Time to drop the thread.
The purpose of my original thread was not to cause all of this discussion about why or why not names were used. I regret substantially that Mr. Salvas' name was brought up, as he would NEVER be involved in this kind of activity. My original purpose was to point out to...
What this guy did was just walk away...disgusted and afraid for his personal safety...so he didn't go back for the rest of the tournament...so the event lost a spectator (a big fan!) and the sport gained another black mark.
Anyone see a particular well know (fast like lightning) player show up at the big 9-ball event in Calgary with one of the Irish thugs at his side? The guy was putting pressure on various innocents to put up some cash for 'his player' or risk offending him. This sort of gangster behaviour...