Barry is no longer a decision maker.
I'm all for tradition but the Crucible is probably not the right venue for the WC anymore and why would Sheffield want to revamp it for 17 days per year?
I was bored after breakfast so I did a quick check on who the winners and losers were for adjusted points vs raw points in the table:
The difference column shows gainers in black and losers in red (I am a huge net gainer despite getting a 6 on one cup match day for a score of 12 :)