As a Ronnie fan, I have no problem with that, because he is clearly not the type of ambassador that Davis is. He talks about noshing in an interview in China, he headbutted or assaulted some press dude once, and he has a string of misdemeanours over 20 years. But that's what makes him more interesting.
In general, I hate the royal family and these poxy honours. No sports person deserves an honour. They play for a living and it's a game. The people getting honours should be hospital staff, the police, the fire-brigade and the army. People who save, rescue and put their lives on the line.
The OBE and MBE have been turned into a joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61KMw5zVhg
This dude know what he's talking about.
I'm no royalist , its just the principal Ronnie is the greatest and deserves the same accolade.
Alex Higgins never had an MBE or OBE...
Higgins should have been stripped of his honour, CHEAT!
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If a criminal is caught preparing a crime, they still go to jail for conspiracy to commit a crime, in most cases. Higgins is on tape planning to throw matches. The only reason he was banned for 6 months and not years is that the matches fell outside WSA jurisdiction. The WSA did not bring the match fixing charges, therefore the tribunal could not consider them.
Planning to throw matches is what got Hann banned for years. Higgins is a lucky boy (and a greedy boy).
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Yeah, and it's nonsense. The official report explains why Higgins was let off. It says it believes Higgins' story about the Mafia. I am serious. That's what the OFFICIAL report states as its conclusion- that Higgins was in fear for his life (as he laughs and jokes).
The fact he was banned for 6 months for failing to report an approach should make you lose all respecy for him. Why doesn't it?
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That wasn't what the official report stated. It stated that it accepted the video evidence, but that John was in fear for his life. If the official investigation thought what you say, it would have noted it.
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Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact he should have been banned for longer. Like Hann.
Or Stephen Lee ! So Daniel ........... lets talk Premier League darts, Has Taylor finally gone? Or will he come back as good as ever, Whitlock has gone down the pan, so has Lewis in the last 2 weeks.
You can never write Taylor off. It's been done so many times before. I think he is losing some of his motivation, but when he gets hungry again, it's going to be fun to watch. Maybe too late for Prem League, but don't count him out.
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posted on 4/3/14
As a Ronnie fan, I have no problem with that, because he is clearly not the type of ambassador that Davis is. He talks about noshing in an interview in China, he headbutted or assaulted some press dude once, and he has a string of misdemeanours over 20 years. But that's what makes him more interesting.
In general, I hate the royal family and these poxy honours. No sports person deserves an honour. They play for a living and it's a game. The people getting honours should be hospital staff, the police, the fire-brigade and the army. People who save, rescue and put their lives on the line.
The OBE and MBE have been turned into a joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61KMw5zVhg
This dude know what he's talking about.
posted on 4/3/14
I'm no royalist , its just the principal Ronnie is the greatest and deserves the same accolade.
posted on 4/3/14
Alex Higgins never had an MBE or OBE...
posted on 4/3/14
Higgins should have been stripped of his honour, CHEAT!
posted on 5/3/14
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posted on 5/3/14
If a criminal is caught preparing a crime, they still go to jail for conspiracy to commit a crime, in most cases. Higgins is on tape planning to throw matches. The only reason he was banned for 6 months and not years is that the matches fell outside WSA jurisdiction. The WSA did not bring the match fixing charges, therefore the tribunal could not consider them.
Planning to throw matches is what got Hann banned for years. Higgins is a lucky boy (and a greedy boy).
posted on 5/3/14
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posted on 5/3/14
Yeah, and it's nonsense. The official report explains why Higgins was let off. It says it believes Higgins' story about the Mafia. I am serious. That's what the OFFICIAL report states as its conclusion- that Higgins was in fear for his life (as he laughs and jokes).
The fact he was banned for 6 months for failing to report an approach should make you lose all respecy for him. Why doesn't it?
posted on 5/3/14
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posted on 5/3/14
That wasn't what the official report stated. It stated that it accepted the video evidence, but that John was in fear for his life. If the official investigation thought what you say, it would have noted it.
posted on 5/3/14
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posted on 5/3/14
Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact he should have been banned for longer. Like Hann.
posted on 5/3/14
Or Stephen Lee ! So Daniel ........... lets talk Premier League darts, Has Taylor finally gone? Or will he come back as good as ever, Whitlock has gone down the pan, so has Lewis in the last 2 weeks.
posted on 5/3/14
You can never write Taylor off. It's been done so many times before. I think he is losing some of his motivation, but when he gets hungry again, it's going to be fun to watch. Maybe too late for Prem League, but don't count him out.
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