I’m going to give everyone a GREAT idea on how to “sell” pool on TV. Everybody is going at it from the wrong angle…they are trying to get the PRO’s to introduce it from the TOP down. I propose introducing it from the BOTTOM.
I don’t know where anybody else grew up, but I grew up in what is considered by some to be the South. If you look around the USA today, you will see that a large percentage of the people who still play pool regularly are from the South.
What do Southerners go for: NASCAR, WRESTLING, UFC, and various things that many people from other parts of the territory consider to be “beneath” them. If you look at many of the things that were once considered “REDNECK” entertainment, you will see a lot of wealthy, prospering enterprises.
I suggest a reality show where a PRO is matched up with a “TRAIN WRECK CELEBRITY” and they are given so many weeks to prepare them for an eventual tournament and the winner receives X-Amount of money at the end of the show. Have them sequestered, like Big Brother, and let them live together and fight over table time on the one or two tables that would be provided in the house. They could have challenges and rewards for winning that would give them “extra” table time with their PRO mentor which would increase their chances for winning the overall tournament. Sponsors could provide a "McDermott, Meuci, etc." cue to the winner of a challenge so that it would be an incentive to win to get better equipment to prepare you for your matches while the other players had to use a house cue. The next winner could get "Kamui" chalk or something from another pool sponsor.
You could approach this idea with unknown players, but you wouldn’t get the immediate “Jerry Springer” attraction of the train wrecks which would provide a larger audience.
This idea may need a little fine tuning, but I’ve given you an idea of what I am envisioning. I’ll take Tonya Harding, coached by Earl Strickland, over Lindsay Lohan, coached by Ralf Soquet, with 3 games on the wire.
If “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, “Duck Dynasty”, “Honey Boo Boo” and the others can survive and rake in the cash, surely Tonya Harding bashing somebody’s head in with a pool cue will invigorate the game.
Joe Rogan can be the host of the show and we can put everybody in one of FATBOY's mansions..
Now that this has all been figured out for you for FREE, whoever takes the money and runs with it owes me royalties.
I don’t know where anybody else grew up, but I grew up in what is considered by some to be the South. If you look around the USA today, you will see that a large percentage of the people who still play pool regularly are from the South.
What do Southerners go for: NASCAR, WRESTLING, UFC, and various things that many people from other parts of the territory consider to be “beneath” them. If you look at many of the things that were once considered “REDNECK” entertainment, you will see a lot of wealthy, prospering enterprises.
I suggest a reality show where a PRO is matched up with a “TRAIN WRECK CELEBRITY” and they are given so many weeks to prepare them for an eventual tournament and the winner receives X-Amount of money at the end of the show. Have them sequestered, like Big Brother, and let them live together and fight over table time on the one or two tables that would be provided in the house. They could have challenges and rewards for winning that would give them “extra” table time with their PRO mentor which would increase their chances for winning the overall tournament. Sponsors could provide a "McDermott, Meuci, etc." cue to the winner of a challenge so that it would be an incentive to win to get better equipment to prepare you for your matches while the other players had to use a house cue. The next winner could get "Kamui" chalk or something from another pool sponsor.
You could approach this idea with unknown players, but you wouldn’t get the immediate “Jerry Springer” attraction of the train wrecks which would provide a larger audience.
This idea may need a little fine tuning, but I’ve given you an idea of what I am envisioning. I’ll take Tonya Harding, coached by Earl Strickland, over Lindsay Lohan, coached by Ralf Soquet, with 3 games on the wire.
If “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, “Duck Dynasty”, “Honey Boo Boo” and the others can survive and rake in the cash, surely Tonya Harding bashing somebody’s head in with a pool cue will invigorate the game.
Joe Rogan can be the host of the show and we can put everybody in one of FATBOY's mansions..
Now that this has all been figured out for you for FREE, whoever takes the money and runs with it owes me royalties.
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