Pink Ball wrote:Don't bring in a shot clock. I hate them. bucking hate them.
But referees should keep an eye out for someone being deliberately slow. Problem is, how many will have the balls?
If Alan Chamberlain didn't warn Peter Ebdon against Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2005, who's going to get a warning?
And there inlies the problem, refs don't have the guts to warn top players, therefore a shot clock is needed.
Also, you must stop looking at things from your perspective, that of a purist, and look at it instead from the perspective of the paying public and audience, they are the ones that keep the game alive. Most don't like slow play, especially potential new audience.
Slow play is one of the reasons pool was dying at one stage, and that's why they installed a shot clock in many events.