Good Lord! If I hear that one more time I'm going to puke! Lol
I assure you, the pros that use these cues go to the factory and hand pick one or two themselves. They go through probably many dozens until they get the ones they like. They are not just using one that somebody sends them. They are cherry picking. They are carefully picking their arrows.
Source for this? Like an actual bonafide source and not just assumptions.
As most cues now are fairly generic. IE, a predator and Panthera #31/100 + revo isn’t going to feel much different than a Panthera CRM 27/30 + revo.
Plenty sponsored players I know purposely just have them send them a cue. So they can honestly tell potential customers they are playing with a cue that customer can order today.
Going back to generic, modern machining and production is far better than ever. So the difference between 20 different cues of the same model is going to be pretty close. Carbon fiber shafts aren’t going to feel different. And neither are modern laminated shafts.
Hell, even over 20 years ago when they did blind tests, top players couldn’t tell the difference between brands and joints.
It’s one thing to prefer weights and balance points and such. But it’s another to believe someone is sifting through 200 sang lee predators looking for a difference.
Hell, Karl Boyes just posted a video saying he picked his sang Lee predator because it looks cool.
As a sponsor company, say predator, you don’t want your sponsored players (who are literally part of the marketing team whether they directly participate or not) having something different than a regular customer can buy. It’s just not good business.
I am sponsored in shooting sports. I also produce ammo and sponsor other shooters. They don’t get anything someone else wouldn’t get who picked up the phone and called. It defeats the purpose of sponsorship.
