Would You let someone use the EZ Jumper Tool?

Arguably, in its purest form, pool should be about who makes the shot and gets shape, and should not be tied to physical strengths or weaknesses. In other words, in a perfect world the 6'6" guy should not have an edge over the 5'0" woman, though in reality he does.

I really don't mind devices that aid with bridging.

It's not like there was a conscious design process where some pool inventor said "let's make the table big enough to make jumping difficult, so jumping's usefulness is limited"... instead it just happened to work out that way by accident. Dealing with awkward bridging is a necessary evil, not a desired part of the game.
 
When you ask "would you allow". I use a jump bridge and first reaction for someone who has never seen one is always is that legal. My answer is always are bridges legal? If so why not this one? So far no one has come up with logical answer that would disallow. Alex Pag used a bridge to jump in a US open match several years ago and the commentators had never seen it done. It was not called a foul or disallowed.
 
Tommy John Surgery

I can barely lift my thumb.
When there is a ball behind the cue ball, I can't make a bridge with my hand to shoot over the ball.
I don't play in tournaments because guy's who play safe have a big advantage on me.
Unless the Tournament Director okay's it use prior to the tournament.

Tommy John Surgery to fix my ruptured tendon didn't work.

I need a bridge to help me shoot over the ball.

The EZ jumper bridge allows me to shoot over a ball.

This is not a problem when I am gambling because, I let the other player know that I am going to use it.
If he say's no, then we don't play and he doesn't get a chance at my easy $ money.
 
Playing cue only! No jump cues, no break cues, nothing, only your playing cue. If a tip comes off use another shaft.
At the very least, any other cue you use must be used till the end of the rack. Wanna use a jump cue, fine, go ahead, but now you have to use it till the game is over.
All these "gadgets" are what's wrong with the game. The game is supposed to be hard, using all this other crap just closes the gap between the people that put in the time to learn to jump, bank, kick, etc.
 
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