Dave: You need to sit back and think about all this without the emotion you now have vested in it. I believe most will agree with what I am going to say.
You feel that you will get in a game with anyone that can come up with the money as long as they act like a gentleman. You want to play, not deal with all the B.S. That is a good attitude to have.
Now, I wasn't there, but for the sake of this argument, let's just say that Scott was a total jerk during the match. This ticked you off, and rightfully so. So, now, you have to ask yourself, as a gentleman, how should you handle it?? If you airbarrel the last set, then you have to accept the fact that you are not a gentleman, and have done far worse in the match than anything Scott did. So, how can you possibly be upset with Scott for his actions, when yours are far worse???
Granted, you want to punish him for his actions. There's a better way, and a gentlemans way to do that. You lost. Pay up. You still have your gentlemans standing, but you tell him what a fool he is. You would have lost another $150K to him if he acted right. He didn't, so now he is out the additional money that he will NEVER get a shot at. He can sit and watch while others get a shot at it.
All you are doing by not paying, and stating so publicly, is telling us all that you are a thief, and your word means nothing. You are not to be trusted. You may think you have pulled one over on Scott, but you haven't. All you have done is sullied yourself.
Sure, you will still get plenty of action. For the same reason pool will never get anywhere. Too many are in it for themselves, and don't care about making things better. Nowadays, it seems like everyone wants to airbarrel, and doesn't think a thing of it. In the old days, if you airbarreled, you got what was coming to you. And, for an amount this large, you would be lucky to live.
Anyway you look at it, you are becoming a thief by trying to exact revenge on Scott. Extremely foolish thing to do. And, it's not even about the money. It's all about, he didn't treat me right, so I am going to sell out my character. Foolish, foolish, foolish.
When you hurt yourself as much as you have trying to hurt someone else, what have you gained??? What is Scott's actual end of it?? Nowheres near $50k, not even half of that. Is it worth it??
A real gentleman, for that matter, a real man, would let it be known why Scott will not get another game with you. Not try and extort him like you say he is trying to do to you. That would be the only thing to do in a well known case like this. If it was private, someone could easily get killed. But, any violence when everyone knows it is just plain stupid. How can you say he is extorting you when you have admitted that you owe him the money?? You are doing nothing but making yourself worse than what you don't like about him.
