Your opinions... A year later

[DaveK]

You definitely need to be sent to Billiards HELL!!!!!

Good contributions you have made to the board, you have a fascinating array of posts Check them out folks, just to put this one in perspective.

Dave

PS That emoticon is for SARCASM

 

[Cuaba]

I thought it was dead

Over a year has passed since the last IPT event. I was just wondering what most of you believe will happen with the IPT - will it revive itself - or - will it just drift away into obscurity?

It is no secret about how I feel about this subject, so I will keep my opinion out of it, I was just wondering how people currently view this venture a year later. Have your views changed, or are they still the same?

For the IPT Players - what do you think we could all learn from this situation when building a new tour?

I have been one of the critics of the IPT here on the forum. And I believed it was all over.

After a long talk with Deno the other day, I think there will be more events. They are still sending checks, and Deno still has a job. The marketing staff is still going after sponsors.

Once the players are paid off, I think you will see a revised IPT with a new business plan.

 

[spadevil]

Actions speak louder than words or (fortnightly) emails with updates.

 

[Terry Ardeno]

You definitely need to be sent to Billiards HELL!!!!!

Why in the world would you post something like this?

If it was meant to be funny, it wasn't.

 

[RiverCity]

It is unfortunate that so many people turned a blind eye to KTs past and his overall character to have big dreams of him making them rich.
The IPT was a good concept, and it was good while it lasted money wise...... but until we have someone with some moral fiber opening up a large checkbook for the game, this will not be the last of the raw deals in pool.
Pool needs major corporate sponsorship and a new format for competitions to succeed.First things first though.... it needs to clean up its act, and lose the sleazy patina it seems to have.
I really believe pool could have success similar to poker, but the marketing isnt there. And the many reasons its not there yet are too numerous to list.
Chuck

 

[dudlock]

To answer one poster about the interest in the ipt, there are so many threads and posts in the main forum that I can only read about one third of the material and even without making one single post myself, it still consumes quite a bit of time. This is my first time in anything except the main page in a looooong time. As far as the ipt, I would say that I feel the same way that Blackjack does. He expresses himself more fully and much better than I, but I find myself feeling just as he seems to.....