Re: WAR IS OVER! RONNIE O'SULLIVAN IS THE GOAT!
Iranu wrote:Don’t forget it’s in Hearn’s interest to promote the game as being way stronger than ever. He’s a manager and a promoter, not a snooker player or coach.
Yes it's typical recency bias that rears its head in all sports, that newer generations get stronger and better by default, yes as a business interest you want the sport to keep growing so promote it as something that keeps getting better so fans keep looking forward, less backwards as it's more profitable that way. If people believe a past great is the GOAT many won't be as interested with the current era e.g. a lot of older NBA fans pay much less attention or don't follow recent NBA as they're Michael Jordanites. From what I know snooker's rules have been very consistent over the eras but other sports change to make them more appealing for audiences.
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