Whats best for snooker?

What is best for snooker? We all sit and watch it when it is on, approximately somewhere around 6-8 million watched the World Championship final last year. I feel that the life has been sucked out of some of the top players. The life in things is what gives it its magnetism. So how do we create more life in the players and snooker as a whole?

Does anyone have an opinion on:

The addition of several wildcard placements for all competitions.

A masters tour.

Exhibition matches which are televised.

Steve Davis Retirement Talk

I've read on the internet in the last couple of days, talk about Steve Davis retiring from snooker. Thankfully Steve has said that he has no intention of retiring as long as the game is still enjoyable. It makes me mad when people go on about players being too old for snooker or pool, I mean you can practically play forever, as long as you are alive and have some coordination, admitedly to play good has more skill involved. I wonder if some of the people which say such things may not have been very good players themselves in their day? Why must people try and find something wrong all the time.

Good Luck Steve, I hope you win many games!

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Snooker Shambles:

I other day I read that a top snooker player has reportedley said that snooker is in a 'bit of a shambles’. It reminded me that I feel genuinely sad about the continuing decline of snooker over that last few years. Everyone can make an excuse of why this has happened; loss of tobacco sponsorship, no characters in the game now, the cloth is too smooth, the pockets are too easy, and the list goes on. Although there appears to be no actual movement in the correct direction, I expect that behind the scenes that there is something happening. I just wish that they would make those differences they are making visible to all.

If you were asked the question ‘who were the best players in snooker?’, we would get varied replies Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Alex Higgins, Joe Davis and so on. In my humble opinion I say look at these players and see why they made the sport great in their time, work on that as a base. I do think that when you try to take the luck or spontaneity out of any sport then that is when the sport goes into decline.