The organisation of snooker is under scrutiny for the second time in the English courts. NST
Worldwide v World Snooker & WPSBA has been filed in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal by an
entrant alleging that the organiser of the World Snooker Tour and the sport’s governing have singly
and jointly acted to restrict players’ freedom to play in tournaments organised by competitive
promoters. This case is a re-run of the 2001 High Court antitrust case Hendry v WPSBA (largely
overlooked), where the WPSBA was found to have abused its dominance. Cento was then and is now
the economist expert witness for the respective claimants. On the earlier case read his re-posted
Casenote and ECLR article “Markets in Professional Sport”.