I think the comments on rule changes are like our opinions in the shot selection threads.
While we try to figure out a shot that is different from the other guys and more imaginative, most of us are going to shoot the same shot most of the time.
There have been some interesting ideas about rule changes to speed up and/or improve the game, but let's face it, Tom is right, it is the greatest game in the pool room exactly how it is.
It would be better for me though with bigger pockets.
I believe I have been playing one pocket longer than most. I started playing it around 1955 on a 5 x 10 snooker table and on a regulation pool table around 1959.
It is great to see the growing popularity of the game we love. I promote the game in my local pool paper, Cue Sports Journal, and I help set up handicap one pocket leagues in local pool rooms for California Cue Sports. We are growing and picking up players and rooms with every session. We started with three of the biggest rooms in Northern Ca and around 60 players. Our next session, starting later this month, will have 7 or 8 rooms and over 100 players. We will be expanding to Southern Ca soon, and the plans are, into other states in the next few months.
You can check out the website at: californiacuesports.com for more information on the handicap one pocket league.