Talk:International Pool Tour

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[edit] 26 October 2007 Move from K. Trudaeu Article

-- Unused Material from merger Dvorak.typist 22:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Slogans at IPT tournamaents
Slogans at IPT tournamaents

Trudeau's investment into pool brought pool players from around the world out of the woodwork by investing millions of dollars in an attempt to elevate pool as a legitimate sport.

In October 2006, the IPT was criticized by some of the winners for failing to disburse in a timely manner approximately $3 million in prize funds to tournament competitors. Thorsten Hohmann, a $350,000 winner from a July 2006 event said, "I'm the one who can leave with a smile, but it's just not right what Trudeau has done – all the lies."[1] The IPT originally announced that they were only going to pay out one-third of the winnings at that time, but in November they announced that they will pay out the $3 million in monthly installments instead,[1] which have been two payments of about $38,000 each as of December 20th.[2] Due to this and other factors, all IPT events have been postponed by a few months, though no specific dates have been set yet.[3]

[edit] Publicity piece?

This page is nothing more than a publicity piece for the now defunct IPT. [The previous unsigned message was posted, to the actual article page, by 75.37.46.36 (talk · contribs), 03:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)]

It probably does need cleanup. There's no cited material suggesting that IPT is defunct. They have had financial problems, but that doesn't mean they no longer exist. (I don't have any evidence that they aren't defunct, but the presumption is that they are not; it is hard to prove a negative like that.) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 04:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

  • The website listed remains active (appearing up-to-date), there were apparently some matches held in the fall of 2007, and there is a match scheduled for March of 2008. Until other proof of the company's supposed "defunct-ness" appears, I'm removing that line from the bottom of the article. Duncan1800 (talk) 10:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)