At the recently concluded Snooker World Championships, the "Rocket" O'Sullivan, who has many fans in China, played well, and won the final championship all the way, not only winning the 7th World Championship trophy of his career with his outstanding performance, but also regaining the world number one throne that had been absent for a long time.
At this World Championship, one of the practices of the International Taiwan Federation has caused a lot of controversy, that is, on the issue of the Chinese player Liang Wenbo beating female friends, the International Taiwan Federation determined that Liang Wenbo was of a bad nature, expelled him from the World Championships, and severely punished him with a ban. Although Liang Wenbo beat up the female friend first, apologized afterwards, obtained the understanding of the parties concerned, and also accepted the handling of the police, but after more than half a year, the International Federation of Taiwan affairs made such a punishment decision when Liang Wenbo was about to embark on the road to the World Championships, which is debatable.
And what makes many fans and media rush to dissatisfaction is that they believe that the International Taiwan Federation has a double standard in dealing with similar issues, because in the early years, O'Sullivan was criticized by the media for domestic violence, but the International Taiwan Federation did not punish him in any substantial way, and now Liang Wenbo has been severely punished and unfair. Not only that, but the IADF is also considered unfair on other player issues, such as O'Neal's drunken participation in the game last year and his insult to female staff, and the veteran Mirkins' drunken beating of the IAW president. Such a vicious incident The International Taiwan Federation can turn a blind eye, but it will be cruel to Liang Wenbo next time.
The IADF's approach also shows that the strong are king, and O'Sullivan is not dealt with because he is too famous and has too good results, and such players are needed to improve snooker's influence, and several other players are also quite famous in snooker. The practice of the International Federation of Taiwan has undoubtedly disappointed many people, and their so-called punishment is nothing more than bullying the soft and fearing the hard.