Snooker supremo Steve Dawson has slammed Ronnie O’Sullivan for slating the state of the game earlier this week.
World Snooker chairman Dawson took the reins from Barry Hearn two years ago during the Covid period that hit the sport hard. But senior management were enraged by world No. 1 and seven-time world champion O’Sullivan’s attack on the way the game is being run.
O’Sullivan claimed snooker was “in the worst state ever” and the situation was “beyond a crisis,” telling the players to go on strike and calling for at least another £20million in prize money. And three weeks away from the World Championship at the Crucible, Dawson has gone on to brand O’Sullivan “disrespectful” to management and players, and failing to be a good ambassador.
