The "governing body" of North American pool needs to step up to the plate and do their job for professional pool.
The WPA sure didn't do much for pocket billiards at the recent World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama. There was a volleyball person commentating on a snooker match, and she didn't even know the rules of the game. What was the WPA doing down there? Enjoying the scenery?
The WPA gets paid a sanctioning fee by tournament promoters. What do they do for that sanctioning fee in USA? Oh, wait. Do we even have any $100,000 events sanctioned by the WPA in USA by American tournament promoters? If so, how many?
Europe and Asia are rocking and rolling in professional pool. Go on the front page of AzBilliards News and look at all the photos of non-American professional pool players. The existing lot of American professional pool players is dwindling.
The "governing body" of North American pool needs to cultivate and grow professional pool here in the States. Those who think the WPA is needed for the so-called "sport," well, what about the Billiard Congress of America? I would be interested to learn what they are doing for professional pool. After all, they are representing USA, so I thought. There is a void here that does not seem to be getting addressed.
Pool in USA will soon be on the same level as croquet. Recreational pool in USA is doing great, and that satisfies the governing body of North American pool's industry members. Professional pool seems to have been orphaned.
Bye-bye, American pool pie.