People wonder why there is no money in pool

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Well with the allegations going on of cheating at the UPL tournament once again pool players have shown why there in no money in the sport. Between this, Earl Strickland on T.V. saying if the ref don't see it is not a foul, the IPT bank the 8 ball and get a $ 500 bonus and guys setting each other up for banks the pool players have shown us why no major sponsors will ever line up to sponsor pool. Golf is a gentleman game and they call fouls on themselves( Greg Norman was once sitting in his hotel room after leading the 3rd round of a tournament when he realized he had played an experimental ball that was not yet cleared for PGA play. He could of easily switched balls for the 4th round and nobody would of known a thing instead he disqualified himself out of the tournament).. Now this is where someone writes in and says yeah but look at what golfers make it is easy for them to DQ themselves. Golf wasn't always a rewarding sport but throughout history golf has been a gentlemans game and because of that sponsors were drawn to that and because of that the golfers are reaping the rewards. It is particulary bad when the big names of pool are involved in some of the shenanigans. Can anybody picture Phil Mickelson saying the ref didnt see it it is not a foul.

I agree with some of that but Earl Strickland is cool, I don't give a damn, he is cool, he has star power. Minnesota Fats would shark the Queen of friggin England, the Dali Lama and the Pope all at the same time but he was still cool, he had star power.

I saw Tiger Woods throw his club and say shit and I don't think it hurt golf any. Tiger Woods has star power.

People want to be entertained. If pool is ever going to get beyond where it is now it is going to take somebody to market it properly and it will need some colorful characters. If people tune in to a pool match on tv and it looks like a funeral they aren't going to watch for long. I will watch it, and a lot of people on this forum will watch it, but it won't draw a larger audience.