Wild wrote:just out of intrest how would you advertise snooker on a trailer ?
i have not seen it so cant coment on it.
from my perspective pre 1981 i had never seen snooker let alone be a fan of it and one day i was flicking through the massive 3 channells we had at that time and i came across this green table and balls and from that moment i was hooked.
like meeting a beutifull girl and you feel nothing then you might meet her twin sister and its love at first sight you just cant explain why you fall in love or become a fan.
Small things really. I've not seen the advert myself. I was watching the BBC for about an hour and a half, two hours straight on Friday night, and saw no adverts for the snooker. Okay, I know I can't expect the advert to be on every time I watch the BBC, but it might be nice if they put the advert on a lot more then the do, the most I've ever seen a snooker advert is about twice. I'd just like to see them make it a bit more regular, that'd be a start.
I remember one year as well, the advert was a lot of clips of Ronnie potting balls and them going on about how well Ronnie was playing, and the big boys will have their work cut out because Ronnie is in the tournament. It was an advert for Ronnie, not snooker. The message that gives is that it isn't worth watching the snooker, unless O'Sullivan is playing. A bit short sighted by the BBC.
I just think more could be done to advertise, especially with the worlds. More could be done to make sure people realise the significance of the fortnight. I saw plenty of adverts for The Grand National yesterday, but didn't watch it. The point is though, had I been channel surfing and seen it was on, I might have left on for a bit just to see how it was going. I think it's inhuman to treat horses that way, but with good advertising it might keep my interest if I channel surf on because it's built the Grand National up as something massive. Same could be done for snooker. They could at least try.