What is wrong with pool having a seedy image?

[ShootingArts]

"professional"

You were talking about professionals. Note the definition below.

"following as a business an occupation ordinarily engaged in as a pastime: a professional golfer."

'Fess up. Do you care about your paycheck and/or profits or will you be happy with whatever compensation you get for your labor? Is losing money to go to work OK? Nobody says that you have to hate what you are doing for it to be a profession. However only the bums and the independently wealthy don't seek a decent income from a fulltime occupation, love it or not.

Hu

I would like to see players playing for the love of the game, not for prize money, be it from tournament wins or gambling. If money is the only motivation to play, then that person should seek other avenues of income.

I have a lot more respect for someone who is willing to put in a sixteen hour session for free, never gambling a cent or playing for any prize money, than I have for a great player that won't bother playing at all unless there is the potential to make money. The first player loves pool, while the second player loves money.

That's not to say that it's wrong to play pool for money, but rather that money should not be the driving force behind playing pool.

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Rasta

 

[Rasta]

You were talking about professionals. Note the definition below.

Actually, I was talking about pool players in general, not just pro players.

'Fess up. Do you care about your paycheck and/or profits or will you be happy with whatever compensation you get for your labor? Is losing money to go to work OK? Nobody says that you have to hate what you are doing for it to be a profession. However only the bums and the independently wealthy don't seek a decent income from a fulltime occupation, love it or not.

There are a lot of people that work low paying jobs because they are doing what they want to do. Others hate what they do, but do it anyway because of the outstanding pay. If I had to choose between the two, I'd rather belong to the first group.

There's not much of a demand for great pool players in the USA, so if one wants to be a pro player, they had better not be expecting to get rich.

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Rasta

 

[ShootingArts]

Actually, I was talking about pool players in general, not just pro players.

Sorry, going back to the start of our subthread you posted the question below about pro players. Obviously when I responded it was about pro players.

[DEVILS_ADVOCATE]Why do pro pool players deserve more money?[/DEVILS_ADVOCATE]

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Rasta

No offense but the devil's advocate is arguing in circles now. I don't have time or inclination to play. Seeya on another thread!

Hu

 

[Rasta]

Sorry, going back to the start of our subthread you posted the question below about pro players. Obviously when I responded it was about pro players.




No offense but the devil's advocate is arguing in circles now. I don't have time or inclination to play. Seeya on another thread!

Hu

I'm not arguing in circles. I was talking about players in general when someone brought up pro players, to which I responded, as they are part of players in general. I didn't realize you had hijacked the thread to only be about pros.

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Rasta