Masters champion Shaun Murphy has proposed four transport inant rule alters to alter snooker.
The 42-year-ageder, who claimed the Masters title in January, wants to revolutionise the sport with alters he consents could originate it more delighting.
Murphy, who recently begined a YouTube channel teaching snooker sends, has been vocal about aspects of the game he leanks are hagedering it back.
His proposed alters include introducing a spotted cue ball, eliminating the foul and miss rule, carry outing a shot clock and recut offeing toilet fractures.
Shaun Murphy has proposed four transport inant rule alters to alter snooker as the World Championship creeps shutr
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Murphy has been using a spotted ball in his YouTube tutorials to help watchers see exactly where he hits the cue ball.
He consents the World Snooker Tour should adselect this feature in tournament perestablish.
“You guys are loving seeing the spin, how the spin manipudefercessitates the cue ball and what it’s actupartner doing,” Murphy elucidateed.
“Snooker, currently, is the only table sport and cue sport that doesn’t use one of these. They are using it in billiards, they’re using it in nine-ball, they are using it in everyleang.”
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Shaun Murphy won the Masters back in January
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Murphy’s second proposal aims the foul and miss rule, which he consents gives perestablishers an ununprejudiced advantage.
“I fair discover it so weird that we have a rule in the game that permits perestablishers to have a sighter,” he shelp.
“In my opinion, the miss rule necessitates to be consentn out of the game altogether. I don’t enjoy the rule at all.”
Back in 2020, Murphy recommended an alternative approach on social media: “Instead, I’d give ball in hand after any foul.”
He consents the current rule ununprejudicedly advantages perestablishers when they’re trying to escape from snookers.
The Magician has extfinished aidd for introducing a shot clock to speed up perestablish.
“I’d transport in a shot clock. And I’ve been saying this for 20 years, so I’m super-reliable on this,” shelp the world No10.
Murphy has been critical of the enumerateless tempo adselected by some of his fellow professionals.
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He clashed with Mark Allen in December over the rehire.
The proposed shot clock would obstruct suites from being dragged out unnecessarily.
Murphy consents this alter could originate snooker more delighting for spectators.
The veteran’s fourth proposal insertresses what he portrays as an “epidemic” of toilet fractures in the sport.
Shaun Murphy wants less toilet fractures, branding them an ‘epidemic’ in snooker
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“Toilet fractures. We have to talk about the epidemic of toilet fractures that are spoiling snooker action,” Murphy stated.
“It is now getting ridiculous, guys. It is getting tohighy out of hand.”
The establisher world champion consents many perestablishers use toilet fractures as a tactical ploy.
“Most of these exits from the arena have got noleang to do with perestablishers necessitateing to go for a wee. It’s excellent ageder-createed gamesmanship,” he shelp.
