What did it work out to, per player, for the winners and losers?
Mosconi prize money?
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what about coaches?
Since US had a vice captain, then Matchroom would have to either come up with an extra $20k, or pay Marcus double.
Does it cost the team any entrée fee? That is a big payout for Matchroom if they put all the money in.
Of course there was no entry fee. This is not the usual tournament that's financed by the players.
The players also got flights and rooms and meals paid for.
Team USA did not stay at the hotel. They had some kind of apartment situation and cooked most of their meals in, so I heard.
And transportation to and from Alexandra Palace was provided.
And the players had security escorts from the entrance of the building to the player practice areas.
And there were very efficient guards at the separate practice rooms from an actual security company.
There is no entry fee that the players could have afforded that would have made any difference to the event's budget.
For that matter, the prize fund was a small part of the total budget. Ticket sales appear to have been several hundred thousand dollars. And then there was the TV revenue -- there was live TV with ads every two racks which is why there was a pause after every odd rack.
A players father told me the players fiance wasn't allowed to stay with him while she was in England either so I gathered the team was basically sequestered to keep them on task.
I think that was a good decision, although if I was the fiance, I might have a little upset.:grin-square:
Team USA this year had much more unity, under the tutelage of Johann and Jeremy, whereas I did not pickup on this same unity with Team Europe.
Also, Corey Deuel seemed, at least from TV camera snippets, that he preferred to fly solo in the ring and did not seem to enjoy the constant team high-fives and coach advices between games
With Team Europe, did they practice the same as Team USA before the big event? Did they travel together to various events like Team USA did? These are little details, I guess, but they obviously made a HUGE difference.
And, finally, we have some young blood to brag about with Sky and Tyler.
I really enjoyed this year's Cup. My favorite audience moment was shared by the Billiards Digest publisher when they played a Beatle's song, "Let It Be," and the entire gallary was singing it. Wow! Pretty cool stuff. The music was great and really got the audience involved.
That's what I read too, so I believe it is correct.
What Barry Hearn and Matchroom has done in other areas of sports, I am really looking forward to seeing how he effects a change for the better with pool.
Here's an interesting bio: http://www.worldsnooker.com/corporate/world-snooker-directors/barry-hearn-chairman/
I think Team Europe saw a lot of each other on Eurotour stops but they were competing for spots most of the time. The final decision for Team Europe, apart from the replacement of Mario He, did not happen until the end of October, so there was not much chance to work together.
But somehow Team Europe seems not to have much trouble working together at the Cup, year after year.