In my opinion this is exactly what the U.S. needs to look at doing.
Snooker is a much better game and I am glad to see the younger players, Alex and John getting into this. I hope this resurgence of snooker spreads to the U.S. so the players over here will learn some skills in the cue sports and maybe teach them some better room ettic.
I personally have learned more, and faster on a snooker table then on a pool table...
Mahalo for posting this.