How many women are in the Open?

Snapshot9

Snapshot9

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I just got to wondering how many women players
are brave enough to test their skill against the
best?

I have seen an Elva Abernathy
and June Threegod

on the list, but don't know for sure if they are women.

How come Allison or Karen doesn't try this on for size?
The prize money is there to make it worth it.
 
Snapshot9 said:
I just got to wondering how many women players
are brave enough to test their skill against the
best?

I have seen an Elva Abernathy
and June Threegod

on the list, but don't know for sure if they are women.

How come Allison or Karen doesn't try this on for size?
The prize money is there to make it worth it.
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This topic seems to come around every year.

Women are not allowed to play in the MEN's US OPEN.

-djb
 
Then ....

2 guys need name changes ... to Johnson or Smith ... lol

A boy named Sue, by any other name ...
 
DoomCue said:
This topic seems to come around every year.

Women are not allowed to play in the MEN's US OPEN.

-djb
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Is this just for WPBA women?

Fred
 
Fred Agnir said:
Is this just for WPBA women?

Fred
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No, it's for all women.

And there's the problem. While that Men's US Open is truly open - anyone with the $500 entry can enter - the WPBA US Open is not. You either have to be a Touring Pro, win a Qualifier, or be invited to play.

Barbara
 
Then I again ask ...

Is Elva Abernathy and June Threegod both women then?

Personally, I think more Open events should be where men or
women can enter., and be promoted that way.
I mean billiards is not a sport where there
are distinct differences as to whether a man or woman is
better at than the other gender. I would expect
Allison or Karen to do pretty good in an event like
this, maybe not great, but pretty well.
 
Snapshot9 said:
Is Elva Abernathy and June Threegod both women then?
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No, they're men...ONLY men can play in the Open. I guess Barbara confused you... when she said it's a "true open" she meant that any MAN with $500 can enter. The women's "open" is not open at all. I can't sign up & play in the women's open because I don't qualify, therefore it's not really open. It's kinda like the Vegas BCA "open"....by invitation only :rolleyes:
 
they should all play in the open

it makes me mad that none of the top name woman pros dont play. i mean its the United States OPEN which means open to anyone. allison, janette, karen, some of the pro woman play better than the most of the guys who play in the open. to me, these woman are blessed with the ability to play great billiards. its too easy for them to win womens tournaments so why not take it to the next level. i dont understand these women. im not tryin to force any women to play in the open but i would expect them to play every year. how strong would it be if one of them snapped the us open off. wow
 
ugotaction said:
it makes me mad that none of the top name woman pros dont play. i mean its the United States OPEN which means open to anyone. allison, janette, karen, some of the pro woman play better than the most of the guys who play in the open. to me, these woman are blessed with the ability to play great billiards. its too easy for them to win womens tournaments so why not take it to the next level. i dont understand these women. im not tryin to force any women to play in the open but i would expect them to play every year. how strong would it be if one of them snapped the us open off. wow
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I don't know which Pro Woman plays better than the men at the Open, although the Pro Women are great players. Maybe the WPBA US Open should make the races to 11 like the Men's Open instead of 9 (I think those are the correct numbers).

A good place for the women to take their game to the next level, IMO, would be the Derby City Classic but the WPBA has a tight reign on that and won't allow them to play. I think Jeanette played in it a year or 2 ago and she did pretty well.

I like the US Open just the way it is. JMO
 
It would say a lot ...

If a woman won the US Open, it would be a MAJOR
accomplishment for women in billiards, and would
change a lot of minds across the country, and women
players in general would get more respect.

But, it is just like local or regional tournaments that are
Open and also a women's tournament. The women players,
even the best ones, do not enter into the Open event ever,
just the women's tournament .... why, because they know
they can cash a lot easier in the women's tournament than
the Open event (plus the Open event usually has 3 times
the players as women's events, but more money too).

You can say what you will, but money always comes into it,
because you just can not keep shelling out bucks to play
in tournaments, plus quarters, motels, food, drinks, etc.. without
getting something back in return. Wouldn't be a very good
investment, would it? I know, I know, every player has day
dreamed about being a millionaire, so you could just go from
tournament to tournament for the rest of your life, just having
fun and playing, and seeing the country inbetween, but you
always have to come back to reality .... lol
 
Barry Behrman originally owned the Women's US Open event. He sold[edit]/gave up[/edit] the rights to it to the WPBA. When he did that, he barred women from entering the men's US Open event.

They can't enter even if they want to.

Barbara
 
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This is one reason why I trully support the IPT: Open means exactly that...open. :p Yeah, you have to sign on the dotted line and all, but for the most part, you have to do that with all of the pro tours. Am I wrong when I say this?
 
Barbara said:
They can't enter even if they want to.
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I still say there is away around it with the UPA sanctioning it. $100 gets me a UPA Pro card. There are no stipulations by the UPA that says I must be a male. It just says $100 and I'm in. So if I get a UPA Pro card, and the UPA sanctions the Open, then how can they bar a UPA player from playing?? :confused:
 
shoutout33 said:
This is one reason why I trully support the IPT: Open means exactly that...open. :p Yeah, you have to sign on the dotted line and all, but for the most part, you have to do that with all of the pro tours. Am I wrong when I say this?
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What if the tables were turned? What if some of the men wanted to play in the Cuetec Cues U.S. Open 9-Ball? It does state Open after all.
 
9 Ball Girl said:
What if the tables were turned? What if some of the men wanted to play in the Cuetec Cues U.S. Open 9-Ball? It does state Open after all.
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And really...that is NOT an Open for the ladies. It is only an "Open" by the virtue of four letters in the title. O P E N. Plus, the WPBA states one must be female to play in their events. The UPA does not.
 
landshark77 said:
And really...that is NOT an Open for the ladies. It is only an "Open" by the virtue of four letters in the title. O P E N. Plus, the WPBA states one must be female to play in their events. The UPA does not.
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But the US Open does have a policy regarding women; they don't allow them to play. The UPA's sanctioning doesn't change that, just as the UPA's sanctioning of the BCA doesn't require that particular tournament to be truly open, either.

-djb
 
Barbara said:
They can't enter even if they want to.

Barbara
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Between you and myself... your statement above marks the 3rd time it was said... maybe, just maybe, (hopefully) the 3rd times a charm. :rolleyes:

:cool:
 
DoomCue said:
just as the UPA's sanctioning of the BCA doesn't require that particular tournament to be truly open, either.
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Yes, but would/has the UPA DENIED entry into ANY of their sanctioned tourneys to ANY member of the UPA?? If the answer is no, then why would they sart at the Open??

Oh and FWIW Timberly, I am speaking in hypotheticals. If I had the $100 to blow and the time I would test my theory just to see what happens.
 
Timberly said:
Between you and myself... your statement above marks the 3rd time it was said... maybe, just maybe, (hopefully) the 3rd times a charm. :rolleyes:

:cool:
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It's true. Women cannot enter to play in Brady's US Open 9-Ball Championships.

When he gave/sold/whatever the rights to the WPBA for their own US Open event, he closed out his event to men only.

Barbara
 
landshark77 said:
Oh and FWIW Timberly, I am speaking in hypotheticals. If I had the $100 to blow and the time I would test my theory just to see what happens.
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FWIW, I wasn't talking about you either. ;) LOL, Barbara said it, I said it, & some still didn't get it. :p Here's hoping they get it. :cool:
 
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