WPA license

[Willowbrook Wolfy]

Hey serious question for a change. On WPA license agreement. I was looking at 2021 US Open player agreement. It states you have to have a WPA license , and if players sign agreement they can’t play anyone else’s tournaments without written consent/approval for 14mos. Does that mean any player in the Open really has to ask permission each and every tournament after that’s not sanctioned by them? Even if they aren’t “pro”? Or are most tournaments sanctioned by them? I don’t recall seeing their logo on some of the bigger tournaments advertised. That just seems like they get you by the nuts.

 

[Joe_Jaguar]

Hey serious question for a change. On WPA license agreement. I was looking at 2021 US Open player agreement. It states you have to have a WPA license , and if players sign agreement they can’t play anyone else’s tournaments without written consent/approval for 14mos. Does that mean any player in the Open really has to ask permission each and every tournament after that’s not sanctioned by them? Even if they aren’t “pro”? Or are most tournaments sanctioned by them? I don’t recall seeing their logo on some of the bigger tournaments advertised. That just seems like they get you by the nuts.

Is that exactly what it says? Wasn't this the BS that came up in regard to Matchroom trying to squash the other US Open events owned by Griff? They had stated the wording was "US Opens" or something like that. Or maybe that was their response when asked about it and it didn't apply to other events. Look the thread up. Coincides with their word games too of switching it from US Open 9 Ball to US Open Pool Championships. They want to elevate their brand and act like 9 ball is all that matters. Unify it, own it, dictate it. They just scheduled the World 9 Ball on top of Griff's three US Open events too (He had no reason to pay WPA sanctioning either...).

And IF WPA means anything still trying to understand how Matchroom got away with scheduling two events on top of the Predator events already on the WPA calendar. Of course that is making a big assumption that posted calendar is even right on their website.

 

[Cameron Smith]

No the requirement was that they couldn’t play in a US Open 9 ball like tournament. But no one knew what that meant.

My best guess is that if someone decided to promote a rival US Open 9 ball tournament, you wouldn’t be allowed to play.