POST 1,000      So what is the current state of snooker?
What does this actually mean and why does it matter?
Monique said...  Amen. Snooker is a great product. Society
however has changed and the choices offered for diversions are
so many it is inevitable his audience has gone down. Come to it,
audience of most sports have gone down because they have to be
"shared" with more "competitors". Therefore maybe the way it is
promoted and its "image" need changes, not the sport itself.
What changes is debatable. Letting players express themselves
certainly is one thing that needs to be done. Off the table and
at the table. The latter, as Mark Selby recently pointed out in
his blog, can best be done in the more relaxed atmosphere of
invitationals and exhibitions... back to the roots then?
Anonymous said...  Snooker working class? And here was me
thinking that it had its origins in British Imperial India,
played by army officers.  I don't see many working class men
getting dressed up in full