Putting Education on the Table

bbb said:
my opinion will not be popular
to have a pool course as an elective is just OK for me
to have it as a varsity sport would be a terrible idea
the time spent practicing would be better spent studying
whats a degree in pool going to get you in the USA
might as well major in philosophy or art history
i understand you are not making pool a degree option
but my point is
the students are better off long term to put their efforts into more productive things
jmho
icbw
for the record i love pool but it was not my career choice
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In 10 years 80% of degrees will be rendered mostly useless by advances in AI.

IT, Quant Analytics, and most legal jobs will be gone as fields of employment. As will most entry level positions that required no specific skill or manual specialized training.

Hell majoring in Billiards may not be a bad idea....
 
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Jumping Jerry said:
I understand the gambling issues. However go on any social media platform and you will see live streaming of billiards tournaments around the USA
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I would say a large tournament has permits and meet local regulations to put on events. Small rooms that do tournaments with entry fees often not even paying back 100% are by most definitions gambling run by the establishment. Just because it goes on does not mean it is legal.
I can't imagine what it would be like in small towns. I once had my pool room picketed by a church group. It made the nightly news and actually boosted my business.
 
middleofnowhere said:
In Florida years ago it was against the law for a minor to be in a pool room. The exceptions were, if they were with a parent, had a notarized card on file in the pool room signed by the parent, on active duty in the military, or and this was strange, were married.

I was one of the group that got this changed in Florida. Part of the argument we presented was bowling alleys. There was actually an exception written into the law for bowling alleys. I guess if you were Brunswick it's ok.

The law had nothing to do with alcohol by the way, it was pool rooms. Oddly enough a pool table was defined as a gaming device by Florida law and every public table was licenced. May still be I don't know.

I bet if you checked around the country even today you will still find a lot of laws still on the books pertaining to pool and pool rooms that are crazy and discriminating. In some towns it is almost impossible to even open a pool room.

You know in Florida technically pool tournaments are illegal if the players put up entry fees. I was at a tournament that was actually shut down by the cops a Pete Ohman's room

Florida laws in 2026 governing billiard rooms strictly prohibit proprietors from knowingly allowing minors (under 18) to play or bet on games of chance, a third-degree felony, and forbid gambling for money or items of value on billiard tables. Illegal gambling remains heavily regulated, with new 2026 measures aimed at enhancing enforcement,HB 1017, SB 1580.
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I always thought the problem was the availability of alcohol, shows you what I know. Its also fascinating that they are calling pool a game of chance, its as much a game of chance as bowling is. Or I can word that a little differently, the dude that called pool a game of chance has no chance of kicking my ass on a pool table. :cool::cool:
 
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