The real flaw are the players, whenever they hear about somebody paying big, or bigger prizes or more money advertised, they come out in big herds.
Most notably the IPT, most of the great names and some of the shaky upstarts all found their way to the "big event." They set themselves up to be conned.
Is the flaw the players that believe somebody can change the way pool runs?
Or is the flaw the system itself, where tournaments can just open at will and implement any set of rules or policies they see fit?
If the players agreed to a standard set of policies for how tournaments should be run:
like announcement of match-ups,
policies in the event of emergency or delay,
policies for bad behavior,
policies about how the entry fee is to be used,
policies on what to do when an in-match issues arises,
policies for their eating arrangements
policies for how fans will be dealt with at tournament events
basically the players haven't ever come up with a format they all agree too. The flaw is the players should decide what works for them and what they can see themselves continuing in the future for improvement or as a template for the tournament format.
If there was a player school for professional pool business aspects, it would include a project on creating a pool tournament format and budgeting for paying out prize money on time.
Considering the niche talent the players have they should know from experience answers almost off of the top of their head. I would not expect the juniors division to know much about what was discussed but I do expect good answers (partially complete sentences) from more experienced people.
The BPA said it best when Archer said some weeks the formats change and players are unaware of the changes. They can fix that. They can fix it so good that it never has to be solved again, by developing the formats they want for tournaments (sometimes its as simple as copying the existing documentation).
Most notably the IPT, most of the great names and some of the shaky upstarts all found their way to the "big event." They set themselves up to be conned.
Is the flaw the players that believe somebody can change the way pool runs?
Or is the flaw the system itself, where tournaments can just open at will and implement any set of rules or policies they see fit?
If the players agreed to a standard set of policies for how tournaments should be run:
like announcement of match-ups,
policies in the event of emergency or delay,
policies for bad behavior,
policies about how the entry fee is to be used,
policies on what to do when an in-match issues arises,
policies for their eating arrangements
policies for how fans will be dealt with at tournament events
basically the players haven't ever come up with a format they all agree too. The flaw is the players should decide what works for them and what they can see themselves continuing in the future for improvement or as a template for the tournament format.
If there was a player school for professional pool business aspects, it would include a project on creating a pool tournament format and budgeting for paying out prize money on time.
Considering the niche talent the players have they should know from experience answers almost off of the top of their head. I would not expect the juniors division to know much about what was discussed but I do expect good answers (partially complete sentences) from more experienced people.
The BPA said it best when Archer said some weeks the formats change and players are unaware of the changes. They can fix that. They can fix it so good that it never has to be solved again, by developing the formats they want for tournaments (sometimes its as simple as copying the existing documentation).
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