Tournament Suggestions (and a few other suggestions)

Whilst nobody would want to return to the dark days when only the World Championship counted towards rankings, thankfully long before I was born, or the dark days of 6 ranking events a year there surely must be questions to be answered about the sheer volume of tournaments now giving the PTC running at 12 events and a potential 12 ranking events these season. This excluding all the other non-ranking, pro-am and invitational events. Would it not be better to have a system where their was the following tournaments with the criteria stipulated.

Major Ranking Events
The World Championship - All tour players must take part in qualifying or if they are seeded take their seeding place unless they have a bloody good reason not to (like their in a coma, retired or suspended etc).
The UK Championship- All tour players must take part in qualifying or if they are seeded take their seeding place unless they have a bloody good reason not to (coma, suspension, retired etc)
The Masters- all those invited must take up their invitation place unless they've got a bloody good reason not to.

Minor Ranking Events[
(players should be required in their contract to attend at least two of these events)
World Open - players should be expected but not forced to take their places
International Championship- players should be expected but not forced to take their place
China Open- players should be expected but not forced to take up their places
European Championship (new ranker I'd introduce to be held in a different European Country each year): players should be expected but not forced to take up their places.

Players Tour Championships
Cut it down to 8 events- Players should expected but not forced to take up their places.

Other non-ranking events
Tour players should be forbidden from entering non-ranking events that take place at the same time as a ranking event or PTC.

Notes
The ranking points system should run one a 1 year non-rolling points based system that should retain the Top 64 players for the next seasons beginning in their positions but do it by ranking points earned in the new season, it will encourage more of the top players to attend lesser events to hold their top 16 place.
Also the season should run from September to May non of this rubbish starting in June rubbish.

Snooker season should be 12 month season none of this starting September load of bucking rubbish its a professional sport not a part time hobby

what other sport has a 4 month break ?

Wild WC wrote:what other sport has a 4 month break ?

Winter sports?

Odrl wrote:

Wild WC wrote:what other sport has a 4 month break ?

Winter sports?

define winter Sports lol

Because it is winter now in Australia but they cant ski there however They Can Play Snooker there so it makes perfect sense to have the Australian Open in July.

Wild WC wrote:

Odrl wrote:

Wild WC wrote:what other sport has a 4 month break ?

Winter sports?

define winter Sports lol

Because it is winter now in Australia but they cant ski there however They Can Play Snooker there so it makes perfect sense to have the Australian Open in July.

Not this rubbish again.

SnookerFan wrote:

Wild WC wrote:

Odrl wrote:

Wild WC wrote:what other sport has a 4 month break ?

Winter sports?

define winter Sports lol

Because it is winter now in Australia but they cant ski there however They Can Play Snooker there so it makes perfect sense to have the Australian Open in July.

Not this rubbish again.

Don't read it and don't comment on it then ffs hammer

Football - has a break
Rugby Union - has a break
Rugby League - has a break
Cricket - has a break


Snooker should be a winter only sport.

Smart wrote:Football - has a break
Rugby Union - has a break
Rugby League - has a break
Cricket - has a break


Snooker should be a winter only sport.

World Cups and European Cups should be scraped then

Wild WC wrote:

Smart wrote:Football - has a break
Rugby Union - has a break
Rugby League - has a break
Cricket - has a break


Snooker should be a winter only sport.

World Cups and European Cups should be scraped then

they are EXCEPTIONS to the rule, and have a special place.................if football had no summer break it would lose some appeal. Snooker needs a break - not just for players but for fans. Saturation is not a good thing.

Smart wrote:

Wild WC wrote:

Smart wrote:Football - has a break
Rugby Union - has a break
Rugby League - has a break
Cricket - has a break


Snooker should be a winter only sport.

World Cups and European Cups should be scraped then

they are EXCEPTIONS to the rule, and have a special place.................if football had no summer break it would lose some appeal. Snooker needs a break - not just for players but for fans. Saturation is not a good thing.

not going to happen any time soon.

The clue about saturation (happening right now) is players picking and choosing what to enter.

snooker should have a break minimum two months june and july that being a minimum

people need to recharge their batteries and keep fresh players and fans alike like smart says if football was played for twelve months a year non stop it would lose its appeal and i wouldnt find it as enjoyable as i do now i love the time in august when the new season is about to start likewise in snooker look at these two joke events so called ranking tournaments would have been better off without these

what utter rubbish

jojo wrote:snooker should have a break minimum two months june and july that being a minimum

people need to recharge their batteries and keep fresh players and fans alike like smart says if football was played for twelve months a year non stop it would lose its appeal and i wouldnt find it as enjoyable as i do now i love the time in august when the new season is about to start likewise in snooker look at these two joke events so called ranking tournaments would have been better off without these

what utter rubbish