Trick shots vs regular pool matches?

macguy

macguy

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I am just curious, where does the money the trick guys play for come from? What are the entry fees? Also what do they seem to know that the rest of pool doesn't seem to know as far as the TV time they seem to get.

I am not knocking the trick guys I just wonder is there really such a larger audience for trick shots then regular pool matches? Is there some Godfather (mastermind) behind the scenes who has directing them and gotten them to where they are now? This can't just be an accident or chance.
I can't help but wonder.
 
macguy said:
I am just curious, where does the money the trick guys play for come from? What are the entry fees? Also what do they seem to know that the rest of pool doesn't seem to know as far as the TV time they seem to get.

I am not knocking the trick guys I just wonder is there really such a larger audience for trick shots then regular pool matches? Is there some Godfather (mastermind) behind the scenes who has directing them and gotten them to where they are now? This can't just be an accident or chance.
I can't help but wonder.
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Pool players don't even watch pool matches so why would the general public?

TV companies know this..
 
voiceofreason said:
Pool players don't even watch pool matches so why would the general public?

TV companies know this..
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So you are saying that the public watches this trick stuff? What kind of audience do they get?
Do they have an organization that make the TV deals? Who in in back of that?

I don't know what TV companies know, I doubt they know anything about pool audiences. The numbers would be so low as to not be of interest to any TV production company regardless, so how does it get on?

That is why I asked if they have someone behind the scenes in their corner that make it happen. You could pick almost anything and it may draw more audience then pool be it the trick shots or a match.
 
Entertainment

There is more entertainment with the trick shots. The players interact with the audience and to most of the general public the shots that are performed have a kind of magical element. It leaves them wondering how they did that. Just look at all the hits Florian Kohler has received. I have been playing pool for over 20 years and he leaves me scratching my head wondering how the hell he did that.:eek:
The only person that comes close to interacting with the public during tournaments is Earl and sometimes it is not good.
 
rramsey0011 said:
There is more entertainment with the trick shots. The players interact with the audience and to most of the general public the shots that are performed have a kind of magical element. It leaves them wondering how they did that. Just look at all the hits Florian Kohler has received. I have been playing pool for over 20 years and he leaves me scratching my head wondering how the hell he did that.:eek:
The only person that comes close to interacting with the public during tournaments is Earl and sometimes it is not good.
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Who runs the whole thing? How did it go from nonexistent to where they are now? Plus the money is pretty big. Who are the main sponsors? Also as I asked before, what are the entry fees? Does the rest of pool have something to be learned from these guys.
 
macguy said:
Who runs the whole thing? How did it go from nonexistent to where they are now? Plus the money is pretty big. Who are the main sponsors? Also as I asked before, what are the entry fees? Does the rest of pool have something to be learned from these guys.
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Those are great questions and I wish I could help you there but I have no idea. I'm interested in finding out also.
 
There's a history of the evolution of trick shots here, and it may answer your questions.
http://www.artisticpool.org/about/

It sounds like the major sponsors were the WPA, the BCA, and Dr. Cue... though to be fair
this website is Dr. Cue's brainchild so it's not impartial.
I also see that some of the usual suspects (tiger, diamond, simonis) sponsor trick shot promotions.

I don't have hard numbers but my memory throughout the past 15 years tells me that
trick shots shows were far more common than tournament broadcasts. Before that,
maybe they were both equally prevalent. I dunno who arranged the TV contracts. Tom Rossman?
 
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