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Can anyone tell me why the US does not have a team entered in the 2012 World Team Championship?
 
I searched other threads and didn't find anything. I also find it strange. I know there are costs to travel, but the prize fund looks worth it. SVB and Hunter Lombardo were in China just a week ago. Couldn't we have had a couple others meet them there to join? Or is it some kind of boycott. Or something else?
 
Diamond69 said:
I searched other threads and didn't find anything. I also find it strange. I know there are costs to travel, but the prize fund looks worth it. SVB and Hunter Lombardo were in China just a week ago. Couldn't we have had a couple others meet them there to join? Or is it some kind of boycott. Or something else?
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Did you not see Jerry's post quoted below and sourced from this thread (http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=279681)

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The WPA DID invite a team from America to participate and no one wished to attend. The WPA cannot force players to attend their events. This team event requires one woman per team and that was problematic for many players. As far as invitation timing it has been a problem for a long time. Many of the promoters that the WPA works through do not work on the details of their events like the host hotel and airport transportation and even the number of entrants until the last minute. The WPA has applied constant pressure in this regard to little avail.
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Thanks Rufus. Didn't see that thread. It's just unfortunate that the US was not represented.
 
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