that is what is happenning to jai-alai today. the statement
that jai-alai players can do no wrong. they always play to win,don't
trust your own eyes, just trust in a game period.to me it is very
evadent that anyone who has concern and voices thier opinion gets
attacked like they are the ones killing jai-alai... i am 63 years
old have been a jai-alai fan and bettor for over 35 years. now
let me reply to your 3 questions.
1. no i am not going to stage a boycott. no need they are doing
enough to kill the game on thier own.
2. no i can't throw 120 mph rockets anymore, arms and shoulders
and just getting old. but maybe if they use the same radar gun
and formula they used when they set the record of 188 mph...
3. my backhand outside placement was always my favorite and best
shot, but i can't hardly throw much at all no more.. but i still
try....
now let me tell you some thing..this may sound like i'm mad ,
but really i'm not.
i read all the posts here and how everybody loves jai-alai and
wants to do anything they can to help the sport make a comeback.
nice words... but just words. period. what is going to save jai-alai
??? a lot of talk, or maybe,,,just maybe if all you people would
do what is really needed...bet the games !!!! wow !!!!! how come
no one ever thinks of that ???? oh i see you love the game as
long as it doesn't cost you a penny. i put my money in play in
jai-alai everyday..now when i say i bet at least 40 dollars a
game. i do...but i cash winners and that keeps me betting all
day. some weeks i do really well ,some weeks not so much. but
i keep the money going thru the machines, because that is what
the game really needs now. i feel i am helping to keep jai-alai
alive. and if i see something i don't like, or that concerns me,
i will always voice my opinion. if you people don't like what
i post, well i am more than willing to stop posting here. and
maybe i should brush up on my spelling...really ??? PARDON ME
!!!! i didn't know we were going to be graded on our spelling...i
really never was a good speller anyway. as you can plainly see..lol
betting jai-alai one time a month is not good enough. betting
jai-alai only when the citrus is going on, that is good,,,but
you need to do more. i work for a living and i am not rich. i
earn about 70,000 a year from working, and maybe about 35,000
from my little catering company. so i put money into this game
everyday...i love the game and i put my money where my mouth is..i
am not just talk. but if you are really happy with the way things
are going. well good luck with that. kiss the game goodbye people.
the way i see it jai-alai is teatering on a very fine point now,
and i think it is just being used to get poker and slots for every
fronton, then they are going to give the big kiss off to jai-alai.
why ??? because there is no money being bet on jai-alai. and there
won't be unless you can get the betting public to trust and beleave
they can win money..not 120 bucks for a trifecta...we need bettors...so
keep bad mouthing and treating the betting public like crap and
lets see how that works out for you...so go ahead and tell bettors
to drop thier bets from $40 to $2 a game that i am sure is the
way to go..NOT !!!!!! so now comon all you posters be honest...how
much and how often do you all bet jai-alai, lets see who really
supports the game. or who has to lie to keep up apperances. i
am willing to guess at least half of you don't even bet one time
a week. i know i shoot off my mouth rather freely. for the most
part i am sorry for some of the things i post if i upset some
people. but i just feel it is a good thing when people who really
support the game sound off about the game. it shows a passion
for improvement. hate me if you wish, but i am doing what i can
to help, i'm putting my hard earned cash in it. how about you
??? just talk,,,huh ???? now how many are going to respond to
this post with the truth. and how many won't respond at all because
they don't bet at all...comon talkies chime in...who bets and
how offten.
if you don't bet be man (or woman)enough to admit it. or are you
ashamed that all you really do is talk. that includes all you
former pro players. do you guys support the sport and put money
into the sport? or did you just take the money and run??? and
the players don't make good money. well why do they keep comming
to the U.S.A. to be under paid??? it is a job !!!! you all know
there are not alot of jobs out there. and playing jai-alai and
getting paid to do so ...well what can i say...they keep comming
over here to play for money , so it can't be all that bad.
now i am not saying they are paid enough..they do deserve more
than what they get, but it is way far from minimum wage.and i
can't tell you how many households here are liveing on just that
$8.25 an hour with children. and work thier asses off in some
sweatshop. so 30,000 to 50,000 a year to play a game you love
to play. well you tell me...want to turn your back on that, and
go to work at macdonalds selling fries. i think not !!!! you mean
to tell me nobody even noticed that jai-alai is taking a back
seat even in the name of the place.CASINO MIAMI JAI- ALAI...what
does that tell you ???? HELLO !!!! i said this before and let
this be on record, after a short time and the bettors don't support
the game of jai-alai..well that amount of floor space would and
will generate much more money with slots and table games. these
are facts. and if you think they are putting money in to help
jai-alai, well they are not....they only want slots, poker, and
table games. all the other bullshit is just that, bullshit.. why
else does miami keep crapping all over the betting public..they
know the future. and it is not jai-alai, they have thrown in the
towel years ago..they will treat you all like mushrooms..they
will keep you in the dark and feed you crap..remember newport
??? pucker your little butt up here it comes again....they are
going to tell you all the things you want to hear, and stick it
in your rear !!!!!