Is the 'miss' call still at ref's discretion?

[Billy]

Mark Allen just snookered himself on all colours. He called the yellow, and had to cue down over the pack of reds to find an escape. He missed the yellow by a cat's.

I did wonder - and kind of hoped for the sake of fairness - that referee Paul Collier wouldn't call a miss. He did call a miss and Mark hit the yellow on his second attempt, but can the ref even do that nowadays?

[DeanH]

Is the 'miss' call still at ref's discretion?

the first line of the Miss rule is that the player must play to the best of their ability, and I do think that the referees consider the pro players have the ability to get out of very difficult situations.
It has been known of a ref not to call a miss and when that happens it is well received

[blahblah01]

Yep, have a read of http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...-Your-thoughts

I'm sure there is a count of how many times a "miss" hasn't been called, but I doubt that I'd need more than my fingers and toes per season.

[Billy]

In that case it's a shame so few refs have the balls these days. Not even the mighty Mr Collier.

[vmax]

Mark Allen just snookered himself on all colours. He called the yellow, and had to cue down over the pack of reds to find an escape. He missed the yellow by a cat's.

I did wonder - and kind of hoped for the sake of fairness - that referee Paul Collier wouldn't call a miss. He did call a miss and Mark hit the yellow on his second attempt, but can the ref even do that nowadays?

If a higher value colour on its spot was easier to hit but Allen would have left a red on then Collier was right to call a miss. It's not always how close you get; if you choose a more difficult escape for the sake of leaving it safe then a miss must be called if you miss it.

[Billy]

If a higher value colour on its spot was easier to hit but Allen would have left a red on then Collier was right to call a miss. It's not always how close you get; if you choose a more difficult escape for the sake of leaving it safe then a miss must be called if you miss it.

Ah, good point! I overlooked this fact.

[the lone wolf]

For all reasons above the miss rule doesn't really work at amateur level in clubs etc.

[Nina]

Yes,in my opinion, the miss rule is definately an unacceptable rule in snooker sport. Sooner or later this rule will be changed or abolished.