DN loses respect for Raymer

[Peter McDermott]

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And it is true that you can't become famous if the WPT (or the WSOP, the only significant alternative) isn't allowed to put your face on TV. Of course, this statement is meaningless. We're not trying to take away the ability of the WPT to put the players on TV. We're trying to take away their ability to force us to sign away the use of our name and image forever for no compensation, if we wish to play in these events.


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I've just finished reading Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream and it seems that there's a really interesting parallel between the two cases.

The field of Competitive Eating is heavily dominated by the International Federation of Competitive Eaters (IFOCE). Most of the events that they host are only open to their members, who are usually under contract to them. It's actually owned and run by a big NY PR company, who maintain really tight control over the people that they have a contract with.

The alternative is the much smaller Association of Independent Competitive Eaters who resent the power of the major league, and struggle against its control at every turn.

It seems to me that there are some really interesting parallels here, and who knows, if the poker thing doesn't actually pan out for you, there's always another form of competition you could try your hand at? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]