IPT sanctioned "amateur" or regional tours

[The Grinder]

I was just thinking that with all of the money that KT has been putting into the sport on the professional level that it would not be much of a step (financialy anyway) to put "amateur" tours in place. For example a divide the country into four or five regions and have a monthly $5,000 added tour stop with some kind of payout at the end of the year and the winner of each tour gets an IPT card or gets free entry into an IPT qualifier. Similar to golf in some ways with the nationwide tour. What does everyone think?

 

[onepocketchump]

I believe this is part of the plan.

 

[Snapshot9]

In all honesty

I think this type of plan might already be in their long range plans they have, and at the right time, they will announce it.

What I like about the IPT is that it will have a 'ripple' effect on the rest of the Pool world, to be more professional, better payouts, and a more defined level of play. I have always said that the 'Semi-Pro' level needs more definition and differentation from the other levels. Several 'working' players across the country are 'Semi-Pro' level. With better definition of skill levels, the lower rungs can act as springboards to a higher rung on the ladder.

It helps create incentive to get better, and you are competing with people that are not that far above you. I mean, I have competed in tournaments
where 20% of the players could give the Orange Crush to 30% of the entries and still beat them.

Then when you win so many tournaments at a certain level or place so many times in tournaments at a certain level, you are bumped up to the
next higher level of competition. I am talking special tournaments with at
least 32 players in them, not local weekly tournaments.

Plus the other incentive is, the higher the level, the bigger the payout.