Ronnie O'Sullivan 146 shenanigans

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I just wondered what peoples views were on this? since most of the snooker world has been in uproar about it.

A brief rundown for those who haven't heard, he could have made a 147 break but chose instead to pot a pink instead of a black resulting in a 146 because he felt that the 10,000 pound prize for a maxiumum was too stingy.

Since there are so many mini/non-ranking tournaments now there is a rolling 5,000 pound prize and because Neil Robertson made one only two tournaments ago it was standing at 10,000.

My opinion is that I can certainly understand why Ronnie wanted to make a point since afaik Robertson won 40,000 pound for making his 147, why should Ronnie only get a fraction of that for the same achievement? surely it would be better and more fair to just have one big pot of money and share it equally among all 147 makers at the end of each season?
 
It used to be that players got £147k for a 147 until advertising rights banned it

I fully agree with Ronnie 10k for the 147 is a joke.

A 147 in a major tournament is a massive deal it should be rewarded accordingly imo
 
Live 147's are a much more regular occurrence now though since there are many more tournaments, so 147k is probably too much now... but one of the arguments aimed against Ronnie is that the crowd were denied seeing something amazing, if that's still the case then the pay should be as such. It should also be the same amount for everyone and not this 5k rollover nonsense.
 
The_One said:
It used to be that players got £147k for a 147 until advertising rights banned it

I fully agree with Ronnie 10k for the 147 is a joke.

A 147 in a major tournament is a massive deal it should be rewarded accordingly imo
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Does it have to be money? Is there not an incentive there about achieving one of the biggest challenges in your particular game/career/sport? Although having said it's one of the biggest challenges I think I'm right in saying that it's more common now than it used to be, if you look at the number of 147 breaks then just over 40% (47 out of 116) of the total maximum breaks ever officially recorded have been made since 2010 but the first was way back in 1982.

Ronnie has made 13 of them to date, is money still particularly a motivator here? He's presumably made more money from playing snooker plus endorsements than any one person can realistically spend.

You can argue that it's not fair to get less of a reward for the same achievement as per mmj_uk's suggestion on splitting the prize fund at the end of the season or whatever. However you should probably also argue that all tournaments attract the same prize money as well - realistically some tournaments have more prestige/harder opponents/whatever than others and tend to attract prize money commensurate with that.
 
He did exactly the same thing a few years back and it made huge news then.

I'm surprised anyone cares this time round :/
 
This isn't a first for Ronnie. A few years back he made a point of asking the ref what the prize for the 147 was, making sure everybody knew what was going on, when he'd only potted 1 red and black. He was told there was no prize at all and initially refused to pot the black on 140, only potting it when the ref urged him to. He admitted after that he knew full well there was no prize for the 147 and was just showing off.

I believe him when he says it's all a bit of fun or showing off for him. The incredible thing is just how easy it is. Considering how rare 147's are, the confidence he has to twice now put his *******s on the line and risk making a clown of himself by missing is remarkable. To both times clear up is genius.

It's scary to think how many more titles he'd have won had his head been right all the time. For pure ability nobody has or will come close to him.
 
It was more like 12k with the high break prize taken into consideration. That being said this is the same guy who was crying poverty a few years back about needing money to pay for his kids tuition then suddenly he can afford to turn his nose up at 12k?

The welsh open is hardly the world championships so the prize money isn't going to be as big. As far as i can recall the 147 only got 147,000 in the world championships when embassy sponsored it, iirc its always been less than that in other tournaments. In snookers heyday it was around 100k in the Uk championship as well.

Jim99 said:
He did exactly the same thing a few years back and it made huge news then.

I'm surprised anyone cares this time round :/
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He completed the 147 back then though.
 
id be gutted if id had a bet that he'd make a 147 in the match,
as a professional player he should have made the 147 if it was possable
 
I think some bookies payed out anyway.

The prize money was 4k for the highest break and 10k for a 147. I'm wondering what happens if there are two 147's in a single tournament though, is the pot shared or does the second 147 maker get nothing?
 
High-level trolling!

It also goes a long way to show what he's like - far from perfect (but then nobody is perfect) and a true snookering genius.
 
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robfosters said:
Even though he is not as well known worldwide, as far as sporting geniuses go, is he up there with the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Woods, Federer et al.
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Snooker's a game not a sport. Those other names you mention have physical prowess, that's the difference.

Sullivan is a damaged man that can hit balls with a stick very well. I think he's a bit of a bell end, but then you can't deny his useless talent has made him millions.
 
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