I agree. That already happened to me 2 times. 

yea, why would they do this? flyordie's answer to dumbing down? why would they want to take away some of the skill involved?!

The new rule is crap. You are snookered and you touch 3 or 4 cushions and then you touch the ball and it is a foul. Thats crap.

CHANGE THIS RULE AT 1CE I ORDER U TO jokin... plz change it i beg u!

the rule is if u come off a rail and hit the ball, the ball you hit has gotta hit a rail.   good rule more skill involved

say if u have the pink and black left this is what happend to me
i was snookered behind black and was 7 points in front.
i touched the pink off a cushion but then it said no rail :S
i could have won the match if the rules didnt change

Excellent rule.

Henry you are wrong. The hitting the rail after hitting the object ball does not apply in snooker.

Perhaps you missed the pink slightly

Why take the rule out? It's part of the 8 ball 

official

 world rules.

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