NACPBA to Billiards - “You’ve Been Trudeau’d”
February 27th, 2008 by poolcuereview
No one really believed this was going to happen, right? When the NACPBA announced their $22 million prize fund with $200,000 first place payouts, didn’t it sound just a little too good to be true? According to their website, the North American Confederation of Professional Billiards Associations (damn… even the name sounds like horseshit!) their mission is “To provide the professional pool player with and avenue to pursue his chosen profession and earn the money and respect afforded every other professional athlete and to further provide a solid path for the amateur aspiring to become pro.” I guess they weren’t too serious about that mission since they’re canceling their tour.
There will be more on this later in the week, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a statement. If someone comes and promises millions of dollars and he is a known felon or he refuses to divulge where he’s going to get the money to pay out the prize money, look him straight in the eye and call bullshit. The only way there will ever be a pro billiards tour with serious jack is if a real company steps up to sponsor it. Tell me that there’s a Budweiser Tour, a Rolling Rock Tour or hell, even a Denny’s Tour like the PBA has, show me a statement from the company that its real and I’ll believe it. But anytime some snake oil salesman like Kevin Trudeau or a complete unknown like “Tim Dennis” comes along hyping big paydays for a sport that doesn’t draw dick for TV ratings, I’m not gonna hold my breath.
More on this when Tim Dennis releases his “official statement”.
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