No worries Cameron. Everybody knows there are runs over 526 and 626. Maybe everything will be put into the right places to preserve history maybe not. As for cold water thrown on any highrun dont worry there either as players will have a wide amount of cold cash given to them for a wide range of high runs. Players dont have many opportunitys to make big money and im hoping to change that. As for Cranfields run I know its legit as he ran over 700 twice and over 400 more than 30x. As for following through with the BCA about Cranfields run I have a Commitee that has their imput and votes on everything so its not just me making decisions so its as fair as can be.
You have the proper documentation of these alleged high runs?
I think it's great that you are willing to give away money for high runs. Will John Schmidt be allowed to participate?
You once told me that you were donating the profits of the sale of your Straight pool DVD to cancer research. Could you update us on how much you donated to date from that project?
What will the criteria be for participation? Will the players get a stipend to defray expenses while they are attempting their runs?
What kind of cash amounts are we talking about? Can a player win more than $100,000 for a run?
I mean it's your show and of course you can use whatever legendary runs you want as benchmarks. I agree with other posters that the allure is kind of tarnished after all of this controversy over what counts as an official record. It seems awfully odd that your public relations man has gone to great lengths to denigrate John Schmidt's official world record run of 626 while it sounds like you are going to have runs with far less evidence and official recognition as goals.
And since you already have indicated that your table specifications will be tougher than what you think the specs that you think John Schmidt created his world record on it feels to me like you're kind of setting up a lot of players for failure so that very little money will be disbursed. Of course I could be wrong and your project is going to be great and produce more world records.
I am glad that John Schmidt set the official world record before your project started. Now you have an official records that was set in the present era as at least one of the numbers your players will be trying to beat.
It's no secret that I despise you and that I despise Lou. I can barely think of two worse people that I have had the misfortune to cross paths with. I even hold those who have deliberately stolen from me in higher regard over you both. That said I will be absolutely complimentary and supportive if your project does indeed provide a viable path for professional players to actually make some profitable income.
And if you allow John Schmidt to participate and he decides to do so then I fervently hope that he runs the largest number and takes the most cold cash from you as possible. To me that would be perfect irony and karmic justice.
Even better when your public relations subordinate Lou has to put out a press release praising John for that accomplishment. That would be amazing and I am putting the possibility out there for all of those who share my sentiments in this thread.
Hoping for the best but keeping expectations real.....