If you won a big lottery, would you....
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I think that is called the Derby City Classic...
Uhhh, no, not even close to what I have in mind.
I would organize a big pool tourny in my dad's name at my dad's local pool hall, and offer plenty of money to get the top pros there......
And I would buy time on a major TV station to make sure it was aired on national TV..
And I would put my dad in the tourny and give him "BYES" until the finals, LOL :thumbup:
And I would buy time on a major TV station to make sure it was aired on national TV..
And I would put my dad in the tourny and give him "BYES" until the finals, LOL :thumbup:
Actually whenever the Power Ball gets to about 400,000,000 I start to think about this.
I'd love to have a billiard week or extended weekend or something along those lines that would include a Pro-Am event, Celebrity-Pro Event, clinics and master classes, vendors and food, at least one big amateur event, and open bar table event, and finish up with a Pro 9 Ball event. There would be a 24 hr green room, "Mini" tournaments and a 24 hr. practice facility apart from the green room. Several feature tables for streaming and I'd always have the best seat...
*sigh* ... oh well...
afterwards I'd end hunger in America and get my own apartment
I'd love to have a billiard week or extended weekend or something along those lines that would include a Pro-Am event, Celebrity-Pro Event, clinics and master classes, vendors and food, at least one big amateur event, and open bar table event, and finish up with a Pro 9 Ball event. There would be a 24 hr green room, "Mini" tournaments and a 24 hr. practice facility apart from the green room. Several feature tables for streaming and I'd always have the best seat...
*sigh* ... oh well...
afterwards I'd end hunger in America and get my own apartment
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boatbeach
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i'm glad you asked :grin-square:
#1. finish my kitchen and have the greatest breakfast, lunch, dinner of my life.
#2. purchase schick, blackboar, tascarella.
#3. brunswick arcade 10' in the living room.
#4. while i'm shooting pool, figure out how to make myself crazy happy until i croak :thumbup:
#1. finish my kitchen and have the greatest breakfast, lunch, dinner of my life.
#2. purchase schick, blackboar, tascarella.
#3. brunswick arcade 10' in the living room.
#4. while i'm shooting pool, figure out how to make myself crazy happy until i croak :thumbup:
I would also like to do something w/ TAR and Accu-Stats too...
I'd work for whirled peas, with a beauty pagent contestant. Probably one of the losers that needs sympathy for her loss.
With that kind of money, you could buy a city. Detroit comes to mind. Then you would own all the pool halls there.
Call them Mad Max's Pool Halls.
My friend opened a video store. It was called Mad Max. He only rented the Mad Max videos. Unfortunately, he went out of business in one day.
I tried to tell him to expand but he wouldn't listen.
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Can you believe some of these people, Blue?
"I think it would be neat to do this", or "I'll tell you what would really be cool...", or "I'd share with my friends on AZB." Jeez Louise.
Hell, with that kind of money a person could buy his own pool hall and live in an apartment on the second floor. You could call the place "We Rack'em, You Crack'em", or "Joe's".
No imagination whatsoever.
I've got to go take a nap now. :smile:
Yep, a private Island with a pool hall on it. Only accessible by float plane.
You could call it Fantasy Island. You could hire a small person to be the Rack Boy.
Once a year, the best players from all over would join you for a million dollar tourney. Winner take all. The losers would be Tiger food for the rest of the year.
Sounds like a great movie.
You could call it Fantasy Island. You could hire a small person to be the Rack Boy.
Once a year, the best players from all over would join you for a million dollar tourney. Winner take all. The losers would be Tiger food for the rest of the year.
Sounds like a great movie.
Pro-circuit. However, I'd try to round up other filthy rich to develop the circuit.
We could each sponsor 5 pro-players to represent, setup a multi-year salary contract, and pony up $5 million each year as an owner membership fee to join the circuit. Get 30 sponsors and that's $150 million in resources to fund this dealio each year. Players get paid a lucrative salary. Winnings return to the sponsors. End of season, players get rewarded with salary increases and bonuses. The owner/sponsor gets bragging rights among the rich and might even make a few million on top of it.
Keep in mind, money is no object for the group I'm referring to and suffer any financial loss as a sponsor doesn't hurt the bank at all. We're loaded and love the game.
Bring the money and everything else will just work out...
-Doug
We could each sponsor 5 pro-players to represent, setup a multi-year salary contract, and pony up $5 million each year as an owner membership fee to join the circuit. Get 30 sponsors and that's $150 million in resources to fund this dealio each year. Players get paid a lucrative salary. Winnings return to the sponsors. End of season, players get rewarded with salary increases and bonuses. The owner/sponsor gets bragging rights among the rich and might even make a few million on top of it.
Keep in mind, money is no object for the group I'm referring to and suffer any financial loss as a sponsor doesn't hurt the bank at all. We're loaded and love the game.
Bring the money and everything else will just work out...
-Doug
Lottery
Jeff,
I love pool and I would go around promoting the sport and giving incentives to people who would open up pool rooms so they would know that the rent will get paid. It would have to a pool room and not a alcohol establishment but yes I would do something pool.
Jeff,
I love pool and I would go around promoting the sport and giving incentives to people who would open up pool rooms so they would know that the rent will get paid. It would have to a pool room and not a alcohol establishment but yes I would do something pool.
My contribution (to start) would be $5,000,000 (and some change) in the form of a national tournament (probably 10-ball).
But to get things going, I would hold smaller regional tournaments with a $500 entry, 128 player max fields. Once the entry fee is paid, a player wouldn't have to shell out any additional entry fees if they place high enough in one of the regional events. If a player misses the cut, they are able to pay the entry again to enter into another regional, as I wouldn't have them all at the same time.
The entry fees for the regional events would go towards the prize fund of the national event. The national event would have a referee/neutral racker on every table, which I would pay for out of pocket. With the $5,000,000 that I would add plus the money from the entry fees in the regional events would guarantee first place over $1,000,000.
But to get things going, I would hold smaller regional tournaments with a $500 entry, 128 player max fields. Once the entry fee is paid, a player wouldn't have to shell out any additional entry fees if they place high enough in one of the regional events. If a player misses the cut, they are able to pay the entry again to enter into another regional, as I wouldn't have them all at the same time.
The entry fees for the regional events would go towards the prize fund of the national event. The national event would have a referee/neutral racker on every table, which I would pay for out of pocket. With the $5,000,000 that I would add plus the money from the entry fees in the regional events would guarantee first place over $1,000,000.
What to do?
I have always imagined what contribution I would make in this regard. When I played in the German Pool League in the 80's, I wanted to bring the German Club Concept to the U.S. and promote the same skill building system they have. After watching the BCA Trade Association take the Summer Camp Program I developed and toss it aside back in the 90's, that helped me decide to take a step back and rethink. The past few years, my situation has changed and I started working on the small club idea gain. That is something I am financially able to handle locally now, but expanding to other towns is a bit iffy.
With this fantasy option, I would dedicate money to bring pool to the smaller schools as the intro for scholastic competition. I have chosen 5 states for the initial phase. Iowa, Wisconsin,North Dakota, and Louisiana, and either California or South Carolina. I have lived in all of those states and have at least a basic knowledge of their structures.
Emphasis is on development at the Jr. High Level, with 6th,7th, and 8th Grade being the core demographic.
If it required me to spend every dime of the money, it would be worth it.
However, I would not spend one penny to support Pro Pool in this scenario. The sheer number of participants at the lower levels will create the ability for such a thing down the road. Just like Baseball,Football,Tennis,etc.
I have always imagined what contribution I would make in this regard. When I played in the German Pool League in the 80's, I wanted to bring the German Club Concept to the U.S. and promote the same skill building system they have. After watching the BCA Trade Association take the Summer Camp Program I developed and toss it aside back in the 90's, that helped me decide to take a step back and rethink. The past few years, my situation has changed and I started working on the small club idea gain. That is something I am financially able to handle locally now, but expanding to other towns is a bit iffy.
With this fantasy option, I would dedicate money to bring pool to the smaller schools as the intro for scholastic competition. I have chosen 5 states for the initial phase. Iowa, Wisconsin,North Dakota, and Louisiana, and either California or South Carolina. I have lived in all of those states and have at least a basic knowledge of their structures.
Emphasis is on development at the Jr. High Level, with 6th,7th, and 8th Grade being the core demographic.
If it required me to spend every dime of the money, it would be worth it.
However, I would not spend one penny to support Pro Pool in this scenario. The sheer number of participants at the lower levels will create the ability for such a thing down the road. Just like Baseball,Football,Tennis,etc.
I'd fund events and let others do the heavy lifting so they could make some money . If you invested some of your money you could fund events with the interest or monies made off it. Encourage promoters to form loose associations to form a tour with their events as a stop on the tour , Create several events yourself by partnering with experienced promoters . Each event would have similar payouts. Limit the number of entrants . Create several qualifying events to determine who could play on tour .
Create own rules and not deal with any pool sanctioning body or player association. Help qualifying players with expenses such as travel and hotel expenses in the form of a refund once they make it to the event , don't get stuck . Offer players some money for appearing on any stream or broadcast. Play various disciplines .
I would gamble like Dippy Dave.