.

Maybe he wants to play the High Roller and walk thru the lobby of a Hotel with his cue case. So people can see him.

Eat in restaurants instead of breaking bread with you and your family.

But most of all, I imagine that he realized that his goals are unrealistic in that he might have to get off his butt and do a little work himself instead of getting an instant hand out.

Unfortunately, its the way it works with most of the beggars that make a Thread. Once someone gives them a bit of advice or resistance, they disappear quite quickly.

Thats the way it should be actually.

For example, did Dennis Hatch ever pop back in to say Thanks for the Wild Card votes for the Mosconi Cup?

No, but he was back like a stray cat for a bowl of cream the next year looking for the same favor.

Same Crap, different Pile.
 
Moet.1977 said:
Greg never got back with me, I guess he doesn't want it that bad. Or maybe some people were rite he just wanted a hand out. Only time will tell but I hope you get to chase your dream.
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Sometimes things happen that stay with you your whole life. I could not have been older then 8 when a bum knocked on our door asking about some like work or money, I don't know how the conversation actually went. Anyway, my mother tells him to wait and she will make him something to eat.

She makes up a nice plate of left over meat-loaf and potatoes. I bring it to him and he is sitting on our porch. I go back in the house. Later I go out and he is gone and my mothers plate is lying on the grass along with the food she made him. For what it is worth, I never forgot that.
 
macguy said:
Sometimes things happen that stay with you your whole life. I could not have been older then 8 when a bum knocked on our door asking about some like work or money, I don't know how the conversation actually went. Anyway, my mother tells him to wait and she will make him something to eat.

She makes up a nice plate of left over meat-loaf and potatoes. I bring it to him and he is sitting on our porch. I go back in the house. Later I go out and he is gone and my mothers plate is lying on the grass along with the food she made him. For what it is worth, I never forgot that.
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Ha Ha Mac! I felt sorry for a young bum once and gave him work cleaning out garages. He returned the favor by stealing from me. But in the end it didn't work out so well for him :rolleyes:. The full story is in my next book, More Pool Wars. This is not intended as an Ad for my new book, since I still have a lot of work to do to complete it. Just wanted to add to your comments. :D
 
Yea Jay, It's a wacky world now full of all sorts of folks looking for a handout. Gotta be careful they are professionals at the sympathy angle...
 
Almost the same. I used to work at a Lock Smith shop close to the Hood.

Welfare would make a person apply for so many jobs in a certain time period.

Someone would wander in and ask if we were hiring. I would say, "not at the moment".

They would toss their sheet at me expecting a signature.

I would tell them that they had to fill out an application first and to wait a minute and I would get one for them.

By the time I got back from upstairs, they would always be gone.

Yep, Gone like Mr. Dix.
 
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