Class of 92 may be allowed into The Seniors

According to the ultra reliable Sun newspaper.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/34055432 ... niors/amp/

Fandabidozi.

Like Ronnie will turn up for the seniors

The_Abbott wrote:Like Ronnie will turn up for the seniors

Well, that's it.

There is an air of clickbait about this.

The headline was; "Ronnie might win two World Titles this season." And the story was that there's been a rule change to allow over 50s into the Seniors regardless of rank. Will any of them even enter?

And even if they did, they probably just their way of getting more viewers. I mean, I can't think of any other reason to let top-16 players laying the smack down on 70 year olds.

and didn't Mark J Williams already win this when he was like 40?

The_Abbott wrote:and didn't Mark J Williams already win this when he was like 40?

Yeah, something like that.

Wasn't that why the rule was changed?

By the same token, Jimmy White could win two World titles this season, no?

SnookerEd25 wrote:By the same token, Jimmy White could win two World titles this season, no?

I mean, in theory.

I think they were working under the assumption that if Ronnie entered both, he was more likely to win them.

SnookerFan wrote:According to the ultra reliable Sun newspaper.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/34055432 ... niors/amp/

don't link to the sun. but yes per the wss facebook page, they have ended their current agreement with wst; and so any player over 45 will be able to enter the seniors events provided it is not on the same day and a world tour sanctioned event.


https://www.facebook.com/WorldSeniorsSnooker

Just a way of getting publicity/money grab, isn't it?

Adding players in the top-16 adds anything to the quality of the event.

Not that it was a brilliant event anyway.

Its Ridiculous

In about 2 years the likes Of Robbo, Selby, Murphy will be eligible and Hawkins, Carter Bingham already are .

Dare to dream.

Wildey wrote:Its Ridiculous

In about 2 years the likes Of Robbo, Selby, Murphy will be eligible and Hawkins, Carter Bingham already are .

Carter to be two time World Champion by the end of May.

Money will prevent the top players entering anyway. Not enough for them to get out of bed for.

Yeah.

It remains to be seen how many of them will bother to enter.

Wildey wrote:Its Ridiculous

In about 2 years the likes Of Robbo, Selby, Murphy will be eligible and Hawkins, Carter Bingham already are .

Calm down.

SnookerFan wrote:Yeah.

It remains to be seen how many of them will bother to enter.

Ronnie and Willo will

Willo said on Twitter and Jason Francis is Ronnies manager plus a bit more relaxed than facing Judd and Co ideal for Ronnie in his old age extra cash for school fees as well ready for the grandkids.

I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

mick745 wrote:I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

Its all about Making Money its gone away from Nostalgia and what the whole Point of it was

Wildey wrote:

mick745 wrote:I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

Its all about Making Money its gone away from Nostalgia and what the whole Point of it was

Honestly, if this makes the presentation less amateurish I’m not against it.

I don’t think the Seniors exactly does wonders for snooker’s perception.

Iranu wrote:

Wildey wrote:

mick745 wrote:I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

Its all about Making Money its gone away from Nostalgia and what the whole Point of it was

Honestly, if this makes the presentation less amateurish I’m not against it.

I don’t think the Seniors exactly does wonders for snooker’s perception.

I wonder how many people watache it anyway.

For years it was on that FreeSports, and then moved to the BBC, but it was tucked away on the Red Button / I-Player. Doesn't bring a lot of attention to itself.

I know it moved to Channel 5 last year. Maybe these 900 tournaments they put on sometimes will get it some kind of publicity.

Iranu wrote:

Wildey wrote:

mick745 wrote:I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

Its all about Making Money its gone away from Nostalgia and what the whole Point of it was

Honestly, if this makes the presentation less amateurish I’m not against it.

I don’t think the Seniors exactly does wonders for snooker’s perception.

Who cares about what people think about Past it players it just goes to show how difficult the sport is even for former top players.

The Main tour is the Main thing the clue is in the Fact its the Main Tour.

Wildey wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Wildey wrote:

mick745 wrote:I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

Its all about Making Money its gone away from Nostalgia and what the whole Point of it was

Honestly, if this makes the presentation less amateurish I’m not against it.

I don’t think the Seniors exactly does wonders for snooker’s perception.

Who cares about what people think about Past it players it just goes to show how difficult the sport is even for former top players.

The Main tour is the Main thing the clue is in the Fact its the Main Tour.

I think it’s better for the sport in general that a Seniors tour is presented as a legitimate addendum to the main tour, not a glorified knockabout.

It clearly seems to be gaining traction, and whether you or I like it or not, it’s going to have an influence on how casual onlookers view the sport in general. I’d prefer that influence to be as positive and professional as possible.

Do we get michaela back??

Running side wrote:Do we get michaela back??

We can only hope.

Was she also in the Class of 92?

Iranu wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Wildey wrote:

mick745 wrote:I think it should be restricted to players no longer on the tour.

Its all about Making Money its gone away from Nostalgia and what the whole Point of it was

Honestly, if this makes the presentation less amateurish I’m not against it.

I don’t think the Seniors exactly does wonders for snooker’s perception.

Who cares about what people think about Past it players it just goes to show how difficult the sport is even for former top players.

The Main tour is the Main thing the clue is in the Fact its the Main Tour.

I think it’s better for the sport in general that a Seniors tour is presented as a legitimate addendum to the main tour, not a glorified knockabout.

It clearly seems to be gaining traction, and whether you or I like it or not, it’s going to have an influence on how casual onlookers view the sport in general. I’d prefer that influence to be as positive and professional as possible.

I Disagree there was pretty good performances from the likes of Igor ad it was competitive everyone had a chance Dont think watching Top players of Today anialating 45+ amataurs going to be that entertaining