Now What Do The Pro's Do?

[Johnnyt]

If this is bad news that comes out from Bonus Ball and it’s true players have not been paid for weeks, then it’s time for the players to get together give some non-players business man the vote to organize them. If they can’t trust anyone then they need to get together and start their own pro pool league. Show everyone how it’s done. I don’t know when it’s going to sink in that pro player can’t draw flies, other than the few hardcore fan that has money to spend and don’t mind spending it.

If players can’t trust promoters and help them sell a tournament, then they might as well show them how it’s done or go back to their poolrooms and play each other heads up or in ring games. Johnnyt

 

[JAM]

If this is bad news that comes out from Bonus Ball and it’s true players have not been paid for weeks, then it’s time for the players to get together give some non-players business man the vote to organize them. If they can’t trust anyone then they need to get together and start their own pro pool league. Show everyone how it’s done. I don’t know when it’s going to sink in that pro player can’t draw flies, other than the few hardcore fan that has money to spend and don’t mind spending it.

If players can’t trust promoters and help them sell a tournament, then they might as well show them how it’s done or go back to their poolrooms and play each other heads up or in ring games. Johnnyt

I am anxious to read the upcoming press release. It will be interesting to learn how they expect to proceed from here.

Anyone who has been to a pro tournament, at least in the United States, is well aware that the majority of the audience is players and players' family and friends.

I know the players are/were very excited about Bonus Ball. If they pare down the teams to a smaller group, maybe they can make payroll. If I were the player getting "dismissed," I'd demand compensation or severance pay. Of course, the players are independent contractors, so they can't get unemployment or severance pay.

Six weeks of Bonus Ball and now this. They've resorted to giving it away for free online this past week, I guess, to ease the pain to those who invested their time and money. How much were those subscriptions again?

 

[Prey]

It is to bad those investors did not invest in a pool reality show: ex: Ultimate fighter and placed it on Spike TV.
Pool would have seen a boom once again!

 

[Luxury]

It is to bad those investors did not invest in a pool reality show: ex: Ultimate fighter and placed it on Spike TV.
Pool would have seen a boom once again!

Bonus ball seriously needs to work the reality tv angle.

 

[Toncam]

Bonus ball seriously needs to work the reality tv angle.

They do need some sort of gimmick for sure. All people are interested in today is drama, drama and more drama. So come up with something and play it out and it might go over, who knows ?

A pool reality show might be the way to go but they need something that people can grasp onto right away, the majority of the people in this country know 8- ball , so base it around that and forget the bonus ball angle. Some kind of script that will rivet people to their seats the way some of these other dopey shows do.

Im just talking out loud about getting more interest in ANY kind of pool.

 

[JAM]

I heard that somebody was filming in California a few months back hoping to get a pool reality show. Shannon Daulton and Fatboy were there, but that's all I can remember. I'm not sure what ever happened to this. Maybe it is still in progress.

 

[TrumanHW]

Its the sh1t talking that gets a lot of the media hype prior to fights. Perhaps going that route. I REALLY think having people mic'd up, talking shit, and making the environment less sterile. Tar had it right with Schmidt vs. Deuel for the OP match. That made it highly talked about. You HAVE to mic earl. These are the gems!

 

[JAM]

Its the sh1t talking that gets a lot of the media hype prior to fights. Perhaps going that route. I REALLY think having people mic'd up, talking shit, and making the environment less sterile. Tar had it right with Schmidt vs. Deuel for the OP match. That made it highly talked about. You HAVE to mic earl. These are the gems!

I agree 100 percent. :smile:

 

[Luxury]

They do need some sort of gimmick for sure. All people are interested in today is drama, drama and more drama. So come up with something and play it out and it might go over, who knows ?

A pool reality show might be the way to go but they need something that people can grasp onto right away, the majority of the people in this country know 8- ball , so base it around that and forget the bonus ball angle. Some kind of script that will rivet people to their seats the way some of these other dopey shows do.

Im just talking out loud about getting more interest in ANY kind of pool.

The best part about a reality show would be that they could show all the highlights. Cut to an interview with Scott Frost explaining that time was expiring and they had to make a purple then orange then the black bonus ball into the white pockets and the only way to do it was to bank 5 rails and then Tommy had to run to the table to shoot a razor thin cut down the entire long rail for the win.

Show it happen while he is telling the story. Easy for the viewer to follow and exciting because they know that Frost has a grudge or something with the other captain.

I would have a blast editing and directing a show like this.

 

[tank69]

Has this been verified as true or is this a rumor?

 

[JAM]

Has this been verified as true or is this a rumor?

On the forum, it's a rumor.

The Bonus Ball press release that was previously announced that it was coming out today on AzBilliards has been postponed until tomorrow.

Stay tuned. :smile:

 

[tank69]

On the forum, it's a rumor.

The Bonus Ball press release that was previously announced that it was coming out today on AzBilliards has been postponed until tomorrow.

Stay tuned. :smile:

Should be interesting!! Thanks Jennie!

 

[Mr. Wiggles]

Bonus Ball vs Cup Cake Wars!

They do need some sort of gimmick for sure. All people are interested in today is drama, drama and more drama. So come up with something and play it out and it might go over, who knows ?

A pool reality show might be the way to go but they need something that people can grasp onto right away, the majority of the people in this country know 8- ball , so base it around that and forget the bonus ball angle. Some kind of script that will rivet people to their seats the way some of these other dopey shows do.

Im just talking out loud about getting more interest in ANY kind of pool.

Good grief, with all the reality show crap out there you would think BB could out perform some of them. As someone said BB sort of grows on you. Non poolplayers will never appreciate it. I like the back and forth coaching between players. Don't understand how they can shoot the wrong color, doesn't the WHOLE room change colors during play?

 

[Luther Blissett]

Now What Do The Pro's Do?

‘I’ve been doing one of my hobbies, which is to question shopkeepers and market-stall holders who persist in misusing the possessive apostrophe, like where it says “carrot’s 30p”. I find that stallholder and say, “Oh, can I see the 30p that belongs to the carrot, and the carrot that is so sophisticated that it actually owns 30p? I’d like to see that, a carrot that understands the concept of accumulating wealth. Come on, where are they? Or shall I prosecute you under the Advertising Standards Act for advertising a product that doesn’t exist? Oh, I see, I see, you didn’t mean that. You meant that carrots cost 30p. Well, why didn’t you say that?”’

-Stewart Lee

 

[Luxury]

‘I’ve been doing one of my hobbies, which is to question shopkeepers and market-stall holders who persist in misusing the possessive apostrophe, like where it says “carrot’s 30p”. I find that stallholder and say, “Oh, can I see the 30p that belongs to the carrot, and the carrot that is so sophisticated that it actually owns 30p? I’d like to see that, a carrot that understands the concept of accumulating wealth. Come on, where are they? Or shall I prosecute you under the Advertising Standards Act for advertising a product that doesn’t exist? Oh, I see, I see, you didn’t mean that. You meant that carrots cost 30p. Well, why didn’t you say that?”’

-Stewart Lee

That is hilarious.

 

[Luxury]

That is hilarious.

So this isn't a thread about the Pro's "do"? As in "hair-do"?

 

[JAM]

‘I’ve been doing one of my hobbies, which is to question shopkeepers and market-stall holders who persist in misusing the possessive apostrophe, like where it says “carrot’s 30p”. I find that stallholder and say, “Oh, can I see the 30p that belongs to the carrot, and the carrot that is so sophisticated that it actually owns 30p? I’d like to see that, a carrot that understands the concept of accumulating wealth. Come on, where are they? Or shall I prosecute you under the Advertising Standards Act for advertising a product that doesn’t exist? Oh, I see, I see, you didn’t mean that. You meant that carrots cost 30p. Well, why didn’t you say that?”’

-Stewart Lee

Well, if you want to get technical about it, the double quotes inside the end punctuation mark is a big no-no for those educated in the United States.

But on point about plurals and apostrophes, this sums it up pretty good.

 

[SakuJack]

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[Black-Balled]

‘I’ve been doing one of my hobbies, which is to question shopkeepers and market-stall holders who persist in misusing the possessive apostrophe, like where it says “carrot’s 30p”. I find that stallholder and say, “Oh, can I see the 30p that belongs to the carrot, and the carrot that is so sophisticated that it actually owns 30p? I’d like to see that, a carrot that understands the concept of accumulating wealth. Come on, where are they? Or shall I prosecute you under the Advertising Standards Act for advertising a product that doesn’t exist? Oh, I see, I see, you didn’t mean that. You meant that carrots cost 30p. Well, why didn’t you say that?”’

-Stewart Lee

But what if it is you who is playing the fool, in the end?!

Perhaps the johnnyt used the apostrophe because "Pro's" is short for "Professionals" and it is common for missing letters to be replaced by said puntuation. Ex: they're, I've, didn't...
:tongue::woot::scratchhead:
uttahere:

 

[alphadog]

‘I’ve been doing one of my hobbies, which is to question shopkeepers and market-stall holders who persist in misusing the possessive apostrophe, like where it says “carrot’s 30p”. I find that stallholder and say, “Oh, can I see the 30p that belongs to the carrot, and the carrot that is so sophisticated that it actually owns 30p? I’d like to see that, a carrot that understands the concept of accumulating wealth. Come on, where are they? Or shall I prosecute you under the Advertising Standards Act for advertising a product that doesn’t exist? Oh, I see, I see, you didn’t mean that. You meant that carrots cost 30p. Well, why didn’t you say that?”’

-Stewart Lee

British humor?

No I am not certain that it isn't British' humor.