What are everyone's thoughts on things we can do to get the big money into pool as it has always deserved? This is ridiculous. The greatest game in the world and the best of the best get paid peanuts and can't make a decent living. Everyone seems to be waiting around for some big corporate sponsor to shell out big bucks or some billionare to become a pool fan.Wake up people. This isn't going to happen. We are going to have to take matters into our own hands. I was curiuous as to what people think to make things the way they should be. Not opinions about gambling and the fact that Earl Strickland acts like a child alot of times. But how to get the cash? If pool is so huge 24-40 million players supposedly, how hard would it be to organize a global pool organization where players paid dues or something like that? If everyone coughed up a buck a year (on the low side) that would be plenty to have a true world tour and get players the payouts they deserve and pay out to more than the top five. It's obvious we aren't going to be rescued by some wealty person or company, so we will have to do it ourselves. Just a thought. What do you think?
How to get big money into pool?
- Thread starter the kirkwood ki
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Hey Kirkwood...this has been discussed in depth in several threads a few months ago. You may wanna try a search in the forums...and maybe add to the conversations in those threads. IMHO, this issue has been beat to death and I think everyone will just be repeating themselves.
i don't think it's the responsibility of the fans to "take matters into their own hands".
pool is where it is for many reasons, and none of it is the fans' fault. pool has had an image problem that dates back to the turn of the 1900's if not beyond. if the players(and it all starts there) want to make only half-a**ed efforts to get their act together, the result is what we see.
there are better ways to make use of one's time than to try to secure the success of a pool player's livelihood. just enjoy the game and let the future of pool rest in the hands of other countries because it ain't happening in the USA.
pool is where it is for many reasons, and none of it is the fans' fault. pool has had an image problem that dates back to the turn of the 1900's if not beyond. if the players(and it all starts there) want to make only half-a**ed efforts to get their act together, the result is what we see.
there are better ways to make use of one's time than to try to secure the success of a pool player's livelihood. just enjoy the game and let the future of pool rest in the hands of other countries because it ain't happening in the USA.
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It starts with an enema.
This topic, as stated, was discussed in an earlier forum.
However, billiards needs to create some super heros. Market the top players and pay them well. It is individuals that draw attention to the game.
However, billiards needs to create some super heros. Market the top players and pay them well. It is individuals that draw attention to the game.
pete lafond said:
Simple.... just force Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Tiger Woods to master pool in their spare time. Then they could play a game of pool horse... similar to the style that MJ and LB played on that commercial.
Jordan could market a new form of pool shoes and/or super light cue tips with flashy colors. Every urban black kid would have em, and there'd be a movement to have pool tables on every corner. Bird could keep alive the great white hope. We'd have to increase number of games/balls to win, because he'd never miss. But of course he'd always have a slight handicap because "white men can't jump". And, Tiger Woods could bring in the Cablonasian market and open the game of pool to all races (hmmmm.... is it even closed?). He'd have to gain some super talent like the long draw. Toughest part would be figuring how we could get a gallery to follow him. Please, no flash photography. Think of all the fun we could have yelling "get in the hole" on every shot!
How can you expect to get corporate sponsorship in a sport that even its own industry does not support financially...................mike
cueball1950 said:
Why should they support it?
FLICKit said:
I heard that MJ can play pool pretty decent already, at least that is the conversation stemmed about that Hanes commercial. But IMO the ballers need to stick to ball and get the REAL pool pros to do that commercial.
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Apa?
The APA? You're joking right? APA isn't even close too doing what I described.
jjinfla said:
The APA? You're joking right? APA isn't even close too doing what I described.
FLICKit said:
I was referring to making super heros out of top pool players and pay them BIG BUCKS.
Your goal is getting big money in pool....the kirkwood ki said:
Where else can an amateur player win $15,000?
Take what you can get... foster it... and make it grow.
Otherwise, disgruntled people try to tear down, what's already out there.
Baseball, Football, & Basketball didn't get big money overnight. They've expanded over time. Although pool has been around for a number of years, pool is in it's near beginning stages of it's growth. 10 years ago you couldn't find pool on TV. Currently, pool has cracked open the door to the TV market and it's been wedging wider open.
Keep on supporting what's already out there, and it'll grow and expand. Otherwise you may tear it down, and it'll wither and die.
FLICKit said:
But they used the best players known.
You think using joe sixpack, (APA player) who can barely draw his ball, is going to generate interest in pool??????
Teacherman said:
Yes!
Just like golf.... didn't matter how good the pro players were, didn't get much support. Until, Joe Sixpack went out and played golf for themselves, then they learned to appreciate what is entailed in the game. That mass of Joe Sixpack players is what caused the sport of golf to grow leaps and bounds.
Teacherman said:
Oh... and just to respond... That's part of the success of the APA is it's appeal to the beginner and to the advanced. Largest pool league in the world with over 230,000 players. That along with other pool venues helps develop a market, whereby pool can be appreciated on TV.
Take away those masses, and you lose pool from the TV.
