Comments on: Australians in sport http://blog.tmorris.net/australians-in-sport/ The weblog of Tony Morris Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ricky Clarkson http://blog.tmorris.net/australians-in-sport/#comment-75 Ricky Clarkson Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:05:16 +0000 http://blog.tmorris.net/australians-in-sport/#comment-75 The way to operate a sport so that your country stays at the top of it and so that it is popular, is to make sure all the events are in your country. So make up a sport based on squash, put 'Aussie Rules' before its name, and you're onto a winner. Maybe. Consider the UK, and snooker. Snooker is, every so often, very very popular, even outstripping the soap operas (which are akin to religions for some). If you are not from the UK, and want to play snooker professionally, you have to live in the UK, really, as many venues are prohibitively far from airports. Plus, not many foreigners want to wear those waistcoats. Respect to a young snooker player who bit the chalkdust recently, Paul Hunter - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6035879.stm The way to operate a sport so that your country stays at the top of it and so that it is popular, is to make sure all the events are in your country. So make up a sport based on squash, put ‘Aussie Rules’ before its name, and you’re onto a winner. Maybe.

Consider the UK, and snooker. Snooker is, every so often, very very popular, even outstripping the soap operas (which are akin to religions for some). If you are not from the UK, and want to play snooker professionally, you have to live in the UK, really, as many venues are prohibitively far from airports.

Plus, not many foreigners want to wear those waistcoats.

Respect to a young snooker player who bit the chalkdust recently, Paul Hunter - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6035879.stm

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