VNEA International Championships

[Reverend Dave]

I was surprised by the lack of coverage for the events which took place between 5/26/05 to 6/04/05 in Las Vegas. I didn't see any real coverage on any of the major websites. There were teams from all over the world and a multitude of events. Is it because this is the third major amateur event in Vegas in less than two months? APA, BCA and then VNEA. Or is there some other reason?

 

[sarahrousey]

Yeah, I was shocked to see the lack of coverage as well. Especially since there was this Dave guy that won both the 9ball and the 8ball tournaments....oh wait....I think you know him! Congrats Dave and everyone else that did well in the VNEA tournament.

Sarah

 

[Reverend Dave]

Thanks Sarah,
I was very sorry to hear about your the stolen cues. I hope they make their way back into your hands soon. Take it easy

 

[sharandrew]

I think the lack of publicity of the VNEA 25th anniversary had much to do with the coverage of the VNEA event. Other factors now make the once biggest tournament in Vegas a secondary event. It is a smoking event, and the event operators are living in the past and are stubborn to change for their image. They don’t know whats important peoples health. You can’t have fun when you can’t breath and your eyes are constantly burning. This brings any class of the event down to a “trailer park” level. For people who have been attending the event for many years this one was boring not worthy of the 25th year. The event does do many things better then the other tournaments but payout equality is not one of them. These factors as stated by many of the events participants this year are reasons for the coverage. Even with 100,000 league members annually they get half of what BCAPL gets to their event. VNEA is around 3,000 different players, where as BCAPL got around 6,500 different players. Image and reputation are main factors for lack of coverage. That why you hear more about BCAPL.