How long before Matchroom dumps the US?

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bdorman

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With the growth of pool, television and consumerism in the Pacific Rim, can it be very long before Matchroom replaces the US team with an Asian team: Europe vs. Asia-Pacific Mosconi Cup?

Note, this has nothing to do with won/loss records, competitivness, etc. It's strictly from a money-perspective of maximizing the audience/ad dollars. If ESPN wants to expand its brand in the Asia-Pacific region, it would be a good move for them too.

It would be interesting to know how many people (and from what countries) watched the Mosconi Cup via TV, computer streaming, etc. I bet it was fewer than 5,000 in the US. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that more people in Asia-Pacific watched the Mosconi Cup than in the US.
 
How about 3 events...USA vs Europe & PI vs Asia with winners moving on to the final event?
 
WHY????

Because they are waiting on YOUR marketing and YOUR knowledge to guide them.

With such an informative statement about a game I'm sure you've been around for over fifty years....I'm sure your position can be of help.

Let us all know what transpired with your optimism that is prevalent in our dysfunctional/congressional/gridlock ME me me, muck of the generation after me. MY WAY or the HIGHWAY :p

wa wah wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
Island Drive said:
WHY????

Because they are waiting on YOUR marketing and YOUR knowledge to guide them.

With such an informative statement about a game I'm sure you've been around for over fifty years....I'm sure your position can be of help.

Let us all know what transpired with your optimism that is prevalent in our dysfunctional/congressional/gridlock ME me me, muck of the generation after me. MY WAY or the HIGHWAY :p

wa wah wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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sfleinen said:
Why it was ever called the Mosconi Cup escapes many, including me. Willie HATED 9-ball.

-Sean
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Pretty much everything escapes you. I'll break it down for you:

Person A: Hey, the Ryder Cup is a great idea... we should do that for pool
Person B: Good idea! What will we name it?
Person A: Well, Willie Mosconi is known as the best ever, how about "The Mosconi Cup"?
Person B: Great idea... what game should we play, 8ball? 9ball? Straight pool? Willie loved straight pool!
Person A: Well, straight pool is boring as all f*ck so that's out. 9ball is exciting for the crowd, how about that?
Person B: But Willie HATED 9ball...
Person A: Who gives a sh*t?
Person B: Great point! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 
sfleinen said:
Why it was ever called the Mosconi Cup escapes many, including me. Willie HATED 9-ball.

-Sean
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I'm sure that if Willie Mosconi walked into Barry Hearn's office and said "Change the game of the Mosconi Cup to something other than 9-ball!" that Barry would comply.

Until that day, it's 9-ball.

The dead don't get to vote unless they lived in Chicago. :D
 
cleary said:
Pretty much everything escapes you. I'll break it down for you:

Person A: Hey, the Ryder Cup is a great idea... we should do that for pool
Person B: Good idea! What will we name it?
Person A: Well, Willie Mosconi is known as the best ever, how about "The Mosconi Cup"?
Person B: Great idea... what game should we play, 8ball? 9ball? Straight pool? Willie loved straight pool!
Person A: Well, straight pool is boring as all f*ck so that's out. 9ball is exciting for the crowd, how about that?
Person B: But Willie HATED 9ball...
Person A: Who gives a sh*t?
Person B: Great point! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Is this really necessary? Still angry after that dress code thread? :)

'Twas just a point of associating Willie with 9-ball, 's all. Your two-person discourse above may not be far from the truth in how his name got to be associated with a 9-ball event.

"Cleary, what's wrong, man? What's with all the hostilities? Whatchoo doin' with all this gun, man?"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=G4L0VaEsyyY

-Sean
 
sfleinen said:
Why it was ever called the Mosconi Cup escapes many, including me. Willie HATED 9-ball.

-Sean
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lfigueroa posted this yesterday in another thread:

"At last year's MC HOF dinner, during his induction speech, Barry Hearn said he went to ask Mosconi's widow if he could use the name. He said she said (though I believe Hearn called her by the wrong name), that Willie would love it."

Maybe Flora didn't know Willie well.:smile: They had been married for only 40 years.
 
sfleinen said:
Why it was ever called the Mosconi Cup escapes many, including me. Willie HATED 9-ball.

-Sean
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His wife OKed it after Willie's death. Willie did, indeed, hate nine ball, and might have asked them to call it the "Lassiter Cup." Wimpy loved nine ball.
 
bdorman said:
It would be interesting to know how many people (and from what countries) watched the Mosconi Cup via TV, computer streaming, etc. I bet it was fewer than 500 in the US. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that more people in Asia-Pacific watched the Mosconi Cup than in the US.
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i fixed that for you ;)

Island Drive said:
WHY????

Because they are waiting on YOUR marketing and YOUR knowledge to guide them.

With such an informative statement about a game I'm sure you've been around for over fifty years....I'm sure your position can be of help.

Let us all know what transpired with your optimism that is prevalent in our dysfunctional/congressional/gridlock ME me me, muck of the generation after me. MY WAY or the HIGHWAY :p

wa wah wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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or maybe he had the same conversation with Barry that we did last year.
 
Why not east vs west. Best of Europe, USA, Mexico, Canada etc against the pacific rim.
 
AtLarge said:
lfigueroa posted this yesterday in another thread:

"At last year's MC HOF dinner, during his induction speech, Barry Hearn said he went to ask Mosconi's widow if he could use the name. He said she said (though I believe Hearn called her by the wrong name), that Willie would love it."

Maybe Flora didn't know Willie well.:smile: They had been married for only 40 years.
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sjm said:
His wife OKed it after Willie's death. Willie did, indeed, hate nine ball, and might have asked them to call it the "Lassiter Cup." Wimpy loved nine ball.
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Ok, I didn't see that post by Lou. Great parlay of what Barry said at his acceptance speech! That answers everything.

-Sean
 
hang-the-9 said:
Winnie Beannie Cup or Wimpy Cup (Lassiter) just sounds wrong.
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sonny_burnett said:
Don't you just hate auto correct?

Weenie.

Didn't edit me.

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O.K., here we go:thumbup:.

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bdorman said:
I'm sure that if Willie Mosconi walked into Barry Hearn's office and said "Change the game of the Mosconi Cup to something other than 9-ball!" that Barry would comply.

Until that day, it's 9-ball.

The dead don't get to vote unless they lived in Chicago. :D
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Cool....I was born there :thumbup: does that help. :)
 
bdorman said:
With the growth of pool, television and consumerism in the Pacific Rim, can it be very long before Matchroom replaces the US team with an Asian team: Europe vs. Asia-Pacific Mosconi Cup?

Note, this has nothing to do with won/loss records, competitivness, etc. It's strictly from a money-perspective of maximizing the audience/ad dollars. If ESPN wants to expand its brand in the Asia-Pacific region, it would be a good move for them too.

It would be interesting to know how many people (and from what countries) watched the Mosconi Cup via TV, computer streaming, etc. I bet it was fewer than 5,000 in the US. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that more people in Asia-Pacific watched the Mosconi Cup than in the US.
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Nice thread title:p. How long before Matchroom dumps the US?

Only the US can dump the US as has been often proven in the past.

ONB
 
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