Infants at a tournament?

[jdxprs]

Honestly, I'm not name calling at all. I'm just trying to figure out how someone who understands it is proper etiquette to turn the ringer off on their cell phone at a tournament doesn't get that a crying baby is a similar nuisance that shouldn't have to be tolerated, by either the players or the spectators.

from my point of view.....

im an adult, and i understand proper etiquette, so i turn my phone off. babies dont know when it's not ok to cry. i have no problem with a mother not wanting to miss a chance to see a tournament, so she brings the baby.

if the baby is crying, i would hope the mother would try to settle the baby down quickly, or step outside until the child calms down. im not saying its ok for the baby to be crying nonstop for an hour, and the mother does nothing about it. pool tournament or not, that becomes neglect.

 

[SUPERSTAR]

The way i see it.

Anyone who doesn't "GET" that a baby crying at a tournament venue is annoying as $#!t to the players, is one of those people that walks in front of people that are down on a shot, screams across the room to their friends when someone is down on a shot, crashes into someone on the table next to them who is down on a shot, takes flash photography during tournament venues while people are down on a shot, or talks loudly on their cell phone during quiet professional venues, or any number of reasonable facsimiles to any of the above situations.

In other words, they are those thickheaded brain dead people who if you cracked them on the head with a 2x4, would blink, and scratch their head like a mosquito bit them. aka, OBLIVIOUS TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM!!!

 

[BLange]

A baby or young child does not belong in a pool tournament.

I also cringe every year when I see babies or young kids in Vega$. If you want to take you kid on vacation, take them to Disney World (the one for kids)

I'm with you on this, we go to Vegas twice a year and love it, no place for a child or for that matter anyone under 21 (is the drinking age 21 in Vegas?), boy I feel old saying that!

As for a kid in a pool tournament, that's why I do bar tournaments, leave the kids at home, it's my 4hr getaway from them......................


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[Baby PacMan]

I have two children, one 8, the other almost 2. And I would NEVER take them to a pool hall. I know children can scream bloody murder, and a pool hall is the wrong place for that to happen at.

So I play pool at my house. Where they scream and do what kids do. And my son will tug at my shirt mid stroke all the time. And it does not bother me at all. Every one talks about working on their fundamentals, but does anyone run drills on their concentration? If a screaming baby will ruin your stroke, something is lacking. I dunno, while I agree babies shouldn't be at a tourney. The thought of needing absolute silence to play pool is absurd.

 

[DogsPlayingPool]

I have two children, one 8, the other almost 2. And I would NEVER take them to a pool hall. I know children can scream bloody murder, and a pool hall is the wrong place for that to happen at.

So I play pool at my house. Where they scream and do what kids do. And my son will tug at my shirt mid stroke all the time. And it does not bother me at all. Every one talks about working on their fundamentals, but does anyone run drills on their concentration? If a screaming baby will ruin your stroke, something is lacking. I dunno, while I agree babies shouldn't be at a tourney. The thought of needing absolute silence to play pool is absurd.

I don't think anyone expects that there needs to be complete silence. They play background music at most tournaments and there is the soft hum of the crowd conversations, balls breaking on a nearby table, matches being announced over the P.A. etc. It's the sudden, or unusual sound that can be disruptive to the players and annoying to the spectators. A cell phone ringing and the shrill of a crying baby fall into this category.

 

[Frankenstroke]

OK enough with the crying babies already. What's the deal with Allison?
Is she a mother? Did she adopt? Is she gay or something? I didn't get the memo or thread about this news. Who is Kristy? Is she the mother? Is she the babysitter? Are any other women pros gay?

Inquiring minds need to know!

 

[Spider1]

Kids do not belong in bars or other places that serve booze. Discuss.

 

[Bugatti]

Bottom line is a baby has no business in a pool venue period. People are playing pool for a living and a baby has no place in the work place.

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Next time, we invite Alice Cooper to babysit.

 

[Maxx]

Bottom line is a baby has no business in a pool venue period. People are playing pool for a living and a baby has no place in the work place.

Maybe the baby in question (I couldn't say "it') had money on the match.
Baby needs a new pair of shoes!

 

[easy-e]

Bottom line is a baby has no business in a pool venue period. People are playing pool for a living and a baby has no place in the work place.

Unless the workplace is a daycare or a sweat shop.

 

[supergreenman]

Babys are great, but on air planes Disagree, it's unpleasant but travelling is a rightand pool tournaments Agree, not fair to players, fans or childthey should be banned. They just dont bring anything to the event, just a distraction.

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[supergreenman]

I don't even know what you are getting at but you didn't answer my question: Do you mind a crying baby sitting within earshot of you in a nice restaurant, on an airplane or in the movies? Yes or no? If you say it wouldn't bother you I don't believe you and if you say it would bother you but you should have to accept it, I don't agree with you.

Movies, restaurants and airplanes.......... Babies at all of those places are disruptive, but it's the parents right to be there, to exclude them would be wrong. If you can't deal with it, leave.

I do think parents who bring thier babies to high end restaraunts, and movies are inconsiderate, but it's thier right to do so and I guess I'm defending it.

I see no problem with excluding babies from a pool tournament on the other hand. Billiards is for the most part an adult sport in an adult setting and not the place for infants.

 

[Firecracker]

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 . . .

This is the truest statement yet. I was actually playing matches on the women's side the same time as Alison and did not even notice the child. He was so well behaved and made very little noise, that it wasn't a distraction with him being there. I was more distracted by one of the other players throwing a tantrum when they missed then by the child causing the uproar in this thread.

Why I am not 100% for having children in the tournament arenas, if they are well behaved, I see no issue with it. However, if they are loud or disruptive in any way, the caregiver should be prepared to leave immediately.

 

[Blackjack]

This is the truest statement yet. I was actually playing matches on the women's side the same time as Alison and did not even notice the child. He was so well behaved and made very little noise, that it wasn't a distraction with him being there. I was more distracted by one of the other players throwing a tantrum when they missed then by the child causing the uproar in this thread.

Why I am not 100% for having children in the tournament arenas, if they are well behaved, I see no issue with it. However, if they are loud or disruptive in any way, the caregiver should be prepared to leave immediately.

Actually, there were a few babies there this weekend - and though I saw them, I never once heard them. It's a tough go of it when you are traveling with an infant - never mind traveling with an infant and playing in a pool tournament. My hat is off to the parents that are able to pull that off.

On a lighter note, it was kind of cool to see Marco multi-tasking with the baby while Mom was playing. Quietest and cutest baby ever!

 

[justadub]

Why I am not 100% for having children in the tournament arenas, if they are well behaved, I see no issue with it. However, if they are loud or disruptive in any way, the caregiver should be prepared to leave immediately.

+1.

This is the best answer.

 

[DogsPlayingPool]

Movies, restaurants and airplanes.......... Babies at all of those places are disruptive, but it's the parents right to be there, to exclude them would be wrong. If you can't deal with it, leave.

I do think parents who bring thier babies to high end restaraunts, and movies are inconsiderate, but it's thier right to do so and I guess I'm defending it.

I see no problem with excluding babies from a pool tournament on the other hand. Billiards is for the most part an adult sport in an adult setting and not the place for infants.

I guess the airplane situation requires a little slack. If someone with a kid has to get somewhere by plane I get that they really have no choice. But the movies or a nice restaurant is an elective activity. If you can't leave the child behind, then don't go.

 

[rossaroni]

Are any other women pros gay?

....:yeah:

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Only their hair dresser knows for sure.

Yep, there is a few. What difference does it make?
Actually, one of the players has a bio out.


So one afternoon, I'm filling my truck up at a truck stop in Souix Falls SD.
I look over and 2 pumps over, there is a person filling up their truck.
They had on tight ankle length cotton pants, a faux leopard skin waist jacket and a red unkempt hair that looked like it had been thru a war.
Found out later it was a wig. I couldn't see all that well that far away as I'd left my glasses in the truck.

I go in to pay and there is a line up so I had time to look over and study this person a bit closer. Well heck, its a guy. None of the other red neck truckers are paying any mind so I'm thinking, this guy has large cahones to dress like this at truck stops. If it doesn't bother any of my fellow red neck trucker brethren, why should it bother me. Besides, he probably was packing and could easily b i t c h slap me to my knees in front of everyone.