If there were a place called Ask Everybody and you asked, "What is your favorite thing to do?" and <EVERYBODY> answered, the number of responses that said pool was their favorite thing to do would be less than the number of successful pool players.
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How to save professional pool...no, really.
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If Professional Pool events were televised on Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday, would you watch them?If there were a place called Ask Everybody and you asked, "What is your favorite thing to do?" and <EVERYBODY> answered, the number of responses that said pool was their favorite thing to do would be less than the number of successful pool players.
If they were free on the web, yes. Otherwise there is a huge backlog of pool matches I have yet to slog through.If Professional Pool events were televised on Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday, would you watch them?
If there were regularly scheduled weekend tournaments on network television for exclusive, first flight Professional Pool Players who competed against each other similar to the way golf tournaments were televised and conducted, would you watch them?If they were free on the web, yes. Otherwise there is a huge backlog of pool matches I have yet to slog through.
IF the level of play was evolutionary and consistently distinguishing itself from the usual dog show, absolutely. Guys just trying to market pool? I'll go do my own pool.If there were regularly scheduled weekend tournaments on network television for exclusive, first flight Professional Pool Players who competed against each other similar to the way golf tournaments were televised and conducted, would you watch them?
That's what I mean. If there was an organized and well managed group of the highest quality, easily recognized Professional Pool Players that played nationally televised, regularly scheduled events (like the PGA Tour has regularly scheduled events) would you watch them?
So where do you find this group next level players?
If wide success is to be achieved, the players will have to come from the pool of world class players with names like Shane and Mika, to name a few.So where do you find this group next level players?
Golf had its Arnie, then Jack, and then Tiger. Can the Godfathers of the game of pool create and market a group of world class players? I think they can. What do you think?
Why do people watch wrestling on TV?
Why do women watch football?
Why do men watch cooking shows?
Why do women watch Nascar?
The common bond may be found in the word "celebrity."
Who will you watch on TV, a nobody or a celebrity? And if your answer is "celebrity," why? Why do people go to DCC?
It's not really incumbent upon me to connect the dots. That's your job. Causal relationships are different from comparing similar subsets.
And never forget, it is impossible to prove a negative hypothesis.
No, the common bond is that those things are INTERESTING and ENTERTAINING, and watching pool isn't.
Let's make it easy. Can Professional Pool make it on Television? Yes or no.
No. You're right, that was easy.
If wide success is to be achieved, the players will have to come from the pool of world class players with names like Shane and Mika, to name a few.
Golf had its Arnie, then Jack, and then Tiger. Can the Godfathers of the game of pool create and market a group of world class players? I think they can. What do you think?
I think your ideas are bonkers. Well, you asked.
dendweller
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no more bonkers than someone that thinks bowling or archery will compete with golf on Saturday afternoon. Not sure I'd bet againstI think your ideas are bonkers. Well, you asked.
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Ghost of OBC
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Pool is always going to be a niche. participation sport in the United States. That's okay. Lots of niche participation sports survive. Golf is one. Watching golf isn't inherently entertaining like football or basketball. You don't have to play those games to understand that throwing a 50 yd TD or dunking a basketball are impressive feats for a human. Sports like golf and pool, and to a degree tennis and bicycle racing, all require some familiarity to understand why the pros are impressive.
Growing the number of player/spectators is a good model for these participation sports. Think of your average marathon. There are like 5 Kenyans there who could win it, and a sold out show of hundreds of runners hoping to finish in 3, 4, or 5 hours. Sure those are technically people trying to win the race, but realistically, they are fans sharing the experience with the pros. Pickleball is using this model. Having huge amateur events, which sell out, attached to pro events. People come to play, stay to watch. If you tied events like the Mosconi Cup or US Open of 9-Ball to big open-ish events in the style of the APA Vegas event, you might really have something. It is a pretty good model, that can make for a viable class of pros, but it is never going to compete with Monday Night Football.
Growing the number of player/spectators is a good model for these participation sports. Think of your average marathon. There are like 5 Kenyans there who could win it, and a sold out show of hundreds of runners hoping to finish in 3, 4, or 5 hours. Sure those are technically people trying to win the race, but realistically, they are fans sharing the experience with the pros. Pickleball is using this model. Having huge amateur events, which sell out, attached to pro events. People come to play, stay to watch. If you tied events like the Mosconi Cup or US Open of 9-Ball to big open-ish events in the style of the APA Vegas event, you might really have something. It is a pretty good model, that can make for a viable class of pros, but it is never going to compete with Monday Night Football.
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EXCELLENT!Pool is always going to be a niche. participation sport in the United States. That's okay. Lots of niche participation sports survive. Golf is one. Watching golf isn't inherently entertaining like football or basketball. You don't have to play those games to understand that throwing a 50 yd TD or dunking a basketball are impressive feats for a human. Sports like golf and pool, and to a degree tennis and bicycle racing, all require some familiarity to understand why the pros are impressive.
Growing the number of player/spectators is a good model for these participation sports. Think of your average marathon. There are like 5 Kenyans there who could win it, and a sold out show of hundreds of runners hoping to finish in 3, 4, or 5 hours. Sure those are technically people trying to win the race, but realistically, they are fans sharing the experience with the pros. Pickleball is using this model. Having huge amateur events, which sell out, attached to pro events. People come to play, stay to watch. If you tied events like the Mosconi Cup or US Open of 9-Ball to big open-ish events in the style of the APA Vegas event, you might really have something. It is a pretty good model, that can make for a viable class of pros, but it is never going to compete with Monday Night Football.