So, let's see if I've got this straight...

alstl said:
It speaks to the attention span of the average person in the age of video games.
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I AGREE 100%...... I TRY TO SHOW YOUNGER PLAYERS IN MY ROOM, ANYTHING BUT 9 BALL, AND THEY ALL LOSE ATTENTION WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. IT'S HORRIBLE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
 
alstl said:
It speaks to the attention span of the average person in the age of video games.
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Exactly. Two of my buddies came into my room to play Madden while the speed pool crap was on and actually postponed their playing their game to watch the finals. Once I explained the rules, they both got really into it and started yelling at the TV and getting excited when Bobby was running out, like it was one of their football games. I sat there for a while, dumbfounded, and turned my attention back to AZ, lol. Wow. What a sad state our sport is in. :shakehead: :banghead: :barf:
 
DogsPlayingPool said:
I understand that the speed pool tournament had a bigger winner's purse largely because of the ESPN TV coverage. That I understand - that the TV coverage provides a lot of money. I get that. What I just don't get is why speed pool is more likely to attract TV money than the top players in the game playing straight pool, or even 9-ball. Even with 9-ball, which is certainly the biggest game right now for professional purses and the format is attractive to television, the winners don't make anything significantly more than the speed pool guys were playing for.

Perhaps Soonerfan has the answer, that "artistic" and speed pool attract many non-billiard playing fans. But my question is, is that just theory or is there some empirical or quantitative evidence that it is true, because I just don't see what the attraction would be for someone not really interested in the game. I get the attraction with the big poker tournaments, there is human drama & HUGE money. I can even see the interest from the non-player in the trick shot events. But I just don't get what attraction speed pool would have for the non-player.
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the attraction for the non-player is IT MOVES. In regular matches the player tilts his head on way ,chalks up, tilts his head the other way, walks to the other side of the table, takes a deep breath and finally shoots. to a non-player BORING !
I'm just saying, not that I agree.
 
Well, it's beginning to sound like speed pool does indeed hold some attraction to the non-pool crowd. Interesting because I wouldn't have thought so.

I'll tell you one thing for sure I learned from the recent speed pool telecasts: POOL LOOKS FRIGGIN GREAT IN HI-DEF!!!
 
Combine the events for TV. Have speed pool, 9 ball or 10 ball and 14.1. then you have people watching and waiting for the next match. The question is, how can we accomplish this?

Dwight
 
alstl...It isn't just the "age of video games". Human beings, by nature, have a short attention span. The average person loses focus within 30 seconds, unless they have trained themselves to concentrate (and even then, a few minutes is a LONG time to really focus on something). There are a trillion distractions that cause this...and it IS age-related. A 2-year old's attention span is VERY short. At 15 your attention span is about 50% of it's potential. At 30 you've reached your maximum attention span...and then it's downhill from there. By the time you're 60, you're back to the attention span of a 2-year old (for most of us anyway)! :eek: :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

alstl said:
It speaks to the attention span of the average person in the age of video games.
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Scott Lee said:
alstl...It isn't just the "age of video games". Human beings, by nature, have a short attention span. The average person loses focus within 30 seconds, unless they have trained themselves to concentrate (and even then, a few minutes is a LONG time to really focus on something). There are a trillion distractions that cause this...and it IS age-related. A 2-year old's attention span is VERY short. At 15 your attention span is about 50% of it's potential. At 30 you've reached your maximum attention span...and then it's downhill from there. By the time you're 60, you're back to the attention span of a 2-year old (for most of us anyway)! :eek: :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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I'm past 70 and my -- what was I talking about ?
 
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