Ronnie O’Sullivan calls press conference for major career announcement

[ferret]

Note the bit that says "NOT Rolf Kalb" its a parody account.

[Erwan_BZH]

For what it's worth....


"NOT Rolf Kalb @RolfKalb

+++Breaking+++ Sky Sports News reporting Ronnie will announce his return to #Snooker. Can´t confirm if its true but i´m not joking."

Once again, just take this with precaution....

[snooker66]

Many Thanks :O)
So I can expect some news about 12:30 I suppose. I bet Berry Hearn and the Betfred gang are a bit nervous this morning!

[cally]

"PRESS CONFERENCE/PHOTO CALL

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN



Tuesday 26 February 2013

11.00 am for 12 noon

Hilton London Metropole Hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU
(nearest tube Edgware Road)

Reigning World Snooker Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will be holding a press conference on Tuesday 26 February to make a statement regarding his future career plans.

You are invited to attend at 11.00 am to set up for a midday (12 noon) conference "

[snooker66]

Do you know what time the press conference is scheduled for guys? I live in Bedfordshire so the Masters is only an hours drive from me. I have to say that whilst the crowds were not poor it wasn't exactly full a lot of the time. I saw Maguire v Dott, a former UK champ v a former world champ in the Masters and it was half-full in an evening session. For me it lost it's spark as a tournament the moment it had to move from the Wembley Conference Centre. There was something very special about that venue.

[cebs]

I only just heard about this while watching the snooker this morning.
Clive Everton reckons why hold a conference to confirm not playing so thinks he'll play. Folds said what about him quitting for good.

I'll go for announcing he'll defend the title but is coming back full time next season as i think he is 3 or 4 on the money list and if he wins the wc probably higher. As long as he can pick which event he can enter which is kind of whats happened this year if he does play bar playing at the masters which i'm sure he would have wanted to normally. I still don't get why he wasn't there as its an invitation event with wildcards most years as well.

I'd love to see Ronnie back and see him beat selby on the way to winning. Not least because i got a nice bet on it a few months back.

Looking forward to this more than today's snooker now.

[merlin1234]

ok so has anyone guessed that Ronnie will announce he's playing the worlds but retiring afterwards?

I think I'd go with a retirement as the likeliest, but announcing a final world championship defence doesn't seem out of the question either.

[itsnoteasy]

"handful of spectators" I thought this was referring to playing in cubicles for the flat 128 announcement ?
Not specifically for numbers in the tv arena

It was after he had lost(Trump) and had played poorly i think, thats when he came out with this quote, so i think it was about the Masters not the new system being introduced.

[DeanH]

That really does surprise me if its true, as i have seen Trump (and another player think it was Robertson)on the tv, moaning that its hard to play in front of a handful of spectators im sure that was at the masters which is a big tournament yet the crowds were very low(even the pundits agreed with him and said they hoped the crowds got better in the latter rounds).If its true its good news as snooker has been in a bit of a slump ,since the last time i watched it in its heydays of the eighties and early nineties

"handful of spectators" I thought this was referring to playing in cubicles for the flat 128 announcement ?
Not specifically for numbers in the tv arena

[itsnoteasy]

snooker is not struggling for crowds if anything its up this season without ronnie.

That really does surprise me if its true, as i have seen Trump (and another player think it was Robertson)on the tv, moaning that its hard to play in front of a handful of spectators im sure that was at the masters which is a big tournament yet the crowds were very low(even the pundits agreed with him and said they hoped the crowds got better in the latter rounds).If its true its good news as snooker has been in a bit of a slump ,since the last time i watched it in its heydays of the eighties and early nineties

[cueman]

Won't the level of prestige of the world championship also be devalued in the future then?

Not really because its never been an invitational event since the early days of the game. Its always been open to any professional unlike the masters which is a closed rank and its possible to see some big outsiders making their way into the top 16 that wouldn't normally get there. I just don't see how its possible to have the Masters classed as such a big event anymore with the new tour plans and prize money list.

This kind of backs up my view http://www.prosnookerblog.com/2013/0...oints-v-money/
The likes of Ding, Allen, Maguire and Stevens just about holding onto a top 16 place and Williams just outside and depending on the cut off point for the tournament some of those will definitely miss out. I should imagine its not going to be a good seller for the sponsors not knowing who the hell is going to be there.

[miscuehamburg]

ROS' press-conferences, as his behaviour in general, seldom make sense. So, it's unpredictable what we'll see on tuesday...

[JeeSe]

Hendry... "I'm getting pumped by jimmy at the mo"..

lol...

haha yeah, funny stuff.

[Looki]

Completely hypothetical argument though and also the masters next season could be a very unusual list of players given that the rankings will be based on prize money and anyone could be in the 16. As the masters has always been an invitational event you kind of expect the cream of the best players involved so do you not think that having one member of the top 16 suspended and the world champion not entering that its still the same? I don't see the Masters as an event surviving in future years given the new format because the top 16 will fluctuate too much for it to have the same level of prestige as in previous years.

Won't the level of prestige of the world championship also be devalued in the future then?

[cally]

Hendry... "I'm getting pumped by jimmy at the mo"..

lol...