Read Watchez' sig line. Dancing monkeys have heart. Don't ever forget that. When the monkeys quit dancing, there will be no more professional pool. Then I guess everyone will be happy. :frown:
Maybe Bonus Ball Should Have Approached a Casino
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Read Watchez' sig line. Dancing monkeys have heart. Don't ever forget that. When the monkeys quit dancing, there will be no more professional pool. Then I guess everyone will be happy. :frown:
You hit the nail as square on the head as possible.
My point is there are very few monkeys (pro pool players), especially in the States, who can actually dance these days. The existing lot of American professional pool players is dwindling. In my opinion, they dance for peanuts and crumbs compared to yesteryear. The payouts in pool tournaments are the same today in 2013 as it was in 1983, yet the cost of living has quadrupled.
Industry members support other industry members, i.e., BCA organization. Every now and then, they throw the pro pool player a bone with not much meat on it. Tournament directors make more money than 95 percent of the pool player competitors at most tournaments today.
The state of pool is what it is. I have contributed to the BEF, hoping to generate a new stock of young American players. I have also contributed to funds to send pro players overseas who are not sponsored, so they can have a chance to compete in a global scale. It's like spitting in the ocean as far as helping professional pool survive, but I do try as best I can. Why? Because I care about professional pool, but mine eyes of seen the glory days, the golden days of pool.
I would like nothing more than to see a new generation of pool come to the fore, something that can renew interest, at least here in the U.S.
I can dance and enjoy it, but I have never been able to dance like a dancing monkey. Behold the great dancing monkey, for he is today an endangered species.
What are you selling?
I'm still struggling to come up with ways to generate income, so I can retire.
One lady in England created an online greeting card site and sells subscriptions at $12 a year. She's a huge success. I wish I could do something like this. Imagine just creating beautiful greeting cards and collecting the dough ---> Jacquie Lawson.
On topic the thread, casinos and pool, not a good mix, IMO. If you think about it, playing pool is similar to gambling, waging whether you should go for a longshot or play it safe, deciding the odds on whether to go for it. :grin-square:
Eddie Murphy might just give him/her a ride if she was walking down the strip though... :yikes:
All the dancing monkeys in the world are no good without an organ grinder.
Ah, your Uncle Dick. I remember him well. She was an excellent cook.