John Barton
New member
bandido said:The BSCP has a No Prima-Donna rule. They'd rather spend the excessive requested compensation on projects to benefit the many(other players in the country). This sport is not going to end up like another pro-sport here where the players' salaries got out-of-control which caused more harm to that sport. Now that pro sport orgs finances is in the red and all the players are getting 40% or more pay cuts. Advertisers/sponsors don't spend as much as you think for pool and that's common knowledge.
A "No Prima Dona" Rule? That's pretty good. I guess Earl is off the Philippine team then
I guess from the pro-side of the argument they would love to see salaries "get out of control".
Do professional golfers make salaries from the associations? How about tennis players? Does Nascar or Formula 1 pay salaries to the drivers? I don't think so, I think that i each of these situations the administrative and promotional body provides the format for each individual athlete to earn as much competitively as they can and also a format to gain the exposure that brings sponsors who want to share in that exposure.
Guiness could replace any player with any other anyway. There IS no personality on this tour. The title sponsor makes the players dress in a bland Guiness uniform with a little room on the sleeve allowed for player's other endorsements. It's clear that pool players don't have to worry about their "salaries" getting out of control any time soon.
And the way that this is being handled is ridiculous. If a player does receive an INVITE to this "tour" then they should be allowed to play it out. This is a tour only in the sense that a traveling carnival is a tour. The players are handpicked rather than having to earn their spots and as we see just like pro wrestling any player can be yanked off the card at any time if he does not behave.
Make it a TRUE tour and invite the best in the WORLD to come and play. Have qualifiers and a truly inclusive roster. Forget about this nonsense about making the player looked like trained monkeys and let's see them play in a truly competitive environment that is inclusive and not divisive.
If I were a player on the Guiness Tour I guess I would need to keep my head down and not piss off management for fear that they would yank the meager earnings chance they are tossing out like breadcrumbs to beggars.
I bet they spend more on the promotional crap than they do on the prize funds. Don't worry about pool player's salaries getting "out of control" as long as you have such complete CONTROL over the players.