Earl has been kicked out of tournaments for making a disturbance.
Infants at a tournament?
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Earl has been kicked out of tournaments for making a disturbance.
Maybe it is just me but I don't believe a baby has any business being inside the tournament room. Babies are unpredictable, they can cry, scream, squeal, you name it, they can do it in the blink of an eye.
Shame on whoever had their baby in the tournament room at the ultimate 10 ball tournament. I don't care who the baby belongs to, players should know better than anyone that an infant should not be in the tournament room. I have heard this baby all weekend long on the streams so it isn't like the child is sleeping.
Nothing like being down on the 10 ball when all of the sudden a baby squeals or screams out out of nowhere. Short of working at a daycare center, most people do not (cannot) take their children to work and it should be no different for professional pool players. Babies are a distraction in many ways.
This has annoyed me all weekend long and finally felt the need to voice my rant as I wait for the finals to start and all I can hear in the background is a baby.
Give me a break!!! If you can't fade a baby crying in the background, you have no business playing in a Pro Event. When you are down on a shot, you need to block out everything.
Did Mike or Jeremy complain? I doubt they were too concerned about a lil baby crying.
Cannot disagree more.. If you're a casual player, and you have a child, then once again, maybe you should consider not going to a pool room (or nice restaurant) for a while.. If you can get a sitter, fine, but the point that seems to get lost, these days, is that families with very young children have to sacrifice some things, like going to a smokey pool room, or a nice restaurant, where others are trying to enjoy a nice evening out.. The problem is, in this day and age everybody feels so entitled, they feel like anything and everything goes, which is preposterous..
And if you're a pro, then there's no excuse.. This is your job, and you don't bring your toddler child to your job, period..
.....and at pool tournaments, restaurants, bars, casinos and strip clubs so do I.
I love this one, I wish you guys would have made that shirt. I would buy it....
Maybe it is just me but I don't believe a baby has any business being inside the tournament room. Babies are unpredictable, they can cry, scream, squeal, you name it, they can do it in the blink of an eye.
Shame on whoever had their baby in the tournament room at the ultimate 10 ball tournament. I don't care who the baby belongs to, players should know better than anyone that an infant should not be in the tournament room. I have heard this baby all weekend long on the streams so it isn't like the child is sleeping.
Nothing like being down on the 10 ball when all of the sudden a baby squeals or screams out out of nowhere. Short of working at a daycare center, most people do not (cannot) take their children to work and it should be no different for professional pool players. Babies are a distraction in many ways.
This has annoyed me all weekend long and finally felt the need to voice my rant as I wait for the finals to start and all I can hear in the background is a baby.
Any pro has enough concentration to overcome these types of things...besides, i like the family atmosphere...good for the game.:thumbup:
My first wife and I kept one of the airline sized bottles of Jack Daniels in the freezer for this very reason. Dab a little on your fingertip and rub the baby's gum, instant relief. Just glad we didnt have to enroll them in AA before kindergarten, lol.
Mike
There is absolutely no excuse for a PLAYER to bring a baby into the tournament venue.
I'm sorry, but you either have to be very ignorant, or extremely self centered to think that bringing your screaming baby into a tournament venue is ok.
What planet do people live on?
If Allison and Kristy bought a baby into the tournament venue, that's just absolutely ridiculous.
That's just the top of the food chain and top of the food chain's partner (top of the food chain by association), thinking that their poop smells like a freakin potpourri, and that they are so special that they can do no wrong because they are so awesome.
WHAT TYPE OF GARBAGE IS THAT?!?!?!
You know, it's great that you have a baby. Congratulations. I'm sure it is beautiful and all. Hope it grows up to be a healthy person.
That being said, KEEP IT IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT ARENA!!!!!!
For anyone that says that players should be above it all and they should have better mental fortitude, you guys are on crack.
Someone goes and spends $10 bucks at the movies, and they have whatever little clip is on the screen, reminding people to shut their phones off, basically saying LEAVE THE BABY AT HOME!!!
You go out and spend decent money at some fine dining establishment, and someone brings a baby that is going off into the place, management will quietly come over and ask them to quit causing a disturbance and if they can't, they will politely ask them to leave.
Well, this is a pool tournament, NOT Chucky Cheese's.
You had lots of players pay a LOT of money to travel to the venue, pony up a decent chunk of change for their entry fee, and stick themselves deeper into debt, by getting a hotel room. Players from all over the world.
Are Allison and Kristy going to give refunds to all the players that might have gotten sharked by the baby, which in turn might have caused them to miss a key shot that cost them money?
I thought so.
Get over yourselves already and have some freaking RESPECT for your fellow players and the venue.
I'm sorry, but you either have to be very ignorant, or extremely self centered to think that bringing your screaming baby into a tournament venue is ok.
What planet do people live on?
If Allison and Kristy bought a baby into the tournament venue, that's just absolutely ridiculous.
That's just the top of the food chain and top of the food chain's partner (top of the food chain by association), thinking that their poop smells like a freakin potpourri, and that they are so special that they can do no wrong because they are so awesome.
WHAT TYPE OF GARBAGE IS THAT?!?!?!
You know, it's great that you have a baby. Congratulations. I'm sure it is beautiful and all. Hope it grows up to be a healthy person.
That being said, KEEP IT IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT ARENA!!!!!!
For anyone that says that players should be above it all and they should have better mental fortitude, you guys are on crack.
Someone goes and spends $10 bucks at the movies, and they have whatever little clip is on the screen, reminding people to shut their phones off, basically saying LEAVE THE BABY AT HOME!!!
You go out and spend decent money at some fine dining establishment, and someone brings a baby that is going off into the place, management will quietly come over and ask them to quit causing a disturbance and if they can't, they will politely ask them to leave.
Well, this is a pool tournament, NOT Chucky Cheese's.
You had lots of players pay a LOT of money to travel to the venue, pony up a decent chunk of change for their entry fee, and stick themselves deeper into debt, by getting a hotel room. Players from all over the world.
Are Allison and Kristy going to give refunds to all the players that might have gotten sharked by the baby, which in turn might have caused them to miss a key shot that cost them money?
I thought so.
Get over yourselves already and have some freaking RESPECT for your fellow players and the venue.
How is a 2 year old or younger kid being in a tournament room good for the game? They are not watching pool, they are not even aware the game exists and they could not care less.
Having older kids that might actually be interested in the game like 6 years old or older? Sure, that can be good for the game, but how in the heck is a baby sitting in a stroller bawling their eyes out and has no clue what is going on in the room good for the game? Seriously, you just like to see babies or something?
I just gotta laugh at y'all for thinking that a crying baby is gonna be the big disruption at a big tourney site like Vegas . more likely , it's gonna be
1) you're down on a critical shot , midstroke , when the player on the next table sinks his 8 & everyone on his team breaks into applause ~ (rattled!)
2) You're sweating the long cut you're about to make , lined up , and just as you're about to pull the trigger , some railbird is looking at it from the other end , with his head bobbin' all over the place . . .
3) You're on the 8 , slicing thin past a blocker ball , and just as you're ready to shoot . . . the team across the aisle wins their match , and they're jumpin up & down , screamin & celebratin !
professionalism means being able to block out the crowds , drunks , music & distractions - be IN your game, not in the audience , where Bob is telling Fred about the thing that that freaky stripper did last night at the club (and then , after , in his room- for ONLY $5000!)
a baby is the LEAST of the possible distractions , and a responsible parent will certainly be trying everything to calm it down . . .bottle , binky , etc . and will probably have it under control in no time .
I took my (then) 10 month old grandboy to Vegas last year . He was calm & peaceful all the time in the tourney room ~ and he loved the lights , the neon , and oh yeah , the midway at the Circus-Circus. . . . especially the trapeze acts!
the problem isn't the baby's presence , it's his behavior . . .
1) you're down on a critical shot , midstroke , when the player on the next table sinks his 8 & everyone on his team breaks into applause ~ (rattled!)
2) You're sweating the long cut you're about to make , lined up , and just as you're about to pull the trigger , some railbird is looking at it from the other end , with his head bobbin' all over the place . . .
3) You're on the 8 , slicing thin past a blocker ball , and just as you're ready to shoot . . . the team across the aisle wins their match , and they're jumpin up & down , screamin & celebratin !
professionalism means being able to block out the crowds , drunks , music & distractions - be IN your game, not in the audience , where Bob is telling Fred about the thing that that freaky stripper did last night at the club (and then , after , in his room- for ONLY $5000!)
a baby is the LEAST of the possible distractions , and a responsible parent will certainly be trying everything to calm it down . . .bottle , binky , etc . and will probably have it under control in no time .
I took my (then) 10 month old grandboy to Vegas last year . He was calm & peaceful all the time in the tourney room ~ and he loved the lights , the neon , and oh yeah , the midway at the Circus-Circus. . . . especially the trapeze acts!
the problem isn't the baby's presence , it's his behavior . . .
I drive my Prius in the left lane while passing all the big trucks that are getting 1/4 the gas mileage I am getting.
Dude. This is a professional venue with vests as a dress code.
This AIN'T league with your team in Vegas.
Get a grip!
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Big deal crying kids.Seems to me it is a lot harder making a foul shot for a game winner when thousands of fans are waving flags and their hand yelling for you to miss. Pool is not a sport for woosies.
Man or woman up and slam that shot home.
Man or woman up and slam that shot home.
Maybe it is just me but I don't believe a baby has any business being inside the tournament room. Babies are unpredictable, they can cry, scream, squeal, you name it, they can do it in the blink of an eye.
Shame on whoever had their baby in the tournament room at the ultimate 10 ball tournament. I don't care who the baby belongs to, players should know better than anyone that an infant should not be in the tournament room. I have heard this baby all weekend long on the streams so it isn't like the child is sleeping.
Nothing like being down on the 10 ball when all of the sudden a baby squeals or screams out out of nowhere. Short of working at a daycare center, most people do not (cannot) take their children to work and it should be no different for professional pool players. Babies are a distraction in many ways.
This has annoyed me all weekend long and finally felt the need to voice my rant as I wait for the finals to start and all I can hear in the background is a baby.
Babys are great, but on air planes and pool tournaments they should be banned. They just dont bring anything to the event, just a distraction.
There is absolutely no excuse for a PLAYER to bring a baby into the tournament venue.
I'm sorry, but you either have to be very ignorant, or extremely self centered to think that bringing your screaming baby into a tournament venue is ok.
What planet do people live on?
If Allison and Kristy bought a baby into the tournament venue, that's just absolutely ridiculous.
That's just the top of the food chain and top of the food chain's partner (top of the food chain by association), thinking that their poop smells like a freakin potpourri, and that they are so special that they can do no wrong because they are so awesome.
WHAT TYPE OF GARBAGE IS THAT?!?!?!
You know, it's great that you have a baby. Congratulations. I'm sure it is beautiful and all. Hope it grows up to be a healthy person.
That being said, KEEP IT IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT ARENA!!!!!!
For anyone that says that players should be above it all and they should have better mental fortitude, you guys are on crack.
Someone goes and spends $10 bucks at the movies, and they have whatever little clip is on the screen, reminding people to shut their phones off, basically saying LEAVE THE BABY AT HOME!!!
You go out and spend decent money at some fine dining establishment, and someone brings a baby that is going off into the place, management will quietly come over and ask them to quit causing a disturbance and if they can't, they will politely ask them to leave.
Well, this is a pool tournament, NOT Chucky Cheese's.
You had lots of players pay a LOT of money to travel to the venue, pony up a decent chunk of change for their entry fee, and stick themselves deeper into debt, by getting a hotel room. Players from all over the world.
Are Allison and Kristy going to give refunds to all the players that might have gotten sharked by the baby, which in turn might have caused them to miss a key shot that cost them money?
I thought so.
Get over yourselves already and have some freaking RESPECT for your fellow players and the venue.
Holy shit. I agree with you 100% on something. Let's try not to make this a habit.
There is absolutely no excuse for a PLAYER to bring a baby into the tournament venue.
I'm sorry, but you either have to be very ignorant, or extremely self centered to think that bringing your screaming baby into a tournament venue is ok.
What planet do people live on?
If Allison and Kristy bought a baby into the tournament venue, that's just absolutely ridiculous.
That's just the top of the food chain and top of the food chain's partner (top of the food chain by association), thinking that their poop smells like a freakin potpourri, and that they are so special that they can do no wrong because they are so awesome.
WHAT TYPE OF GARBAGE IS THAT?!?!?!
You know, it's great that you have a baby. Congratulations. I'm sure it is beautiful and all. Hope it grows up to be a healthy person.
That being said, KEEP IT IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT ARENA!!!!!!
For anyone that says that players should be above it all and they should have better mental fortitude, you guys are on crack.
Someone goes and spends $10 bucks at the movies, and they have whatever little clip is on the screen, reminding people to shut their phones off, basically saying LEAVE THE BABY AT HOME!!!
You go out and spend decent money at some fine dining establishment, and someone brings a baby that is going off into the place, management will quietly come over and ask them to quit causing a disturbance and if they can't, they will politely ask them to leave.
Well, this is a pool tournament, NOT Chucky Cheese's.
You had lots of players pay a LOT of money to travel to the venue, pony up a decent chunk of change for their entry fee, and stick themselves deeper into debt, by getting a hotel room. Players from all over the world.
Are Allison and Kristy going to give refunds to all the players that might have gotten sharked by the baby, which in turn might have caused them to miss a key shot that cost them money?
I thought so.
Get over yourselves already and have some freaking RESPECT for your fellow players and the venue.
Now the baby's sharking people?? lol...come on, get serious............
Just because you feel this way, does not mean that it didn't bother any players, or cause them to be distracted.
GUARANTEED, some of the players were annoyed as $#!T, but were to polite to say, "CAN YOU SHUT THAT FREAKING BABY UP AND GET IT OUT OF HERE ALREADY!!!!", because it was a top players baby.
