wildJONESEYE wrote:where is the evidence to say the decision was a fiasco ?
wild... I've made a lot of posts expressing my views on this disturbing episode because I think it's really important.
I've tried to explain why I think this whole issue is important to snooker in a larger sense and not just to John personally.
Check through them if you want as they cover a lot of questions from members and comments on their concerns.
My issues from Day 1 about this tragic situation have remained unchanged over all these months because all the evidence that this
has been a fiasco is there for us to see if we're willing to open our eyes and try to grasp the larger picture, the picture that like a big puzzle has a lot of still missing pieces to complete our recognition of what actually has happened and our understanding of why. The NoTW sting didn't just pop into Mazher Mahmood's mind one day watching a snooker match.
He works off tips like "
Sarah Ferguson is so desperate for cash she'll sell exual favours" and his team springs into action. Maybe he thought he had a vulnerable pair in Mooney and Higgins because their WSS venture was failing. So, who told him that? Why did this happen almost immediately after Hearn is acclaimed by the player/members? Who was the puppet-master and what was their ulterior motive? Did they achieve their ends or is there more in the plan? You know, those kind of unanswered questions. I've suggested lots of reasons just even today why this is a fiasco... I've called the process by which today's verdicts and punishments were arrived at, a "Kangaroo Court" I've slammed the motives of the principals involved as being a "whitewash". I don't want to go over that again... but my reasons for saying so are offered in those posts.
I've suggested that it isn't about "truth" at all.... as Monique suggested, only Higgins and Mooney know what's "true" for sure.
I've maintained for 4 months that this whole thing is about "appearances" and still believe that. If WPBSA wanted it to look like they did the "right thing" with "impartiality" with "fairness" and minimize the damage, they failed big time. I know that the players pretty much voted Hearn in on a one-promise platform... more tournaments. None if any bargained on this rubbish. And it's probably got many on edge for various reasons. How the fans react is another worry... my guess ... not very well, but we'll have to see. Will the betting people be reassured it's
clean business now? I wouldn't bet on that. So the "fiasco" part wild is not just what happened, but unanswered questions as to why, and wtf will happen next?
It's definitely not a closed book, turn the light out and sleep soundly thing at all mate.
=o|
Noel