Does anyone think it says anything about Pool as a "Sport" ?? When breaking the rules is a norm and people are openly willing to do it? Pool already has the alcohol, gambling and shady aspects of it doesn't it? I would never feel good about winning a game from this strategy. I know there are situations where there is absolutely no chance of making a fair hit, but, that RARELY comes up for me.
Losing is a part of winning. I would always rather lose with dignity than win by breaking the rules. People who want to win by any means necessary are not people I want to play any game with. I know it is an "accepted" strategy in many games, that does not mean it is right. Just my $0.02
Trent from Toledo
p.s. Still not trying to argue. Just interested in what people think.
Oh, rubbish. You're trying so hard to take the moral high ground and then lay blame to pools "trouble" to the rest of us. You can stop now.
In baseball, you can tag up on a fly ball, but you can't leave until the fielder touches the ball. If he leaves early and the other teams doesn't see it, nobody and I mean nobody has called that guy a cheater, not in over 100 years of baseball.
But, somehow baseball survived for over 100 years and is a multi-billion dollar business with some pro's signing contracts north of $325M.... yep, $325M might be more than every pro tournament ever played, in the world, for the past 100 years.
The rules are in place to follow, and if not, they place a penalty on the infraction. If it was that "serious" the game would be forfeited. I've yet to see a baseball game forfeited for "cheating". Heck, the last game I saw forfeited involved a local disc jockey in Chicago blowing up disco records between a double header. The explosion/fire caused too much damage to the field, and the White Sox had to forfeit the second game.
Heck, the same White Sox "tanked" the World Series for cash and baseball still survived. So, not following a rule to the "t" in a game of pool is not a big deal, seriously, it really is not.