Open Letter To Mr. Andrews, Mr Sigel and Mr. Trudeau:
You all spouted off from day 1 on how this was going to be the greatest thing to happen to pool, and how you were not going to make the mistakes all the others have done in the past and how you were going to show us how to properly run a tournament.
This is what we have seen so far:
Shady dealings from day one on whom was "picked" to participate in the IPT.
This has already been addressed, here, as well as in other threads ad nauseum.
Favoritism for elected players.
Do you mean Mike Sigel? There would be no tour without him anyway, so throwing him some big bones hasn't hurt anyone.
Mr Trudeau and Mr Andrews sat at dinner before the Vegas tournament slating in the spots of the players where evere they wished to put them. This is a known fact that was reported by JR Calvert of InsidePool. From what we were told, you awoke JR Calvert in the middle of the night to have him pull the article they did regarding this mismanagement of tournament bracketing.
I would imagine that drawing in 200 players would take some time, so they might as well have dinner. They had deadlines to meet. The draw was pretty fair except maybe one or 2 groups. OTOH, a few were quite deadly, so it could have been random. The women and HOFers were all drawn into separate groups.
Scout Man, Mr. Mark Trainer who is signing players to bogus contacts that rape the players, (which are actually worthless if you have signed it in the state of Nevada,because no known felon can venture into any gambling contract that includes management of players) .
Do you really know what the contracts ask for? I talked to Mark in Reno and he said he renegotiated all the contracts with the top players and they are all very happy now. As far as the felon angle, I have seen the report that a Mark Trainer ran a telemarketing business that sent him to jail. I don't know for a fact that it is the same Mark Trainer. I do know for a fact there are several Linda Carters in the world and would hate to be confused for one that was a felon. 
If you do a search for Mark Trainer, several come up, but none with a bad history that I could tell from the first page.
Mr. Sigel and Mr. Trudeau, we all know that your have your hands in this pot with Mr. Trainer. We all know that YOU own a percentage of the players who were so eager to sign before they considered the consequences of the contact they signed with you. In some states it would be called racketeering.
Are you referencing MT's contracts or the IPT's? I can assure you that there was nothing untoward in the IPT's contract.
Mark's goal seems to be to get together a large enough contingent of good players to make an impression on huge corporations to be able to market. He says that by themselves, they are worth nothing in corporate America, but that by having a stable of players to offer, then they can go for the really big money for endorsements and ads, like Coca Cola and Nike. To further that end, he has an exclusive contract with Athlete's First, an athletic management company that manages a lot of pro players in several sports. He must have something they want to take him on. Mark is also stuck a lot of money trying to get several players qualified and footing living expenses for 20-some players.
There is no contact phone number for your so called office in the Chicago area. There are only email addresses. If there was really a office with a personal who forgot to mark "Saturday Delivery" on the Fed Ex parcel with the checks in it, there should be a phone where she called for the pick up at.
I agree, but have you ever tried to find a phone number for amazon.com? They are here in Seattle and you can't find a number for them! That's a pretty large company, too. Many internet companies only put a reply field on their website or an email address instead of a phone number. I believe the IPT staff works out of the Natural Cures office space.
The ITP is full of crooks. Be forwarned people, Mr Trudeau is known for his scams, this is just one of them.
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