xX-Wizard-Xx
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What... No I'm saying people need to get out and play and quit b1tching about every little aspect. Pool feels like the only game where people constantly b1tch about the equipment the rules and everything else
Would 8 ball be much more interesting to the general TV viewing public if....
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Guy Manges
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Brilliant...
Ghost of OBC
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People who play golf have lots of disposable income. Companies really like being associated with golf (look at the sponsors for pro tournaments: banks, consulting firms, industrial companies). Golf is very expensive and golfers spend lots of money on both playing and equipment. Golfers are also likely to be high-value targets for advertising of non-golf products, like business technology solutions, luxury watches and cars, travel, etc.
What I find funny is the focus on gambling as the downfall of pool. The biggest golf bets I've seen could buy you a house. I can't really say that about pool betting.
If I were in charge of marketing pool, I'd emphasize the gambling a little, but get rid of the dive bar stuff (and I love dive bars). I think polities allowing smoking in pool rooms is probably more detrimental to pool than any of the gambling stuff. Look at the kinds of programs Draft Kings and other sports books advertise on. It isn't the gambling, it is the association with down-market environments that holds pool back. If pool were associated with wealthy businessmen gambling high in private clubs, we'd have a pool channel on cable.
Greg M
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I'm an English pool player myself. At a glance, it's also much easier to see shot selections and routes, especially in your peripheral vision. I don't get that chance playing American eight-ball, and I often have to study the whole table to map out my selection.
WobblyStroke
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Generally a good idea to map out your run. The diff colors and #s make it easy to say to someone: "7, 2, 5, 3, 8" to let em in on your master plan...before you overrun position by a foot and have to recalculate that is
. I still prefer it to this yellow, then that yellow, then the yellow by the side....tedious. I like the Y/R balls to play on, but for coaching someone up on patterns it isn't ideal, and for TV it is awful. I want announcers to be able to easily convey the pattern they see and predict.
Based on things I've read, here on the internet, pool is actually played by more people than golf. (I don't have the sources so don't ask.) But, think about it. There are a lot of people, dozens (maybe hundreds) even, who go out to their local bars, drink, and play pool every weekend. Seriously though, go to a hole in the wall bar with a pool table. A lot of time there's people playing. And that's just your little bar. But what investment did they have to make to play that game Basically nothing. They were there already, pulled a cue off the wall (didn't look at the tip but rolled it on the table to make sure it's straight), pushed their quarters in, got to break the balls hard (always fun,) and played a game that the vast majority look at as luck with a touch of skill. And when the night ends, they probably won't remember they even played. It was a fun night.
Let's get to golf and it's commitment, though. Make a tee time. Are your clubs in order? Are you wearing the right clothes for the course? Do I have anything else I need to do today? And most people don't show up to a golf course without clubs. They might be borrowed. But they still brought them (most pool players don't worry about bringing a cue.) It's a fun time out with your friends. And if they hit a really good shot... Well, they're going to remember that shot more than they remember the bad ones. Pool, on the other hand, they might remember if they won that singular game they played. But, most likely, they won't even remember playing pool as a part of their night. Golf, though, is an event.
While I consider golf and pool to be similar games (out of shape people can play either one extremely well), they're not the same when it comes to tv time. Golf is typically played by at least middle income folks, whereas, pool is played by anyone who ventures into a bar and can pick up a stick. Plus, we have so many competitive options to watch here in the US compared to other countries.
In my opinion, unless pool somehow manages to get at least as exciting and explained properly via commentator as cornhole, it's stuck where it's at.
I had an entire post about this typed up but you nailed in in way fewer words.
The problem is, those dive bars (I love them too) are where the vast majority of where pool is played in the US. And No Smoking rules haven't helped any pool rooms around me.
I just feel like the US has too many competitive sports/games for the average person to spend their time on. I mean, how is pool supposed to compete with football, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, etc... To the best of my knowledge, most other countries don't have that many options.
I've said it forever, people love action and violence. Look on the stage, its the Terminator himself.
Players get one slap each after every game or bring in outsiders from the audience, spouses, etc. No weight class.
We could always bring in the girls, sex sells. What household wouldn't watch good looking gals slapping
the piss out of each other.
Look at the timing of the swing, we could compare it to stroke timing for starters.
I am sure we could come up with a fine plan.
Rule #1 - the players can either shake or bank for the break?? Maybe “bank for the break” means to lag? Any idea what “shake” means?
Snooker *used* to be huge because because it was heavily featured on BBC back when they had like 2 channels. With the number of TV channels and streaming services available today, their numbers are steadily declining.
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Rock, paper, scissors I think.
Because millions of Americans play golf?
xX-Wizard-Xx
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well yeah ... but why .... it is no more/less interesting than pool ... what draws people to that.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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i dont see any reason why people would gravitate to golf vs pool .....
Bank means you play the cue ball off a bank to return to a bank. In England it is called "stringing". Yes, lagging.
Shake means to shake the pea bottle and draw peas.
Billy: I think he is going to shoot that red ball next.
Danny: Which red ball Billy?
Billy: The one near the side pocket.
Danny: You mean the 3 ball?
Billy: There is no 3 ball Danny. All his balls are red, see.
Danny: His balls are red? He must have slept on the street last night...
Danny: Which red ball Billy?
Billy: The one near the side pocket.
Danny: You mean the 3 ball?
Billy: There is no 3 ball Danny. All his balls are red, see.
Danny: His balls are red? He must have slept on the street last night...
Nobody and I mean nobody wants to see two people kissing in a pool crowd. Some of the ugliest people I've ever seenDo it like a baseball game, soon as the player starts walking around, zoom in on a hot chick in the stands and put up a kiss cam
Because they play golf and know it's hard, for some reason they think pool is easy no matter how bad they suck.
They all think, if the cue ball was in that spot everytime they'd run out too. People are stupid
I wonder if he's also amphibias
Is that called Slap a Ho?