Even if he can make it big how long will it last. The way the gaming business is who knows how long Guitar Hero will last.
I'm an avid pool player and back in my younger days spent many hours a day hanging in pool halls and going to tournaments, etc. I know Corey Duel, a now professional pool player and world champion in 2001. He was about 14, born in '77, when his mother use to drop him off at the pool hall where I use to shoot at back in the 90's. Luckily for him, an old professional world champion from the '30s thru '50s, Jimmy Caras took a shine to him and taught him quite a bit that normally take years of self learning. He still does well and just won a tourrnament for $20,000 in Valley Forge(cost him $5000 entrance fee). I don't know how he's fairing lately but without endorsements he probably wouldn't make it. Most pro's have jobs, business or backers who put up gambling stakes where the player gets a part of the winnings. When you figure being on the road paying for entrance fees, hotel rooms, restaurant food, and transportation, you have to wonder if it's really worth the effort. Only a few of the pros make a good living at it. If he don't have a good 401K he's going to be in trouble.
http://www.snookerpool.net/corey-de...ofile-20061105/