Sarah Rousey comments on the Women's Worlds

[watchez]

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Nice work - Charlie is a babe magnet.

 

[UrackmIcrackm]

What I'm wondering (offtopic) - in the past I know that the person who got red-repped gets to read it. I guess it also gets reported to the moderators/admin? Both things happen for sure? Was it always like this, or did it change since the upgrade?

To the best of my knowledge, red/negative reps are not sent to the mod/admin. All rep only goes to the person being repped (good or bad). I assume mods/admin can see the comments left but they're not sent to them. The "report post" is not seen by the person being reported. Its sent to the mods/admin only.

 

[CreeDo]

oh, you know what, I'm an idiot. I've been reporting instead of red repping this whole time. I always use the rep button for positive and ignored the option for "I disapprove of this post".

lol. Sorry to the mods for all the reports I made. Some of them I'd report anyway but others were milder.

 

[JoeyA]

sarah blog great topic
about
1 condition lousy
2 weather hot & rain no good, dont no which one better
3 table crap
4 cusion crap
but that country is third world poor country,
5 J.lee,shanelle,yu,
and some beauties from europe always on TV, front page of newspaper
but
SARAH never show on TV or newspaper
maybe
SARAH is fat & ugly
and feel jealous
sorry sarah you ugly
hehe:grin:

Your post is not funny and Sarah has more good looks than you will ever see in a partner in your entire lifetime.

I won't send you any red rep for your post but I can see where people would find it justifiable.

I have found that people who criticize other people's looks like you do have a self-image problem themselves. You should get some help.

JoeyA

 

[lfigueroa]

Sarah is one of the most professional people I have met in the game. Player or otherwise. The whole "Keep your mouth shut so you don't piss off a promoter" is one of the things that got us where we are in the pool world today.

I applaud her for her honesty. Those that know her know it must have really been bad for her to speak out publicly like she did. Sarah is a smart, tough woman that has spent more time on the road making a living than many here ever have. She is savvy. To me it basically sounds like she made a decision that if this event was what the future of international women's pool looks like, she isn't interested.

Sometimes you just have to speak your mind and let the chips fall where they may. Sarah is way to smart not to have thought everything out before she posted that blog entry.

You don't have to keep your mouth shut. But if you're a professional pool player (I think that's what her blog says way at the top) -- you don't trash someone who promotes a lot of events in your chosen profession, on the internet, either.

And while I'm sure it felt good for her to get all that out, she only hurts herself. Of course, if as you say she's as smart, savvy, and has thought all this out beforehand, then she won't be surprised when she finds her chips have fallen on 00 when it comes to playing in future Dragon Promotion events.

Time will tell.

Lou Figueroa

 

[lfigueroa]

I can say that I have never traveled 3000 miles (?) to play in a 'World' Championship that is being broadcast on ESPN. I don't think this is fair to compare it to a local regional bar table event.

It's just a matter of degree. How far it is, what it's called, what the advertised added monies are, whether ESPN or Accu-Stats or Fast Lenny are going to be there, isn't the point. It's a matter of due diligence on the part of the player.

Who's promoting, what's the venue, what kind of equipment, what's the format, and what's the payout schedule, are things most of us check out as a matter of due course.

If you don't like the answers, or can't get the answers (or don't ask the questions in the first place and still choose to go, who's fault is it?

Lou Figueroa

 

[JB Cases]

You don't have to keep you mouth shut. But if you're a professional pool player (I think that's what her blog says way at the top) -- you don't trash someone who promotes a lot of events in your chosen profession, on the internet, either.

And while I'm sure it felt good for her to get all that out, she only hurts herself. Of course, if as you say she's as smart, savvy, and has thought all this out beforehand, then she won't be surprised when she finds her chips have fallen on 00 when it comes to playing in future Dragon Promotion events.

Time will tell.

Lou Figueroa

How does she hurt herself? This is the very first event that Dragon Promotions has done for women that is WPA sanctioned and is NOT a small field handpicked exhibition. And in those events the women who were invited were all "pretty".

Or perhaps she won't receive invites to events like the Predator 10 Ball and the 14.1 events that DP does. Which is a big "so what" because Sarah stands little chance to cash in those events anyway and she knows it. If she were invited then she is going for the experience and competitive spirit that she has knowing that she is probably donating.

She should speak out if she feels ill-treated or feels that things aren't being addressed properly.

I would LOVE to see DP try to keep her out of future WPA sanctioned events that she has a right to participate in based on her ranking. Nothing like stirring up the ire of her sponsors who happen to be "the general die hard pool fans" of this forum.

 

[Sweet Marissa]

sarah blog great topic
about
1 condition lousy
2 weather hot & rain no good, dont no which one better
3 table crap
4 cusion crap
but that country is third world poor country,
5 J.lee,shanelle,yu,
and some beauties from europe always on TV, front page of newspaper
but
SARAH never show on TV or newspaper
maybe
SARAH is fat & ugly
and feel jealous
sorry sarah you ugly
hehe:grin:

Obviously just a troll just trying to get a rise out of people, because anyone who has seen Sarah Rousey knows she is faaaar from ugly OR fat, and one of the most professional ladies on the tour.

 

[JCIN]

You don't have to keep you mouth shut. But if you're a professional pool player (I think that's what her blog says way at the top) -- you don't trash someone who promotes a lot of events in your chosen profession, on the internet, either.

And while I'm sure it felt good for her to get all that out, she only hurts herself. Of course, if as you say she's as smart, savvy, and has thought all this out beforehand, then she won't be surprised when she finds her chips have fallen on 00 when it comes to playing in future Dragon Promotion events.

Time will tell.

Lou Figueroa

Do you really think Sarah would post that and then when the next DP invitational comes along be dumbfounded when she got no invite? This was her way of saying exactly what she thought of the DP events and I am sure she is fully aware that she has separated herself from that organization. Pretty much the whole point of the post IMO.

 

[CrisDeLaGarza]

You don't have to keep you mouth shut. But if you're a professional pool player (I think that's what her blog says way at the top) -- you don't trash someone who promotes a lot of events in your chosen profession, on the internet, either.

And while I'm sure it felt good for her to get all that out, she only hurts herself. Of course, if as you say she's as smart, savvy, and has thought all this out beforehand, then she won't be surprised when she finds her chips have fallen on 00 when it comes to playing in future Dragon Promotion events.

Time will tell.

Lou Figueroa

I know Sarah, not well but well enough, and she is a very intelligent woman and definitely HAS thought this out beforehand. She is fully aware of the consequences.

I have already seen Sarah snubbed, first hand, at previous events because of her views about DP or their view about her. I don't know the details really but I've seen it. In that instance the event organizers worked it out and still included her in the event. There are enough people in the industry who support her that I can guarantee you she won't be snubbed from ALL DP events. Maybe the small invitational ones but not all of them.

To my knowledge, for all events like this where the top WPBA players are invited all of those invitations are required to go thru the WPBA. Tournament promoters have to contact the WPBA directly and THEY go down their list inviting their top ranked players. I am confident that Sarah will remain one of those top players and will thus be invited to many of these types of events in the future.

 

[mia]

sarah blog great topic
about
1 condition lousy
2 weather hot & rain no good, dont no which one better
3 table crap
4 cusion crap
but that country is third world poor country,
5 J.lee,shanelle,yu,
and some beauties from europe always on TV, front page of newspaper
but
SARAH never show on TV or newspaper
maybe
SARAH is fat & ugly
and feel jealous
sorry sarah you ugly
hehe:grin:

I'm not even sure what most of this is supposed to mean.
Whatever language it is, I don't speak it.

I will say this though. Sarah is one of the best women players out there. She's a class act, super nice, and if I don't say so myself, all kinds of hot.

I'd be inclined to tell Sarah not to read too much into this person's post, but then again... I'm not even sure what all of this says.

Thanks god he/she's gone.

 

[Blackjack]

I'm not even sure what most of this is supposed to mean.
Whatever language it is, I don't speak it.

I believe that it was combination of English, Tagolag, and stupidity.

 

[Tom In Cincy]

I am confused Lou,
Isn't Sarah already a Professional Pool player? Kissing ass with DP to ensure a professional career shouldn't be a requirement.

And shouldn't the promoters show a certain amount of respect for the product they are promoting?

47 players in a world championship with x number of qualifier winners and x number of promoter invites is very questionable for a World Championship.

5 tables? and a race to five? Come on Lou, who isn't being the professional here?

If Sarah wants to be a professional player, she does herself no favors by trashing a major promoter. Oh yeah, we can do it and the CW floggings should continue here until everyone's arms cramp up. But Sarah needs to learn to be more diplomatic, if her desire is to be "a professional."

Lou Figueroa

 

[sputnik]

I believe that it was combination of English, Tagolag, and stupidity.

I went through the posts of bohytam. He has a strange way of thinking in his local language and translating to English. There's a huge possibility that it's not a combination of English, Tagalog and stupidity. Thinking in tagalog and translating it literally to English does not add up. I would think that he is an asian neighbor.

 

[Eric.]

sarah blog great topic
about
1 condition lousy
2 weather hot & rain no good, dont no which one better
3 table crap
4 cusion crap
but that country is third world poor country,
5 J.lee,shanelle,yu,
and some beauties from europe always on TV, front page of newspaper
but
SARAH never show on TV or newspaper
maybe
SARAH is fat & ugly
and feel jealous
sorry sarah you ugly
hehe:grin:

I don't do the rep game, so I'll just say on behalf of Sarah, GO BACK TO F'ing SHEEP.


Eric >goats?

 

[Bigtruck]

I went through the posts of bohytam. He has a strange way of thinking in his local language and translating to English. There's a huge possibility that it's not a combination of English, Tagalog and stupidity. Thinking in tagalog and translating it literally to English does not add up. I would think that he is an asian neighbor.

It sounded like a Saturday Night Live skit! LOL.

Sarah is certainly not ugly. In fact I think she is gorgeous!

After seeing the photos, I thought the conditions were better than I had envisioned.

1. The glare WAS pretty bad for sure. If this was a pool hall, I would not go back until the glare was fixed.
2. The cloth on the rails WAS certainly pulled too tight, making them wavy and upright. Pool really needs a certification process for table mechanincs! (Calling RKC)
3. The roof leaking could happen anywhere and it sounds like Jay was on it. ( They did have a great TD!)
4. 5 tables? That is pretty lame. If they used Diamonds it would be exponentially easier to bring in plenty of tables.
5. Exploiting the women based on someones opinion of who is pretty? Shameless

Consider 50 years from now when the pool historians are looking back on the history of "World Titles". What a joke this will be.

I know first hand from playing in tournaments and running tournament that when you let things bother you it can escalate into a snowball of disaster. On the other hand, the ones in the finals seem to be teflon and everything just slides off of them leaving their mind to focus on winning.


Ray

 

[Big Perm]

Didn't read all the threads here, but I checked out her blog....she seems pretty well spoken and sincere....also, her points are valid.....taking out her point of view and just looking at a number of objective parts, the majority of her complaints are valid and have likely already been discussed at length in the last twelve pages

Sarah, much respect chica, no shame in speaking your peace...

 

[snowmon34]

Ray,

Your posts in regards to CW continue to be inflammatory and full of innuendos. I don't know what you or anyone else thinks that accomplishes. Thanks for the nice words about me being a great commentator. We're still buds but we just differ on the way and manner of how to resolve problems.

It is apparent that there are two schools of thought on how you get things done and how you get problems corrected.

It has always been my school of thought is that if you have a legitimate complaint about something you are involved in, you go to the source and do the complaining or the expressing of your opinion and try to have it resolved there.

You do it in private, you do it with respect to the other person or company. It seems that you and many other posters make every attempt to condemn CW and DP at every turn. It may just be my perspective and no one else's but if I were as concerned about the goings on as you and other posters seem to be, I would be requesting audiences with the parties or at least writing respectful letters condemning the things you see as unjust. THEN-MAYBE, just maybe, the parties might consider what you are saying.

To think that the pocket billiard industry is mainly about excellence in pocket billiard skills is myopic at best.

I'm not disagreeing with anyone about the way any tournament is run including this one. I'm just saying that there are many more things that have to be considered to run a successful enterprise.
Without the hard work of Cindy Lee, Charlie Williams and all of the players in their stable there would not be any money being earned by anyone.

There will always be ways to improve the way tournaments are promoted and held but constructive criticism applied to where it will do some good is far more important to change than shouting off the roof top of some large building.

Sarah is a great gal but she does herself no good (even though her complaints seem something to complain about), nor do we by attempting to denigrate those who are making an effort to improve the lot of pool.

If there is a better way, let those who complain the loudest get off their duffs and do it better.

Look, I fully understand everyone's frustration and everyone has a right to complain about whatever bothers them but jumping on CW, DP or any other pool entity at every turn makes about as much sense as cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Maybe the incessant public condemnations might bring about change or maybe an end to CW and DP's work in the pool world. I believe change is more easily brought about by discussion with the parties involved, interaction with them and hard work.

Maybe you and others think the pool world would be better off without CW and DP and maybe that is what you would like to see. If so, then I personally think you are misjudging what is best for the pool world.

Sincerely,

JoeyA

It appears by this thread that most are not happy with CW, and DP...It's CRYSTAL CLEAR that there is a huge opportunity here to better women's pool...I'm just wondering which one of you arm chair promoters is going to get off your A$$, and take advantage of this golden opportunity??? It can't be that tough, right?

 

[Gunn_Slinger]

I am confused Lou,
Isn't Sarah already a Professional Pool player? Kissing ass with DP to ensure a professional career shouldn't be a requirement.

And shouldn't the promoters show a certain amount of respect for the product they are promoting?

47 players in a world championship with x number of qualifier winners and x number of promoter invites is very questionable for a World Championship.

5 tables? and a race to five? Come on Lou, who isn't being the professional here?

Your post should be repeated in big block letters.

I am surprized that charlie has not got a swimsuit
ring game happening, I am sure that is next.

Hugs
mrs.g

 

[snowmon34]

Your post should be repeated in big block letters.

I am surprized that charlie has not got a swimsuit
ring game happening, I am sure that is next.

Hugs
mrs.g

Some of us are still in dark ages...since the mid 60's women in swimsuits have been on the cover of sports illustrated....hmmmmm I wonder why??