Infants at a tournament?

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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. :confused:
 
Pack up the babies grab the old ladies everyone goes to the ultimate ten
ball show.....:thumbup:Neil Diamond was ahead of his time.
 
Is this the first time she brought a baby to an event? Perhaps Allison Fisher ran out of options, couldn't get a baby sitter in time and was forced to bring her child.

Last week one of my teammates couldn't make his match unless he brought his kids with him, because his wife was delayed and couldn't make it back in time. As captain, I told him to stay home with the kids, so I sympathize with Allison. I had options, perhaps Allison didn't.

If you don't like Allison, then don't watch her match. If I was a fan and at the event, I would offer to look after her child, or collect money to pay for a babysitter.

Ask not what your FREE TV stream could do for you, ASK what you can do for your FREE TV stream.
 

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What if they had those leashes for babies and used some type of pole within sight of the players, or a monitor.

It would be like a kennel for babies at a pool tournament. The baby leashes are becoming very popular.

In some places where they have speeches the rowdy children have the option to join their parents in a silent area, a special enclosure to muffle sound.
 
Yes, I saw them at the World Pool masters and the US Open 10 ball last year in Vegas. They had the baby then too.
 
justnum said:
What if they had those leashes for babies and used some type of pole within sight of the players, or a monitor.

It would be like a kennel for babies at a pool tournament. The baby leashes are becoming very popular.

In some places where they have speeches the rowdy children have the option to join their parents in a silent area, a special enclosure to muffle sound.
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Now Earl Strickland can start mass-producing and trademarking his 'earmuffs' !!
 
"Yes, I saw them at the World Pool masters and the US Open 10 ball last year in Vegas. They had the baby then too."

They? They who? please explain...they baby? I am confused!!
 
Silence is Golden
Duck Tape is Silver

There is a time and place for everything.
A professional tournament arena isn't the time or place to bring a baby.

Some time ago, we went out to a higher end restaurant. Some women brought her baby. This is a place to go and have a night out, not a place to bring a baby. The baby started crying relentlessly. It was obvious, people were shaking their heads and making comments, some loud enuff for the mother to hear. She left the child to cry in the bassinet while she enjoyed her meal, in the mean time, spoiling 99% of the other patrons night out. I called the waitress over and asked her to speak to the mother or cancel our order.


Same as people who bring their kids to a pool tournament. The kids rip around, chasing each other, knocking over cues and cases. Its a tournament for God's sake, not Mickey D's playground area.
The parents don't seem to have a problem with it as they are doing their own thing and having fun.
If you say anything about it, then you are the A Hole and not them.

K, now I feel better.
 
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Whoever it belonged to someone must have been in attendance who was responsible for it. I doubt the baby was by itself. So even if it belonged to a player who was in a match someone else was probably attending to the infant. So what is the problem with keeping the baby out of the tournament room or better yet, leaving it in the hotel room with whoever is tending to it?
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Silence is Golden
Duck Tape is Silver

There is a time and place for everything.
A professional tournament arena isn't the time or place to bring a baby.

Some time ago, we went out to a higher end restaurant. Some women brought her baby. This is a place to go and have a night out, not a place to bring a baby. The baby started crying relentlessly. It was obvious, people were shaking their heads and making comments, some loud enuff for the mother to hear. She left the child to cry in the bassinet while she enjoyed her meal, in the mean time, spoiling 99% of the other patrons night out. I called the waitress over and asked her to speak to the mother or cancel our order.


Same as people who bring their kids to a pool tournament. The kids rip around, chasing each other, knocking over cues and cases. Its a tournament for God's sake, not Mickey D's playground area.
The parents don't seem to have a problem with it as they are doing their own thing and having fun.
If you say anything about it, then you are the A Hole and not them.

K, now I feel better.
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I'm with you....

Drive me nuts when someone brings their baby to a movie theater. I can't stand it when there is a scratch in the film or candy wrappers making noise, much less inconsiderate parents with screaming children....
 
And babies cry because it is their only way of communicating with us.
It usually means they are unhappy about something.
They are hungry.
They are tired and need to be sleeping.
They are teething and in need of a shot of whiskey. Just kidding, just kidding, a soother is what I meant.
They have a big load in their diaper and would prefer that it is not there any longer.
Its quite simple and if a person can't figure it out, then maybe they shouldn't be in ownership of said baby.

But as Dogs Playing mentioned, it should have been taken out of the arena and soothed until it quieted down.

I'm glad I'm an old cranky pool player who has changed enuff toxic waste diapers to last my life time anyway. So no more.
And I'm not Dr. Spock either.
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
They are teething and in need of a shot of whiskey.
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It works! :grin:

Im all for a baby being at a tournament.....if it can run out from the break.

I still dont understand what it is about people with screaming babies or out-of-control kids. Its like they have a switch that they can just turn off whenever they feel like it. These same people also think that everywhere they can go, their children can go. If i had to count how many times people have brought their kids (infants to toddlers to 4-5-6 year olds) to pool rooms that serve booze, bars, even tournaments,....well, i wouldve lost count. And i can count pretty high.
 
And I love Earl but I found that you timed that just right.
Comedy and timing are everything bud. Hahaha.
 
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