Pool Tournaments - Capitalism or Socialism???

[DASHZNT]

Well said.. Its do socialistic, it makes us above average players not give a damn anymore!

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[one stroke]

Maybe they should give the top 1% free entry
The fact is pool would never survive without the bottom level players
there are many pro players who have goose egg chance of ever winning if the so called easy tables give them a chance to atleast cash a ticket it only helps the game not hurt it , I have heard over and over better players adjust to all conditions so where is it differant here


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[jalapus logan]

I don't know about all that but I don't believe that pool is a legitimate way of making a living. Of course, there are a lot of people who could make the grade as "professional" pool players but you see the whole thing is flawed because what are you doing to work towards a greater good for the greater community? A selfish pursuit at best, it should be regarded as a pastime and not a profession (to put it in the proper perspective). It's a shame to think otherwise.

I suppose you could make the same argument about the following:

Golf
Bowling
Basketball
Football (and Futbol)
Table Tennis
Nascar
Tennis
Acting
Singers
Musicians
etc
etc

I guess you could argue that anything that produces entertainment does not "serve" society. Except that people throughout history have found those that produce the above to enhance their lives so substantially that they will spend more $ at a show or watching sports than they do on food.

panem et circenses...

 

[Nostroke]

The reason this hits so close to home for me is "The PROFESSIONAL Pool World" seems to have strayed away from a capitalistic path through "tricky equipment, changing rules to create more "luck", therefore limiting skill, and creating handicap systems to "equalize everyone", and if you look at professional pool's steady decline the last 12 years will you agree (?) that socialistic structure is a recipe for failure even in the example of a "Game"?....Can it be that trying to "make things fair" and "treating everyone the same" has actually led to, at least temperately, the demise of Pool? Is it too late to make the game challenging again, so the true cream of the crop can Dominate the Game?

In This Example - A professor uses grades, but Substitute Money for Grades to understand the following example of a socialist system in place at a school:

All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the
same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A....
(substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling (this never happens in the "Pool World" LoL) all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Was the reward taken away from the top pool players many years ago? Did establishing One Foul Rules, Trick Equipment, Faster Cloth, Heavier Cue Balls, Shorter Races, Lower First Place Prize Money, result in the decline in pool? After giving this some thought I can relate to the frustration and disgruntlement of the current Top Billiard Professionals! :frown: The Battle Cry of Socialism is: We Treat Everybody the Same! This, at first sounds logical and fair, but what result does it honestly get..Is it really good to have a different winner in every pro event?

too silly for words- ????