everyone can talk until theyre blue in the face, but the fact of the matter is, money is higgins main priority, hes probably even betted on himself to be back playing in the UK this year, which would have been a good bet, considering he is a big name player.
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Originally Posted by Ekphantos View PostHiggins was found guilty of "Intentionally giving the impression to others that they were agreeing to act in breach of the Betting Rules."
It is not the same... so READ THE VERDICT
Weren't they both caught by the same type of sting, and Higgins in effect gets away with it but Hann doesnt."You can shove your snooker up your jacksie 'cos I aint playing no more!" Alex Higgins.
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Originally Posted by dannyd0g View PostIf there is any difference it seems to be only "a technicality" IMO.
Weren't they both caught by the same type of sting, and Higgins in effect gets away with it but Hann doesnt.
"Intentionally giving the impression..." (i.e. to those in the 'sting' meeting) is perhaps a different thing. You might say to me under duress that you're willing to bump off my nextdoor neighbour because I can't stand his late-night parties. But until it is arranged it is only words.
Perhaps if the News of the World had not published their story quite so immediately after the meeting, we might have known whether Higgins would have pulled out, carried it through, notified the Association, and all the rest of it. But the immediacy of the publication rather put all that out of Higgins's hands.
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Originally Posted by dannyd0g View PostIf there is any difference it seems to be only "a technicality" IMO.
Weren't they both caught by the same type of sting, and Higgins in effect gets away with it but Hann doesnt.Blown away
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Some people need to remember that Hann did not defend himself, he did not say he was innocent, he retired the day before the hearing. What does that say?
Also Higgins was not found guilty of throwing frames.
No one here seen all the evidence for/against Hann and no one here seen all the evidence for/against Higgins.
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Originally Posted by Case454 View PostSome people need to remember that Hann did not defend himself, he did not say he was innocent, he retired the day before the hearing. What does that say?
."You can shove your snooker up your jacksie 'cos I aint playing no more!" Alex Higgins.
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Originally Posted by Case454 View PostSome people need to remember that Hann did not defend himself, he did not say he was innocent, he retired the day before the hearing. What does that say?
Also Higgins was not found guilty of throwing frames.
No one here seen all the evidence for/against Hann and no one here seen all the evidence for/against Higgins.Blown away
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Originally Posted by jw147 View PostIf Hann was as high a profile players as higgins, with all his titles under his belt, he wouldnt of retired the day before any hearing, because he would of known he wouldnt get the book thrown at him, like he did get.
You can whine all you want but it doesn't change the result. I'm happy that John is still around, hopefully his game will be also.
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Im not whining, it doesnt bother me that hes still playing, i actually like him. But he should of got banned for at least 2 seasons because common sense tells you hes guilty.
His reputation is in tatters anyway, hes never gonna have the same respected authority in the game anymore. It will be interesting how the crowd react to him during the UK.Blown away
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I completely disagree with those in this thread wielding the axe.
Sorry but ''common sense'' doesn't suggest he's guilty. We have not seen the full evidence, or heard it. Myself, like a lot of others, were swayed by the unedited tapes, which the sole intention was to condemn Higgins.
I can understand how some people are finding it difficult to accept and also, there will be a few out there who wanted him banned just because they either don't like him, or for the media frenzy it would have caused but a proper tribunal has found him not guilty. We should have faith in that.
IMO, the full, unedited tapes should be made available for the public to see, just to put minds at rest and see how Higgins was roped in.
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Since 6 month ban does end in November, it doesn't seem so bad that most of it was during the off season. Admittedly, he has missed PTC and Shanghai(and will miss the World Open), but he won't be excluded from the UK Champs, Welsh Open, China Open, World Champs.
The question is how has this affected his rankings, earnings, publicity etc.
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