Plays of the week!

Kid Dynomite

Kid Dynomite

Dennis (Michael) Wilson
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In my home town George Michael started the Sports Machine with the "Plays of the Week"! ESPN then followed with their own "Plays of the Weeks"!

In 30 years I never saw one Billiard clip or shot for "Plays of the week"

Accu - stats has such great footage of some of the most memorable shots and they are posted on billiard digests home page.

Why can't a major news network post some Billiard shots for plays of the week???

All this despair over the state of PRO pool and the players! too me, getting people aware of the beauty and skill of the sport with REGULAR submissions to the "Plays of the week" folks at major networks would be a BABY step in the RIGHT direction. You got to crawl before you walk and the Investors keep pushing all in and skip crawling and walking and wonder why this puppy can't run???

This TV coverage would have to be good for BIGTRUCK, InsidePool, Accu-stats & TAR and yes Bonus Ball! The players and sponsors would like it!

Any down side to this?

Anyone know how to make this happen?

Why it has not happened to date?

KD
 
Well without pool being broadcast live on a broadcast or cable network it makes it difficult to get attention. I think the best chance for this is for something unsual or spectacular to happen and for the video to go viral (millions of views very quickly) on youtube. That's typically how other niche sports make these highlight reels.
 
Kid Dynomite said:
Why can't a major news network post some Billiard shots for plays of the week???
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Im not certain if there's a submission procedure, but more likely the networks have their own people that use their existing network sports coverage to fabricate these highlight reels. Unless the pool event was already covered by the network, I don't see it happening.

(disclaimer: I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, and am just speculating lol)

That being said, here's a recent highlight reel for pool that took me a zillion hours to make:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kXHF2UyFE
 
nathandumoulin said:
Im not certain if there's a submission procedure, but more likely the networks have their own people that use their existing network sports coverage to fabricate these highlight reels. Unless the pool event was already covered by the network, I don't see it happening.

(disclaimer: I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, and am just speculating lol)
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I have seen High School coverage of basketball & football! I have seen every obscure sport known to man get coverage on "Plays of the week" all except POOL and BILLIARDS! So, i doubt it is a REQUIREMENT that they USE existing network footage only!

KD
 
nathandumoulin said:
Im not certain if there's a submission procedure, but more likely the networks have their own people that use their existing network sports coverage to fabricate these highlight reels. Unless the pool event was already covered by the network, I don't see it happening.

(disclaimer: I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, and am just speculating lol)

That being said, here's a recent highlight reel for pool that took me a zillion hours to make:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kXHF2UyFE
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Great highlight reel... Thanks... Good job!
 
I nominate D lewis filing a PayPal dispute with Lee Brett as the
'Play of the week."
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Kid Dynomite said:
I have seen High School coverage of basketball & football! I have seen every obscure sport known to man get coverage on "Plays of the week" all except POOL and BILLIARDS! So, i doubt it is a REQUIREMENT that they USE existing network footage only!

KD
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Yeah like I said it's not a requirement, but that's what helps grab people's attention. The other stuff you mentioned most likely got their attention by having something that went viral and grabbed the public's attention that way and then was picked up by Sportscenter or whatever. I could see that happening with pool, but it'd have to be something really unusual since it's such a niche sport.
 
nathandumoulin;4293623[B said:
Im not certain if there's a submission procedure, but more likely the networks have their own people that use their existing network sports coverage to fabricate these highlight reels. Unless the pool event was already covered by the network, I don't see it happening.

(disclaimer: I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, and am just speculating lol)

That being said, here's a recent highlight reel for pool that took me a zillion hours to make:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kXHF2UyFE
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The network is looking to fill up the time slot with foot age! I have seen home videos of High School games make the networks! I think you can call or email the network and they may have contact information on the credits of the show on how to submit a small sports clip!

KD
 
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A lot of the nicer shots in pool just look normal to the average guy.
Even something like Corey's famous super monkey draw shot won't look as impressive as some
high school kid nailing a full court hail mary in basketball.

For a pool shot to make the reel it must be impossible looking even to jaded guys like us.
Something like shane's jump 2-railer combo in Japan.
I'm kind of annoyed they took it down from youtube, this was the link before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bxn1fIlKyK0

Anyone save it?
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhA3RO7u2A

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Must be pretty old because Rich Eisen hasn't worked for ESPN for at least 2 or 3 years. He's the main guy on NFL network now.
 
I got no skin in the game. But, thought i would look and post what i could find.

Allen Hopkins and Ewa mataya Lawrence have Espn hook ups. I am sure 2 phone calls would be all it takes!

Kd

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nathandumoulin said:
Im not certain if there's a submission procedure, but more likely the networks have their own people that use their existing network sports coverage to fabricate these highlight reels. Unless the pool event was already covered by the network, I don't see it happening.

(disclaimer: I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, and am just speculating lol)

That being said, here's a recent highlight reel for pool that took me a zillion hours to make:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kXHF2UyFE
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So it was YOU, Nathan, that made that highlight video. Awesome stuff, man! I hope one day you are behind the camera during my match when I win a future major championship! ;)
 
What about the Billiard Education Found junior footage!!!

Talk about making a kids day making it on ESPN plays of the week!

Just need parental release!

It would be nice in my opinion

KD
 
Good points!

Yo Kid Dyno - I have been all over the world and this (the USA) is the only place where pool is not given any respect? Its strange. I see pool on TV in other countries with a 10th of the population of the USA.

one big name sponsor and it all changes, until then, not likely.
 
A "Shot of the week" contest might help drive traffic to the AZB home page, or just be fun.

Something fairly automated where people upload clips of 60 seconds or less and then users vote on their favorite.

The main challenge would be on the IP side: most of the shots of the week would be from streamed matches, so it would fall on relatively few people (Justin, BigTruck, Pat Flemming, Nate M. if BB resumes, Lenny, etc.) to generate most of the content.
 
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