Women vs the Men

I assume you mean that if Jean was playing in open events today.

HA HA HA Very funny Mike. I was OF COURSE talking about the WPBA and even at that I may have been giving her too much credit. The old analogy holds true for dear ol Jean. The older I get the better I was. Anyway, enough of the past.

As far as the WPC goes. Do you seriously believe that ALL of the 128 men who played last year are better than Corr and Fisher? I didn't think so.

Mike. One tournament is no way to judge the quality of a player. You should know better than that although it makes your arguement look better. How about all of the times Reyes was knocked out early? Does that also make him unworthy? Come on.
What are you all scared of? Let them play and see what happens. We all honestly know they deserve to be there.
 
Honestly, is this even any kind of arguement? As any serious player knows, whether you are pro, A, B, or C, or even a roadie, on any given day anybody can beat anybody else. Bar rookies have beaten pros, women have beaten men, etc... why not just enjoy the fact that within this sport we all love, at any given time ,we are all capable of beating the next guy, whomever that may be.
 
I think you guys are missing the point. When Allison enters a WPBA tournament she is the odds on favorite to win. Karen is her real competition. Sure, anyone in the field can beat her, but the odds are still with Allison. If Allison enters a tournament with top male pros the odds of her winning drop drastically. Sure, she probably can beat anyone on any give day, but it would be a tougher battle for her. So why should she take the chance of harming her image? I think it would be a PR blunder for her to try and compete against the men. She has very little to gain and a whole lot to lose. Jake
 
Something else to consider is how the women are treated in these events. I am not talking about the major events like Barry Hearn's. I am talking about smaller regional tour events.

I know of at least one top 5 female player who won a smaller regional event in the past couple years. She said she was badgered by some of the players before she even collected her prize money. They were woofing about how much weight they would give her if she wanted to match up. This particular player doesn't care to gamble and she was completely put off by the whole thing.

Mike
 
Adanac67 said:


As far as the WPC goes. Do you seriously believe that ALL of the 128 men who played last year are better than Corr and Fisher? I didn't think so.
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when fisher and korr go into a wpba event, anyone would be silly to bet against them going all the way. in a men's tourney, anyone would be silly betting ON them. the issue is not not whether they are capable. the issue is "would they". and just as men can get upset, these two can also, although i would not so far as to say they would be "upset".

the exhibition tour with matthews clearly shows where allison is at. it was an extended tour played over time, not some one shot tourney. it would be safe to say that allison plays at grady's speed or a little less(according to the results) and chances are the exhibition was not as rigorous as a pro tourney event.
 
Rickw said:
I watch the women on TV and I'm really impressed with the way Allison Fisher and Karen Corr play. All aspects of their game seem to be exceptional. I don't care who you are, if you are running racks, it doesn't matter who you're playing or more to the point, whose sitting in the chair. I know people wonder about this but I'd like to know if anyone knows if Allison or Karen have played any of the men and if so, how they did.
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I see no issue with co-ed play for 9 ball. 8 ball I think would be tougher and that's due to the break speed needed to crush racks. Just my .02
 
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Why cant a man just take hormone treatments for a year and play in the women’s tournaments as a trans woman?
 
garczar said:
Chunk your junk for less money??? Knock yourself out.
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Just saying if the pool world wants it or not doesn’t matter to me and if there are no rules in place, one way or the other, the lawsuits could be devastating
 
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