Just need to vent
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This has been covered in this thread. Charlie's event was the world championship until 2010. The WPA stopped sanctioning his event as a world championship in 2009.
I am not privy to all of the reasons, but some if them are added money and not adhering to the WPA guidelines as to how a World Championship is run.
Mike
I am not privy to all of the reasons, but some if them are added money and not adhering to the WPA guidelines as to how a World Championship is run.
Mike
ok you guys are right. it's not the World Championship according to the WPA.
But I don't think anyone would dispute that this is the DE FACTO World Championship as there aren't really any other relevant 14.1 tournaments around of the same magnitude and gravitas considering the quality of players in it.
And yes Lee Van Corteza, Ko Pin Yi, Wu Cha Ching et al are not in it...but seriously, since when did these players become known to be a straight pool monsters anyway? I think the relevant names are in the tournament...
I hope the WPA and DP would come to terms somehow. It is a little selfish of DP to not follow the rules...but I don't really know the whole story so who knows.
Aaron
But I don't think anyone would dispute that this is the DE FACTO World Championship as there aren't really any other relevant 14.1 tournaments around of the same magnitude and gravitas considering the quality of players in it.
And yes Lee Van Corteza, Ko Pin Yi, Wu Cha Ching et al are not in it...but seriously, since when did these players become known to be a straight pool monsters anyway? I think the relevant names are in the tournament...
I hope the WPA and DP would come to terms somehow. It is a little selfish of DP to not follow the rules...but I don't really know the whole story so who knows.
Aaron
Not an expert but just from google:
At first there was the National Billiard Association of America (NBAA) which shortened itself
to the BAA after a few years. Eventually the BAA became the BCA.
They joined up with Brunswick (back then: Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company) who put up all the
tables and probably helped fatten the prize fund.
This was fine for years, but over time straight pool declined in popularity.
It was too long and boring for TV, especially once 9b and 8b became popular.
Quarter tables were invented and nobody wants to pay 10 times to win one game,
so people moved to single rack games. I think this is why the BCA stopped funding straight pool events,
TV loved 9b better and as CJ keeps saying, TV is crucial to the sport's popularity.
A competing organization, the PPPA, also tried to fund straight pool events
but interest in the game just wasn't there so they gave up too.
It looks like they stopped funding 14.1 regularly after the 2000 US Open Straight Pool.
Great article on all of this here:
http://www.billiardsdigest.com/current_issue/aug_05/