No one can set the baize alight like The Rocket,but if he continues to treat the paying public in this way perhaps it is time for him to depart for goodThe continual willingness of snooker to indulge Ronnie O’Sullivan is no considerable surprise. It is, nonetheless, and a recurring disappointment.
This is a sport greedy desperately for relevance and finance. Which is a shame,with arguably the greatest depth of talent at the top level in history now in place. A combination of circumstances bear impacted negatively on snooker, from the ban on tobacco sponsorship to investigations into match-fixing, and with the former world No5 Stephen Lee banned for 12 years as a result. The game’s profile has suffered.
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Source: theguardian.com