Why not woman and men compete together?

CreeDo said:
Popular question, and lots of theories about it, here's a list.
These aren't all things I necessarily believe, just that I've seen mentioned a lot.

• While physical strength isn't an issue for most shots, it may have a role in the break, which has a big role in popular games like 8b, 9b, 10b.
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Whenever this subject comes around, I always talk about physicality, balance and coordination, but not brute strength. The conversation usually goes nowhere.

There are probably others I've seen and I'm forgetting.

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Breasts. Men don't have to deal with them. Many women do. It can be dealt with, but let's face it: for pool the cue stick tends to stroke around the chest area. It simply has to be dealt with, which just adds one more obstacle (punny).

Freddie <~~~ has enough obstacles
 
Cornerman said:
Whenever this subject comes around, I always talk about physicality, balance and coordination, but not brute strength. The conversation usually goes nowhere.

Breasts. Men don't have to deal with them. Many women do. It can be dealt with, but let's face it: for pool the cue stick tends to stroke around the chest area. It simply has to be dealt with, which just adds one more obstacle (punny).

Freddie <~~~ has enough obstacles
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watch it ! you gonna get nailed by woman ABer!! let me get zapped too! when woman bend down it might make them uncomfortable for lots of "dry men" looking!!!
 
Not the break

Now the soft 9 ball break is used by many top players successfully. Beside Bustimonte is not that strong and has a powerful break. No I think the right answer is not as many woman as men playing. Plus
 
Ib don't see much of a physical advantage in pool. Only answer is guy's don't wanna lose to women or women can't compete.
 
A long, long time ago in a World far different from present we all existed together. How long ago? So long ago the WPBA had not yet formed. In that time long ago, Women & Men played in the same brackets, same game, side by side, maybe not fair but nevertheless....true......:eek:

UNTIL!

A fair young lass named Jean destroyed a monster lad named Steve in a very prestigious tournament. The monster had his feelings hurt....:embarrassed2:

Not long after that happening a proclamation went out (from the mighty PBA or whomever) to the pool World that only men could play in their sanctioned events......:sorry:

Shortly after that edict the fair lasses of pool bonded together and that group started their own pool organization (aka WPBA).....:p

Now we all live happy ever after........:smile:

In essense, blame it on the Bossa Nova.....:wink:

randyg
 
randyg said:
A long, long time ago in a World far different from present we all existed together. How long ago? So long ago the WPBA had not yet formed. In that time long ago, Women & Men played in the same brackets, same game, side by side, maybe not fair but nevertheless....true......:eek:

UNTIL!

A fair young lass named Jean destroyed a monster lad named Steve in a very prestigious tournament. The monster had his feelings hurt....:embarrassed2:

Not long after that happening a proclamation went out (from the mighty PBA or whomever) to the pool World that only men could play in their sanctioned events......:sorry:

Shortly after that edict the fair lasses of pool bonded together and that group started their own pool organization (aka WPBA).....:p

Now we all live happy ever after........:smile:

In essense, blame it on the Bossa Nova.....:wink:

randyg
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Yeah, I remember when the PBA became the MPBA....
...and I spoke against it...I felt the PBA should be open.

However, if you took the top 5,000 billiard players in history....
...I doubt any of them are women.

I look at these games as 'war' games...
..men are warriors
..women are nurturers
Vive le difference
 
Women and mention are currently not at same speed when comparing top players

Allison Fisher would get a really big spot from SVB
 
We are not talking about winning or losing but the chance to compete against the opposite sex.

randyg
 
Luther Blissett said:
Probably fifty years from now the idea of having separate pool leagues for men and women will be as unthinkable as having separate leagues for black people and white people.
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Probably not. From a competitive standpoint men and women will never be the same. Nature can't help that. And who would want it anyway? Black and white have always been the same in that regard however.

JC
 
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