"Too Cheap" 147

Not unprofessional at all -Moulesy --  Example --- If during a game of rugby one team was winning by a good margin but in the last few minutes of a game an opportunity came up where the winning team captain could either take the risk of a possible try and conversion for 7 points -- or take an easy  kick for goal only scoring 3 points. - in your argument that team captain was equally unprofessional by taking the safer option and  kicking for goal . The object of any competition is to win against the opponent. be it rugby or snooker, the overall score is relatively unimportant  ---  O'sullivan  did exactly that.  He won the frame - end of.

K 

You might well have a point there, K, but the two situations (individual sport v team game) are different propositions. But yes, I agree, professional sportsmen surely have a duty to act professionally and entertain paying spectators. As you have so rightly said in your FIFA thread, there is more than enough cynicism in football these days. Ronnie O'Sullivan may be top of the tree at the moment, but his supporters will soon become disillusioned by this sort of behaviour.