Without the US Open 9 ball event...

This year will be the first one I will miss in many years regardless of what happens with the players. But I will probably watch it online if my GF doesn't get too upset. If it wasn't for a trip we are taking I would be there either way.
 
I want the ABP players to play the Open

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Scott Lee said:
Hey justnum...Got any gamble in you? Why don't you put up (or shut up)...you take the ABP members boycotting the event. There are lots of us here who will take the other end...that at least several of the members listed on the 'boycott' list will show up and play. I'm in...how about you? Just think...if you won, you could donate all your 'winnings' to the ABP, to help them collectively "weather the loss" of the 2011 US Open 'income'! LOL

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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If the boycott is such a bad idea, then why bother forcing them to play an event they have no interest in playing. Assume life will go on without them, if they are a lost cause, then let them sail out to sea.

If they are getting such a great deal from Barry, then let them make their own mistakes. Let them realize how bad they messed up after the opportunity has passed.

That is the only way they will learn, by making mistakes.
 
jrhendy said:
If the ABP keeps wanting the tail to wag the dog this will be the first of many relationship problems with promoters until they fall apart.

This is a road that has been well traveled before and it never ends up well for the players.
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink.

The same goes for the players, they might not know how great a deal they get with Barry.

So when they get thirsty, they will know what not to do in the future and that is pass up on an opportunity.
 
I see many references to the same point, one I believe is crucial to the validity of the ABP's threat of boycott: the Open will go on and it will be great, still.

An example of something similar happened in the 1998 Tour de France. There was a major doping scandal and many of the race favorites were banned from competing or chose not to compete as a result of alleged unfair investigative procedures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_affair

Was it still a great race? You betcha. Watching protagonists battle to see who can step it up and take it down on the big day is always interesting and the Open will be so, as was the Tour without some big boys, with or without the ABP40.

Would the event be better with the 40? Yep, and Barry knowsthat, so he made some concessions to their position. Does he have to roll over and take it all? Nope...and that is what the ABP needs to realize: they stick to their position and they are gonna get shut out.

There are always some big names missing from the US Open. The Show must go on.
 
Black-Balled said:
I see many references to the same point, one I believe is crucial to the validity of the ABP's threat of boycott: the Open will go on and it will be great, still.

An example of something similar happened in the 1998 Tour de France. There was a major doping scandal and many of the race favorites were banned from competing or chose not to compete as a result of alleged unfair investigative procedures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_affair

Was it still a great race? You betcha. Watching protagonists battle to see who can step it up and take it down on the big day is always interesting and the Open will be so, as was the Tour without some big boys, with or without the ABP40.

Would the event be better with the 40? Yep, and Barry knowsthat, so he made some concessions to their position. Does he have to roll over and take it all? Nope...and that is what the ABP needs to realize: they stick to their position and they are gonna get shut out.

There are always some big names missing from the US Open. The Show must go on.
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But something positive was done after the boycott and the big names came back.
 
jay helfert said:
You have a myopic view of the world billiard scene. I hate to tell you this alarming news, but the USA is not the whole world. The U.S. Open has already been shown to a worldwide television audience. Sorry if you missed the notice. And the $180,000 that was paid in 2010 makes it the most significant single event in the American pool scene. It's actually far more than the 14% that SJM stated in an earlier post.

Plus it is the most important single event in determining who plays on the Mosconi Cup team! That is potentially a $15,000 payday, times five equals another $75,000! HELLO! Now we're talking over $250,000 in total money as a direct result of this one event. If you think this is meaningless to the pro pool players, you just aren't paying attention or are really clueless.

Bottom line, professional pool without the U.S. Open would suffer a huge loss. Spin it any way you want, but it all adds up to the same thing. The players need the Open more than Barry needs them. As far as your argument that players can't play in other tournaments because of slow pay by Barry at the Open. I say HOGWASH! This is also not worth debating, but somehow too obvious for your feeble mind to grasp.

And finally suggesting Barry employ the services of a loan shark, LAUGHABLE! Like I said, come up with something that remotely makes sense and then proceed. So far you have struck out twice.

There is one solution though. The players can show up and play, and accept the free entries plus the 50K in added money, and say thank you to Barry on their way out. Or they can stay home and pine for better horizons.
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I wish the ABP players would see this post. Maybe someone can print it out, make copies and send it to all of them in the mail. Wait that's not how things are done anymore. Copy and paste it onto an e-mail and send it out to all of them!

This is by far the best answer and solution to this whole ABP VS Barry and boycotting the US Open bs that has been talked about for so long here!

I wonder if they have really sat down and examined by boycotting this event how much it would affect their financial stability in a game that is extremely difficult to make a living at.
 
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