Making Pool Popular with the General Public once again.
Posted Today at 05:27 AM by 336Robin
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I decided to blog this post. I've never done that before but has some interesting information in it that I thought was important for the subject of Promoting Pool to the General Public and some concerning what a Player Organization could do if focused on Grass Roots development.
Many of us here are searching for an answer to what is to be done to promote Pool. The biggest thing we can do is to make tables available and they must be paid for so I think we can do that by creating an Organization through Donations that would put pool tables out in the community provided the price is kept low, that subsidizing something like that would be the easier found answer for now than trying to open up billiard clubs all over where pool tables are the only thing in there, therefore opening the door for educational ventures. Pool has to pay for itself it just doesn't have to make a mint. If it pays for the cost of the table and the cloth but creates business activity then what is wrong with that.
Someone might Sell a Pool Table later on, buy a cue and some other things and possibly a foundation could be found for a Grass Roots effort that people might feel okay about giving money to because it works.
Before this post it was discussed that there were 45000 members of this site. I said that 45000 x $10 was enough to promote 45 events where 10k was added to save pro pool. Then it was argued that of the 45000 members of the site that few really came on here and someone said a smaller number and I said ok if there were that many people that were dedicated to doing something for pool I think the numbers still work and I posted the following post.
If we could ever get together and form a Trust to Provide Pool to the Masses and make it affordable likely through the Bar Box for no more than a quarter a game. I think we can have a Grass Roots Movement in Pool and Kids will be exposed to the game and equipment will be sold.
A table that need a quarter just says about all it needs to in my opinion. Its not a way to make a living but its a way to create business activity and the models we have been using haven't really all worked out.
That is my hope.
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Originally Posted by 336Robin View Post
If I had those numbers as quoted in another post above I think it was 2982 and lets just say that those people wanted to do something to help pool. I think this use is the best thing they can do.
2982 x $10=29,820 dollars and that's not a paltry sum
How much does the cheapest bar box cost?
Brand New Im guessing 3k at most and I would be that you can get a used Bar Box for pretty cheap.
My idea is this: You go around with a truck full of Bar Boxes and you use this money to subsidize the cost for the places you are going to install them.
So if a Bar Box cost you $1200 you knock off 700 and when you put it into a local store you tell the guy this:
This Bar Box will create people standing around wanting to play. The money you will make off of it will be small, kind of like darts. So use it to get the kids in here and keep some adults entertained. They will buy sodas, drinks, cakes, snacks and pick up things they normally wouldn't because they are busy on the table. Don't charge over a quarter for the table and let the table work its magic for you will make enough to get it covered and then some but the activity will make your place the place a lot of people come to gather. Leave it at a quarter and people will come and play.
This way the table does all of the work for you. It says Pool to the masses. It is cheap to play and people need entertainment and they will. Especially the kids. When people tried to make a living off of Pool alone it started its down hill track. Paired with a business it created an atmosphere of togetherness that created a social situation where it was possible to make money at.....The Place.
That's they way I see Pool working out, you get Tables out in the Community, one table or two here and there where kids can find them. You get the Grass Roots efforts we all harp about. You spend some money but you can afford what you spend. When people see and hear that their money is doing some good then it wont be hard to get people to ante up some more.
A $10 donation isn't going to hurt anyone, especially if they are prone to enter pool tournaments for much more. If you have 2982 people who put in 50 or even more in a years time you can have very positive results for the game.
2982 x 50=$ 149,100 dollars / 700 of subsidize money= 213 Bar Boxes Subsidized
If you put 213 bar boxes out in 1 State that's a lot of Bar Boxes and it wouldn't take long for people to start thinking about Pool because when they go to the store they would see it. They would see people having fun, playing pool.
That's all of the message that you need to send.
Pool is fun and kids love to play. Then someone buys a home table, some cues, some supplies and Pool gets the facelift it needs with the General Public.
Posted Today at 05:27 AM by 336Robin
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I decided to blog this post. I've never done that before but has some interesting information in it that I thought was important for the subject of Promoting Pool to the General Public and some concerning what a Player Organization could do if focused on Grass Roots development.
Many of us here are searching for an answer to what is to be done to promote Pool. The biggest thing we can do is to make tables available and they must be paid for so I think we can do that by creating an Organization through Donations that would put pool tables out in the community provided the price is kept low, that subsidizing something like that would be the easier found answer for now than trying to open up billiard clubs all over where pool tables are the only thing in there, therefore opening the door for educational ventures. Pool has to pay for itself it just doesn't have to make a mint. If it pays for the cost of the table and the cloth but creates business activity then what is wrong with that.
Someone might Sell a Pool Table later on, buy a cue and some other things and possibly a foundation could be found for a Grass Roots effort that people might feel okay about giving money to because it works.
Before this post it was discussed that there were 45000 members of this site. I said that 45000 x $10 was enough to promote 45 events where 10k was added to save pro pool. Then it was argued that of the 45000 members of the site that few really came on here and someone said a smaller number and I said ok if there were that many people that were dedicated to doing something for pool I think the numbers still work and I posted the following post.
If we could ever get together and form a Trust to Provide Pool to the Masses and make it affordable likely through the Bar Box for no more than a quarter a game. I think we can have a Grass Roots Movement in Pool and Kids will be exposed to the game and equipment will be sold.
A table that need a quarter just says about all it needs to in my opinion. Its not a way to make a living but its a way to create business activity and the models we have been using haven't really all worked out.
That is my hope.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 336Robin View Post
If I had those numbers as quoted in another post above I think it was 2982 and lets just say that those people wanted to do something to help pool. I think this use is the best thing they can do.
2982 x $10=29,820 dollars and that's not a paltry sum
How much does the cheapest bar box cost?
Brand New Im guessing 3k at most and I would be that you can get a used Bar Box for pretty cheap.
My idea is this: You go around with a truck full of Bar Boxes and you use this money to subsidize the cost for the places you are going to install them.
So if a Bar Box cost you $1200 you knock off 700 and when you put it into a local store you tell the guy this:
This Bar Box will create people standing around wanting to play. The money you will make off of it will be small, kind of like darts. So use it to get the kids in here and keep some adults entertained. They will buy sodas, drinks, cakes, snacks and pick up things they normally wouldn't because they are busy on the table. Don't charge over a quarter for the table and let the table work its magic for you will make enough to get it covered and then some but the activity will make your place the place a lot of people come to gather. Leave it at a quarter and people will come and play.
This way the table does all of the work for you. It says Pool to the masses. It is cheap to play and people need entertainment and they will. Especially the kids. When people tried to make a living off of Pool alone it started its down hill track. Paired with a business it created an atmosphere of togetherness that created a social situation where it was possible to make money at.....The Place.
That's they way I see Pool working out, you get Tables out in the Community, one table or two here and there where kids can find them. You get the Grass Roots efforts we all harp about. You spend some money but you can afford what you spend. When people see and hear that their money is doing some good then it wont be hard to get people to ante up some more.
A $10 donation isn't going to hurt anyone, especially if they are prone to enter pool tournaments for much more. If you have 2982 people who put in 50 or even more in a years time you can have very positive results for the game.
2982 x 50=$ 149,100 dollars / 700 of subsidize money= 213 Bar Boxes Subsidized
If you put 213 bar boxes out in 1 State that's a lot of Bar Boxes and it wouldn't take long for people to start thinking about Pool because when they go to the store they would see it. They would see people having fun, playing pool.
That's all of the message that you need to send.
Pool is fun and kids love to play. Then someone buys a home table, some cues, some supplies and Pool gets the facelift it needs with the General Public.
