Barry Hearn World Snooker Championships 2014 press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C9IJIJD5Io&list=UU5lTEvtwu6SR3LMSmU9VZ2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C9IJIJD5Io&list=UU5lTEvtwu6SR3LMSmU9VZ2Q
Hearn talks some shit and contradicts himself at the end of that video
if you're all about equality and creating opportunities to the up and comes you don't gift spots to past over the hill champs
having said that, IF he can continue to grow the prize money, and I mean really grow it, then more power to him
In that article Hearn refers to the change to a "flat draw" of 128 players. Does that mean no byes but with seeding of the top players?
Thanks. So currently there are about seven different seeding formats from totally random draw of all players to multi-level byes to the top 16 seeded into the final 32.
Aside from the PTC events what has he accomplished? Power Snooker is a joke, and ratings aren't any higher than they were before he was brought back. It's not like he added a bunch of new ranking events.
Snooker needs someone with more of an international focus. The game's future is the Asian market, the management needs to recognize that and act accordingly.
Hi gromulan,
In answer to what has Barry Hearn done:
Ahem,
For the last 30 years he has created, produced, marketed and filmed events with the highest production values that BBC money buys
Barry Hearn is English. he owns Matchroom Sport,
a privately owned family company-
Gambling is legal in England and there are betting houses on every block.
For one, He galvanized Snooker (no small feat)
Which is one reason why they are able to make money and continue making money
.
He produces events in Golf, Boxing, Bowles, Fishing, Ping Pong(table tennis) and Darts, among others.
He also owns Party Poker .net
He produces events and packages the programming hours and sells the hours to the ESPN's of Europe and Asia (Sky, Eurosport, SunSport)
He has given pool players a global stage and made the faces of pool players global!!
He's been inducted into both the BCA HOF and The Boxing HOF.
Not only did he change the face of Snooker and Darts, but that of pool as well, with World Pool Masters and The World Cup of Pool.
He has single handedly funneled all of USA's events to feed into one giant event-
The Mosconi Cup-
In essence, he managed to corral a herd of cats!!
not much else otherwise(sarcasm)
Hi gromulan,
In answer to what has Barry Hearn done:
Ahem,
For the last 30 years he has created, produced, marketed and filmed events with the highest production values that BBC money buys
Barry Hearn is English. he owns Matchroom Sport,
a privately owned family company-
Gambling is legal in England and there are betting houses on every block.
For one, He galvanized Snooker (no small feat)
Which is one reason why they are able to make money and continue making money
.
He produces events in Golf, Boxing, Bowles, Fishing, Ping Pong(table tennis) and Darts, among others.
He also owns Party Poker .net
He produces events and packages the programming hours and sells the hours to the ESPN's of Europe and Asia (Sky, Eurosport, SunSport)
He has given pool players a global stage and made the faces of pool players global!!
He's been inducted into both the BCA HOF and The Boxing HOF.
Not only did he change the face of Snooker and Darts, but that of pool as well, with World Pool Masters and The World Cup of Pool.
He has single handedly funneled all of USA's events to feed into one giant event-
The Mosconi Cup-
In essence, he managed to corral a herd of cats!!
not much else otherwise(sarcasm)