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Banning Coolrey

Posted By: phil Simborg
Date: Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 11:56 a.m.

In Response To: Banning Coolrey (adambulldog)

If they would ban Coolray, Neil, Stick, RM, Sax, Petko, MCG, Perry, Dana, and Kit, I, and others I know, would probably make every ABT event.

Can we take a vote? (Sorry if I left out a WC player who makes it to many ABT events.)

On a serious note, I hope some day tournaments attendance will warrant having a Championship Division that is above the Open Division, so players like the ones named above who have demonstrated their ability to play at at the highest levels of the game will compete there. That would give us "ordinary" Open Level Players a place to play where were have a better chance to win more often. Yes, I know, if you look at the results there are plenty of times where no seeded player wins or even gets to the final 4...anyone can win. But I'm talking about odds and talking about a reasonable chance.

I also think it would simply be more fun to have a higher division so we would see the top players go head-to-head with each other more often. I know the Masters event accomplishes this to some extent.

In the late 70's and early 80's I traveled extensively on the Pro Racquetball Tour, when it was in it's heyday, and I won a few tournaments, and I had a ball, partially because I was one of the best players in my division. I never had to compete against a pro...they had their own division. So I, and hundreds of others traveled all over the US competing because it was fun and because we all had a chance to take home a trophy and improve our rating. If I had had to compete against some pros, I doubt I would have spent the time and money to attend.

Messages In This Thread

• Banning Coolrey
  adambulldog -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 5:23 a.m.
  • Banning Coolrey
    mfic -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 5:27 a.m.
    • Banning Coolrey
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 10:31 a.m.
      • Banning Coolrey
        adambulldog -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 3:31 p.m.
    • Banning Coolrey
      Coolrey -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 5:45 p.m.
      • Banning Coolrey
        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 11:38 p.m.
        • Banning Coolrey
          TarHeelFan -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 12:39 a.m.
          • Banning Coolrey
            Coolrey -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 1:42 p.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 12:39 a.m.
          • Banning Coolrey
            Chuck Bower -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 12:54 a.m.
            • Banning Coolrey
              Rich Munitz -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 3:06 a.m.
        • Banning Coolrey
          Coolrey -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 1:41 p.m.
          • Banning Coolrey
            joe freedman -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 10:30 p.m.
            • Banning Coolrey
              Jason Lee -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 11:02 p.m.
            • Banning Coolrey
              Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 21 July 2009, at 12:58 a.m.
      • Banning Coolrey
        phil Simborg -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 12:30 p.m.
        • Banning Coolrey
          Coolrey -- Monday, 20 July 2009, at 1:38 p.m.
  • Banning Coolrey - Old Threads
    Dan Pelton -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 5:45 a.m.
    • Banning Coolrey - Old Threads
      adambulldog -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 6:23 a.m.
      • Banning Coolrey - Old Threads
        Jason Lee -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 7:33 a.m.
  • Banning Coolrey
    phil Simborg -- Sunday, 19 July 2009, at 11:56 a.m.