rob tatum Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Just noticed the snooker shanghai masters live on eurosport & the final has about 100 people watching but even more amazing is the winner gets 95 grand. !?!! 5 live covered this & sky covered world pool with about 12 people,neither mentioned last nights GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Just noticed the snooker shanghai masters live on eurosport & the final has about 100 people watching but even more amazing is the winner gets 95 grand. !?!! 5 live covered this & sky covered world pool with about 12 people,neither mentioned last nights GP. Well they wouldn't on a snooker programme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skthecat Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Just noticed the snooker shanghai masters live on eurosport & the final has about 100 people watching but even more amazing is the winner gets 95 grand. !?!! 5 live covered this & sky covered world pool with about 12 people,neither mentioned last nights GP. Just noticed the snooker shanghai masters live on eurosport & the final has about 100 people watching but even more amazing is the winner gets 95 grand. !?!! 5 live covered this & sky covered world pool with about 12 people,neither mentioned last nights GP. Think Robs point was a very minority sport if you judge it on "live spectator participation" But not minority sport prize money......!! How does a sport like snooker manage to attract such large sponsorship with relatively large prize monies, with no chance of participants getting hurt or dirty or for that matter vast body/clothing/tool areas for the sponsor logos/names/products associated to the sport!!!! Crowds don't make prizes/earnings in some sports, suppose thats the difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) Think Robs point was a very minority sport if you judge it on "live spectator participation" But not minority sport prize money......!! How does a sport like snooker manage to attract such large sponsorship with relatively large prize monies, with no chance of participants getting hurt or dirty or for that matter vast body/clothing/tool areas for the sponsor logos/names/products associated to the sport!!!! Crowds don't make prizes/earnings in some sports, suppose thats the difference... A 'minority' sport - played and watched by many, many thousands in many countries!! Edited September 22, 2013 by Skidder1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Think Robs point was a very minority sport if you judge it on "live spectator participation" But not minority sport prize money......!! How does a sport like snooker manage to attract such large sponsorship with relatively large prize monies, with no chance of participants getting hurt or dirty or for that matter vast body/clothing/tool areas for the sponsor logos/names/products associated to the sport!!!! Crowds don't make prizes/earnings in some sports, suppose thats the difference... Is snooker a minority sport in China though? I understand it is very popular there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Never heard snooker mentioned on corrie before though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 A 'minority' sport - played and watched by many, many thousands in many countries!! That's the real key. Not to how many are at the actual televised event featuring extremely skilled professional players but to the number of people who actually play the game. If you delve carefully into its UK background you will fins there are many local leagues, as well as venues where one can enjoy playing the game. It does indeed have a very large player participayion at grass roots level who at the same time enjoy the hours of televised coverage of the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Snooker is hardly a minority sport. Wander down any high street and ask random people to babe a few snooker players and they'll do it quite easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Snooker is hardly a minority sport. Wander down any high street and ask random people to babe a few snooker players and they'll do it quite easily. How do you babe a Snooker player ? must be a gay thing lol 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) Snooker is hardly a minority sport. Wander down any high street and ask random people to babe a few snooker players and they'll do it quite easily. How do you babe a Snooker player ? must be a gay thing lol This is obviously a case of that dreaded typing mishap "fat fingers on the keyboard", no more than that. The b is next to n - fast typing and not reading the Post. hence, you get babe instead of name. Edited September 22, 2013 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 This is obviously a case of that dreaded typing mishap "fat fingers on the keyboard", no more than that. The b is next to n - fast typing and not reading the Post. hence, you get babe instead of name. I wish I could get a 'Babe' instead of a name. :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 This is obviously a case of that dreaded typing mishap "fat fingers on the keyboard", no more than that. The b is next to n - fast typing and not reading the Post. hence, you get babe instead of name. Fat fingers and smart arse phones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Fat fingers and smart arse phones! I've got a smart phone. But I didn't know they did a smart version of an "arse phone". Must be a gay thing....do you switch it to vibrate? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Snooker is hardly a minority sport. Wander down any high street and ask random people to babe a few snooker players and they'll do it quite easily. But most would be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur cross Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Just noticed the snooker shanghai masters live on eurosport & the final has about 100 people watching but even more amazing is the winner gets 95 grand. !?!! 5 live covered this & sky covered world pool with about 12 people,neither mentioned last nights GP. Three things ... firstly, as snooker's an indoor sport it's able to guarantee its action going ahead when it's allocated several hours of live tv-time so it's much more friendly to tv-schedulers than speedway (especially if it's a tournament with 2 matches taking place simultaneously either side of a mid-arena dividing-screen to reduce the risk of rapid victories ending that session's live action too early for the tv-slot). Secondly, snooker's events require daytime as well as evening sessions so they're an ideal daytime-filler for sports channels with more expensive rights (especially football) later in the evening ... alternatively, given the Far East interest in snooker, their tournaments offer the double-attraction of evening-attending for the locals and daytime-fillers for our tv-companies. Thirdly, it attracts plenty of betting interest (admittedly, a little bit of that is dodgy betting interest like the Stephen Lee case in recent weeks) which makes it attractive to any gambling-related company for sponsorship that includes plenty of tv-exposure. Speedway can't guarantee its action for tv-schedulers unless it steps up to the expense of hiring an indoor-option venue like Cardiff's Millennium Stadium (and even then, it came far too close to being called off at Cardiff a few months ago) ... it isn't a daytime-filler with new live action for the tv-companies (only re-runs of the previous night's action providing that went ahead ok with the weather) ... and despite various attempts, it's not a good betting medium for the general gambling public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 But most would be dead. How can dead people name snooker players? Unless you're Derek Acorah....and then they'd all be scouse ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 But most would be dead. Ray Reardon isn't dead. Dracula will never die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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