I'll definitely be in the minority but I thought it was fantastic, though he was playing pretty poorly overall and then bang. Gutted for the fans?? They saw a 146. When was the last 146? He's wanted to do that for a while, and made it look effortless. He's an entertainer, not a humanitarian. Messi and Suarez's penalty comes to mind. Only Messi won't have made his goal bonus so public. Ronnie has always had a problem with speaking with emotion after a match, good or bad, and that lands him in artificial problems with the press.
My understanding is the 147 prize rolls over from tournament to tournament so he said 10k is not worth it, let it roll up so someone gets proper reward for doing a maximum.
I'll definitely be in the minority but I thought it was fantastic, though he was playing pretty poorly overall and then bang. Gutted for the fans?? They saw a 146. When was the last 146? He's wanted to do that for a while, and made it look effortless. He's an entertainer, not a humanitarian. Messi and Suarez's penalty comes to mind. Only Messi won't have made his goal bonus so public. Ronnie has always had a problem with speaking with emotion after a match, good or bad, and that lands him in artificial problems with the press.
You may not like it, you may not enjoy watching it, you may think it shouldn't be on the telly, but by the definition of a sport (get better by practice, requires skill, involves competition, etc.), it's a sport.
I make Ronnie right, only 116 147s have been made in the sport, so more prize money should be awarded. Great publicity as well. Is it a sport, for me not in the true sense of the word, no, but I still enjoy watching occasionally.
You may not like it, you may not enjoy watching it, you may think it shouldn't be on the telly, but by the definition of a sport (get better by practice, requires skill, involves competition, etc.), it's a sport.
Under this definition, chess and poker are sports. It could also include investment management as a sport.
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What about the fans Ron who pay good money to see you and would love to see a 147
Or a game - like poker.
Probably depends on which definition of "sporting" one is meaning to use when referring to O'Sullivan:
"Connected with or interested in sport" or "fair and generous in one's behaviour or treatment of others, especially in a contest".
wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing was cooked up by Barry Hearn to generate media attention on the sport
Great publicity as well.
Is it a sport, for me not in the true sense of the word, no, but I still enjoy watching occasionally.
Neither Oxford Dictionary nor Cambridge agrees with your definition.