{"id":297806,"date":"2023-11-28T17:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297806"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:24:26","slug":"stephen-hendry-and-shaun-murphy-call-for-major-snooker-rule-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/nba\/stephen-hendry-and-shaun-murphy-call-for-major-snooker-rule-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Hendry and Shaun Murphy call for major snooker rule change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Snooker icons Stephen Hendry and Shaun Murphy have called for the fundamental rules of the game to be changed at the UK Championship. They have bemoaned the amount of \u201cdead time\u201d taking place during tournament matches and have provided a solution that they believe will benefit the sport.<\/p>\n

On punditry duties for the BBC during this week\u2019s tournament at the Barbican in York, Hendry brought up the idea of matches coming to an end once snookers were required by the trailing opponent. In snooker, if a player needs more points than available on the table then they can attempt to snooker their opponent in order to force them into a foul for some bonus points.<\/p>\n

This occurs fairly often during high-profile matches and often ends with the player requiring snookers unable to get them, with the result going to their opponent who already had the sufficient lead. Murphy and Hendry have criticised the amount of time during matches this takes and called for an alteration to the rules to end games when they get to the stage where snookers are required.<\/p>\n

Hendry explained his desire to witness a tournament played that would see each match end once snookers were required. Furthering his point, Murphy said: \u201cI tweeted that last week and got widely abused for it. But I think I am onto something, I mean the frame is over! Let\u2019s rack them up and let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When asked how they plan on moving forward with that idea, Hendry replied: \u201cWith difficulty I think. But certainly for you guys, TV, you just know when frames are going to finish and that\u2019s it. There\u2019s so much dead time, isn\u2019t there? Who enjoys watching when someone is three or four snookers ahead?\u201d<\/p>\n

BBC commentator John Parrott and fellow snooker star Ken Doherty made their opinions known shortly after Hendry and Murphy proposed the rule change. \u201cTypical, two players who don\u2019t know what a snooker looks like want to change the rules,\u201d Parrott said, before Doherty added: \u201cIt\u2019s called snooker for a reason, John, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n