Alot of people on here said he is playing in a snooker event while the whole IPT field is in Orlando. He is listed on the website as playing in his first event in the "Orlando this winter". Does this mean before the tour even starts he is skipping an event he was invited to play in and is only going to show up in January? This is Kevin's hard stance? There are alot of top, and I mean TOP pro's that got in late entries and got told "tough luck". Now you have a guy that got invited to play in the King of the Hill, where every single member of the IPT is required to show up whether they are playing or not, and he decides to bail on it and play snooker? And this is acceptable for him?
Is he playing in the King of the Hill? He is still on the list as a player in group 2. And if he is not then how in the world are you guys hard stancing a person like Alex and yet giving Ronnie all the freedom in the world to scoff at the IPT and break its rules?
If you are going to give players graces then how about some grace to Alex P, and maybe a open invite to Ching Chia Wu, and Fong Pang Chao, Chin Shun Yang, get another fan base of oh, about 1,000,000,000 people for the IPT where this sport is already hugely popular since they can now watch two of their biggest stars. China is pressuring people NOT to play in your tour, throw money and support at some of the elite players on that side of the pond as "player development" and help them play in your tour. Basically the tour was promoted pretty poorly, no posters in any pool halls up here, no TV spots, no magazines, the internet was the only form of advertisement I saw for the IPT before the deadline. It is no wonder a whole bunch of players learned about the tour too late or did not take it seriously. They should not be punished or omitted because the IPT failed to market itself in such an important timespan. How can you expect a player in Taipai to even learn of your tour and actually apply and risk it all to join on what the IPT showed? And I dont see how limping in with a far weaker and less international field, missing many of the worlds elite players including the last 2 world 9-ball champs and the current world 9-ball AND world 8-ball champ is seen as a possitive? If I were you I would be wanting those other top 10 players who could walk over half of the IPT field in a 10 ahead set in less then 2 hours in my tour. A tour WITHOUT the premier players in it breeds questions and concern and looses alot of its legitimacy. You have some, but you are missing some key players that is really really causing your tour to look a little bit like an odd mess and that ostrasize huge portions of the world as an audience.
Is he playing in the King of the Hill? He is still on the list as a player in group 2. And if he is not then how in the world are you guys hard stancing a person like Alex and yet giving Ronnie all the freedom in the world to scoff at the IPT and break its rules?
If you are going to give players graces then how about some grace to Alex P, and maybe a open invite to Ching Chia Wu, and Fong Pang Chao, Chin Shun Yang, get another fan base of oh, about 1,000,000,000 people for the IPT where this sport is already hugely popular since they can now watch two of their biggest stars. China is pressuring people NOT to play in your tour, throw money and support at some of the elite players on that side of the pond as "player development" and help them play in your tour. Basically the tour was promoted pretty poorly, no posters in any pool halls up here, no TV spots, no magazines, the internet was the only form of advertisement I saw for the IPT before the deadline. It is no wonder a whole bunch of players learned about the tour too late or did not take it seriously. They should not be punished or omitted because the IPT failed to market itself in such an important timespan. How can you expect a player in Taipai to even learn of your tour and actually apply and risk it all to join on what the IPT showed? And I dont see how limping in with a far weaker and less international field, missing many of the worlds elite players including the last 2 world 9-ball champs and the current world 9-ball AND world 8-ball champ is seen as a possitive? If I were you I would be wanting those other top 10 players who could walk over half of the IPT field in a 10 ahead set in less then 2 hours in my tour. A tour WITHOUT the premier players in it breeds questions and concern and looses alot of its legitimacy. You have some, but you are missing some key players that is really really causing your tour to look a little bit like an odd mess and that ostrasize huge portions of the world as an audience.
