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PLAYERS BIGGEST PAYDAYS

Postby JIMO96

I put this together the other day for someone, and thought it would be good to post it here.

Shows you who the achievers are within the top 16 doesn't it? Martin Gould, Stephen Maguire etc will be wanting to change their figure pretty soon I guess....

First figure is career earnings, 2nd is highest payday (not including high break bonus)

Pos. Player Career Highest Event Season Stage
1 Stephen Hendry £8,872,158 £230,000 World Championship 1998-9 Winner
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan £6,780,813 £250,000 World Championship 2007-8 Winner
3 Steve Davis £5,813,958 £135,000 Masters 1996-7 Winner
4 John Higgins £5,700,451 £250,000 World Championship 2010-11 Winner
5 Jimmy White £4,764,584 £200,000 World Masters 1990-1 Winner
6 Mark Williams £4,279,138 £270,000 World Championship 2002-3 Winner
7 Ken Doherty £3,442,820 £210,000 World Championship 1996-7 Winner
8 Peter Ebdon £3,091,218 £260,000 World Championship 2001-2 Winner
9 Alan McManus £2,264,290 £115,000 Masters 1993-4 Winner
10 Matthew Stevens £2,071,064 £165,000 Masters 1999-00 Winner
11 Stephen Lee £1,918,116 £82,500 Scottish Open 2001-2 Winner
12 James Wattana £1,864,963 £70,000 World Matchplay 1992-3 Winner
13 Shaun Murphy £1,724,834 £250,000 World Championship 2004-5 Winner
14 Graeme Dott £1,619,051 £200,000 World Championship 2005-6 Winner
15 Mark Selby £1,586,336 £150,000 Masters 2009-10 Winner
16 Nigel Bond £1,571,980 £115,000 World Championship 1994-5 Runner up
17 Neil Robertson £1,448,283 £250,000 World Championship 2009-10 Winner
18 Ding Junhui £1,408,418 £150,000 Masters 2010-11 Winner
19 Marco Fu £1,374,109 £75,000 Masters 2010-11 Runner up
20 Ali Carter £1,248,444 £125,000 World Championship 2007-8 Runner up
21 Stephen Maguire £1,231,596 £70,000 UK Championship 2004-5 Winner
22 Joe Swail £1,155,091 £73,000 World Championship 2000-1 Semi final
23 Tony Drago £1,103,669 £70,000 World Masters 1990-1 Runner up
24 Mark King £1,061,835 £26,000 Masters 1998-9 Quarter final
25 Anthony Hamilton £1,052,563 £40,000 Masters 1998-9 Semi final
26 Dave Harold £1,043,962 £45,000 Masters 2000-1 Semi final
27 Fergal O'Brien £1,009,626 £88,000 Masters 2000-1 Runner up
28 Joe Perry £992,531 £52,000 World Championship 2007-8 Semi final
29 Dominic Dale £787,722 £60,000 Grand Prix 1997-8 Winner
30 Ryan Day £652,175 £35,000 Grand Prix 2008-9 Runner up
31 Andy Hicks £651,023 £57,000 World Championship 1994-5 Semi final
32 Judd Trump £649,281 £125,000 World Championship 2010-11 Runner up
33 Stuart Bingham £647,825 £39,216 Australian Open 2011-12 Winner
34 Mark Allen £642,257 £52,000 World Championship 2008-9 Semi final
35 Ian McCulloch £612,770 £51,000 World Championship 2004-5 Semi final
36 Mark Davis £574,407 £16,000 World Championship 2009-10 Last 16
37 Barry Hawkins £554,421 £32,000 Snooker Shootout 2011-12 Winner
38 Gerard Greene £542,402 £31,019 World Cup 2011-12 Runner up
39 Michael Holt £501,442 £15,850 World Championship 2004-5 Last 16
40 Jamie Cope £479,837 £30,000 Masters 2010-11 Semi final
41 Jamie Burnett £474,866 £30,000 Shanghai Masters 2010-11 Runner up
42 Rod Lawler £460,262 £32,000 International Open 1995-6 Runner up
43 Marcus Campbell £453,081 £14,000 World Championship 2000-1 Last 32
44 Ricky Walden £451,821 £52,000 Shanghai Masters 2008-9 Winner
45 Rob Milkins £447,141 £21,000 World Championship 2001-2 Last 16
46 Barry Pinches £401,087 £17,600 World Championship 2003-4 Last 16
47 Liang Wenbo £347,190 £62,054 World Cup 2011-12 Winner
48 Andrew Higginson £301,950 £22,000 Welsh Open 2006-7 Maximum break
49 Mike Dunn £276,819 £14,500 World Championship 2001-2 Last 32
50 Martin Gould £267,200 £25,000 Power Snooker 2011-12 Winner
51 Tom Ford £264,493 £12,000 World Championship 2009-10 Last 32
52 Adrian Gunnell £258,373 £9,550 Grand Prix 2008-9 Last 16
53 Rory McLeod £257,930 £16,000 World Championship 2010-11 Last 16
54 Alfie Burden £248,561 £12,000 World Championship 1997-8 Last 32
55 Peter Lines £247,650 £16,450 UK Championship 2009-10 Quarter final
56 Robin Hull £231,789 £14,500 World Championship 2001-2 Last 32
57 Matthew Couch £208,963 £10,800 UK Championship 1998-9 Quarter final
58 Bjorn Haneveer £162,610 £10,500 World Championship 2000-1 Last 48
59 David Gilbert £145,981 £10,600 World Championship 2006-7 Last 32
60 Simon Bedford £121,108 £12,000 World Championship 1997-8 Last 32
61 Andrew Norman £113,030 £10,000 Challenge Tour 2 2000-1 Winner
62 Mark Joyce £99,989 £16,450 UK Championship 2010-11 Quarter final
63 Joe Jogia £94,490 £8,750 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 32
64 Liu Song £87,481 £11,000 Grand Prix 2007-8 Quarter final
65 Tian Pengfei £86,436 £40,000 BTV Cup 2010-11 Winner
66 Matt Selt £84,962 £9,804 Australian Open 2011-12 Quarter final
67 Jamie Jones £74,857 £5,500 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 48
68 Paul S Davison £69,687 £5,000 World Championship 1996-7 Last 64
69 Scott MacKenzie £66,046 £8,000 UK Championship 2006-7 Last 32
70 Ben Woollaston £57,469 £10,000 PTC3 2011-12 Winner
71 Kurt Maflin £54,158 £5,000 Challenge Tour 4 2002-3 Winner
72 David Morris £53,129 £8,200 World Championship 2009-10 Last 48
73 Xiao Guodong £50,618 £5,500 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 48
74 Liu Chuang £50,617 £10,600 World Championship 2007-8 Last 32
75 Jack Lisowski £49,799 £5,000 PTC3 2010-11 Runner up
76 Jimmy Robertson £43,198 £12,000 World Championship 2010-11 Last 32
77 Michael White £41,282 £5,500 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 48
78 Anthony McGill £35,067 £3,185 German Masters 2010-11 Last 32
79 Daniel Wells £30,616 £8,200 World Championship 2008-9 Last 48
80 Liam Highfield £25,020 £3,000 PIOS 2 2009-10 Winner
81 Andrew Pagett £24,532 £12,000 World Championship 2010-11 Last 32
82 Yu Delu £24,472 £4,988 German Masters 2011-12 Last 16
83 Passakorn Suwannawat £20,245 £4,649 World Cup 2011-12 Group stage
84 Li Yan £17,744 £8,750 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 32
85 Aditya Mehta £17,741 £4,649 World Cup 2011-12 Group stage
86 Adam Duffy £15,356 £2,300 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 64
87 Igor Figueiredo £15,145 £4,454 Brazilian Masters 2011-12 Quarter final
88 Sam Baird £14,841 £4,600 World Championship 2010-11 Last 64
89 Luca Brecel £14,425 £3,873 World Cup 2011-12 Group stage
90 Dechawat Poomjaeng £12,305 £3,873 World Cup 2011-12 Group stage
91 Sam Craigie £9,731 £2,254 World U21's 2010-11 Winner
92 David Grace £8,911 £2,200 Grand Prix 2008-9 Last 64
93 Adam Wicheard £8,427 £2,500 Welsh Open 2011-12 Last 32
94 Cao Yupeng £7,894 £2,300 UK Championship 2011-12 Last 64
95 Joe Meara £6,989 £3,440 World Championship 2003-4 Last 96
96 Stuart Carrington £6,294 £700 PIOS 8 2008-9 Semi final
97 David Hogan £2,665 £1,260 Finnish Challenge 2009-10 Semi final
98 Kacper Filipiak £2,324 £2,324 World Cup 2011-12 Group stage
99 Lucky Vatnani £2,164 £1,250 Welsh Open 2011-12 Last 64

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Postby JIMO96

Any tips on how to transfer (neat)Excel tables to a forum in a way that avoids the shambles of a layout above would be most welcome lol

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Postby GJ

I think the figures are not 100 % fair across the board IMO as alot of those players have achieved most in the times when snooker had low winners cheques in recent seasons.

Where as others maybe won as much but got more money when snooker had bigger pay days.

So for me the only true and accurate study is titles won.

<cool> :spot on:

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Postby Monique

GJ wrote:I think the figures are not 100 % fair across the board IMO as alot of those players have achieved most in the times when snooker had low winners cheques in recent seasons.

Where as others maybe won as much but got more money when snooker had bigger pay days.

So for me the only true and accurate study is titles won.

<cool> :spot on:


But they are interesting insofar they show that players nowadays have to achieve a lot more than in the 90th to make a decent living. And that hasn't changed with the Hearn revolution, quite the opposite.
One thing these figures don't show is the expenses they have to expose just for the right to compete: entry fees, basic travel/accommodations as compared to what they had to spend in the past. Also I suppose that those figures are before taxes are deduced. When you think that in the Australian Open this season the taxes taken by the Australian authorities amounted to nearly half of the prize money it does make a difference in the players wallet.

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Postby GJ

Mon

I agree its good indication of how different prize funds were in the 90's.

As for me Robbo has achieved more than quite alot of the players who are ahead of him in the list but his prize money is below theres.

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Postby Casey

Did Mark Allen not win alot more than £52k in this years World Cup?

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Postby Witz78

This list is slightly flawed as inflation should be factored in. 250k won 15 years ago is a lot more than 250k won today.
This would truly reflect the true net worth of each players earnings.
This would create a bigger gulf between the older pros and present day guys but its not done to prove anyones better than anyone, as GJ stupidly thinks, its simply a list to show whos earned what and also acts as a good example of how prize money has stagnated since tobacco sponsorship ended.
Another key factor on the list too though is longevity, the longer youve been a pro then the likeliehood is that youve earned more than recent players, even if there 'better' players.
Fairest way to do this is (a) factor in inflation and (b) divide total earnings by number of seasons as a pro, to get an average earnings per season.

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Postby Wildey

Monique wrote:
GJ wrote:I think the figures are not 100 % fair across the board IMO as alot of those players have achieved most in the times when snooker had low winners cheques in recent seasons.

Where as others maybe won as much but got more money when snooker had bigger pay days.

So for me the only true and accurate study is titles won.

<cool> :spot on:


But they are interesting insofar they show that players nowadays have to achieve a lot more than in the 90th to make a decent living. And that hasn't changed with the Hearn revolution, quite the opposite.
One thing these figures don't show is the expenses they have to expose just for the right to compete: entry fees, basic travel/accommodations as compared to what they had to spend in the past. Also I suppose that those figures are before taxes are deduced. When you think that in the Australian Open this season the taxes taken by the Australian authorities amounted to nearly half of the prize money it does make a difference in the players wallet.

mon what the buck

you seem to think Barry Hearn has some sort of money printing machine in his office ..

things will never happen over night after years of having useless hammers running the ship.

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Postby Witz78

Well said Wild.
The flat 128 model i propose will end cash worries as only those who win will be rewarded. In other words, the prize fund will be spread fairly among those whove earned a slice of the pie. ie. The longer you stay in an event / qualify for a venue, then the more your expenses are but the greater your earnings are. Not like know where at the worlds for example, a top 16 player could lose 10-0 in 1st round and still pick up 12k whilst a young pro wins 2 matches then loses 10-9 and walks away with nowt. Regardless of the round of entry or the level of opposition, if you dont win a game then you dont deserve to be paid. Thats rewarding mediocrity. Give Hearn time Monique, but once the new 128 tour system is up and running youll see a difference.

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Postby Wildey

Witz78 wrote:Well said Wild.
The flat 128 model i propose will end cash worries as only those who win will be rewarded. In other words, the prize fund will be spread fairly among those whove earned a slice of the pie. ie. The longer you stay in an event / qualify for a venue, then the more your expenses are but the greater your earnings are. Not like know where at the worlds for example, a top 16 player could lose 10-0 in 1st round and still pick up 12k whilst a young pro wins 2 matches then loses 10-9 and walks away with nowt. Regardless of the round of entry or the level of opposition, if you dont win a game then you dont deserve to be paid. Thats rewarding mediocrity. Give Hearn time Monique, but once the new 128 tour system is up and running youll see a difference.

i do agree with flat system now but im still not in favour of money based rankings theres too much decrepancy in favour of someone fluking a win as apose to concistancy over a long period whitch rankings should be about

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Postby Witz78

Watch this space Wild. Ive came up with a (yet another) great idea that i will put on a new thread tonight. I think you will like it.

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Postby Monique

Wild wrote:
Monique wrote:
GJ wrote:I think the figures are not 100 % fair across the board IMO as alot of those players have achieved most in the times when snooker had low winners cheques in recent seasons.

Where as others maybe won as much but got more money when snooker had bigger pay days.

So for me the only true and accurate study is titles won.

<cool> :spot on:


But they are interesting insofar they show that players nowadays have to achieve a lot more than in the 90th to make a decent living. And that hasn't changed with the Hearn revolution, quite the opposite.
One thing these figures don't show is the expenses they have to expose just for the right to compete: entry fees, basic travel/accommodations as compared to what they had to spend in the past. Also I suppose that those figures are before taxes are deduced. When you think that in the Australian Open this season the taxes taken by the Australian authorities amounted to nearly half of the prize money it does make a difference in the players wallet.

mon what the buck

you seem to think Barry Hearn has some sort of money printing machine in his office ..

things will never happen over night after years of having useless hammers running the ship.


Barry Hearn has no money printing machine but the players don't have one neither. And if the sponsors can't spend what they don't have, the players can't neither. And it's not a case of not be willing to make sacrifices.
Those numbers show that the players incomes have go down, not increased over the years. That's a fact. Their expenses on the other hand have exploded over the last 2 seasons. That's another fact.
I know that this is a transition period and it's inevitable but it doesn't make it easier for them and denying the problem won't solve it.

When we were in Berlin Steve Kent and I had dinner with a polish guy who told us very bluntly that currently the polish players are not interested to try and become pros because they just can't afford the cost of it, they really can't because of the difference between the polish salaries/prices of goods and what they have to spend abroad. They can make a b living playing on the amateur tour, running clubs and doing coaching, but they can't afford the UK entry fees and international travel costs. I'm not sure that this is a good state of affairs if we want the game to become global.

Having said that, I don't have a solution. I just insist that denying the problem and claiming that "the players just have to accept sacrifices" isn't one and isn't right because as much as they are willing to, they only have so much money to spend and not more.

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Postby Wildey

monique

with all due respect all sportmen and women has had to sacrifice a hell of a lot to become the best they can wether its time,family life even go without luxuries to persue a goal they have spent their life perfecting.

sorry but sacrificing something is the only way to reach the top.

perants has had to sacrifice and spend a lot of cash driving their children from piller to post.

this is not primerally a snooker thing.

go back to the 60s and 70s see the sacrifices Tennis players had to make for the wealth of future genaration of players to gain.

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Postby Monique

Wild wrote:monique

with all due respect all sportmen and women has had to sacrifice a hell of a lot to become the best they can wether its time,family life even go without luxuries to persue a goal they have spent their life perfecting.

sorry but sacrificing something is the only way to reach the top.

perants has had to sacrifice and spend a lot of cash driving their children from piller to post.

this is not primerally a snooker thing.

go back to the 60s and 70s see the sacrifices Tennis players had to make for the wealth of future genaration of players to gain.


Wild do you ever read what people write?
Explain to me how anyone can spend money they don't have (and are not in a position to borrow) as well as how you build a global sport when its exponents can make a living out of it and we will be able to discuss this topic sensibly.

Snooker has a problem because it is a minority sport, whether you like it or not and the money just isn't there. It needs developing, nobody denies it, but it needs developing in a sustainable way or it's doomed.

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Postby Wildey

your talking utter bucking rubbish monique.

Every Sport has gone through this in it time and if players dont take their finger out of their bucking baboons shiny behinds and help hearn then this sport if screwed.

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Postby Monique

Wild wrote:your talking utter bucking rubbish monique.

Every Sport has gone through this in it time and if players dont take their finger out of their bucking baboons shiny behinds and help hearn then this sport if screwed.


That doesn't answer my question and it's not surprising because you have no answer and you know it.
When a sport can't allow its exponents to make a living out of it is the only time when it's doomed because they are its main assets.

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Postby Wildey

Monique wrote:
Wild wrote:your talking utter bucking rubbish monique.

Every Sport has gone through this in it time and if players dont take their finger out of their bucking baboons shiny behinds and help hearn then this sport if screwed.


That doesn't answer my question and it's not surprising because you have no answer and you know it.
When a sport can't allow its exponents to make a living out of it is the only time when it's doomed because they are its main assets.

what asset buck me all they do is bucking moan which sponsors want to invest in a sport that has moaning minnies fannying about.

id invest nothing because they apreciate buck bastard all lets go back to doing buck all under FAT ROD.

buck me mon wake up and smell the bastard coffee instead of sticking your head in your bottom.

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Postby Monique

Wild wrote:
Monique wrote:
Wild wrote:your talking utter bucking rubbish monique.

Every Sport has gone through this in it time and if players dont take their finger out of their bucking baboons shiny behinds and help hearn then this sport if screwed.


That doesn't answer my question and it's not surprising because you have no answer and you know it.
When a sport can't allow its exponents to make a living out of it is the only time when it's doomed because they are its main assets.

what asset buck me all they do is bucking moan which sponsors want to invest in a sport that has moaning minnies fannying about.

id invest nothing because they apreciate buck bastard all lets go back to doing buck all under FAT ROD.

buck me mon wake up and smell the bastard coffee instead of sticking your head in your bottom.


Thank you Wild. Another well thought answer …

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Postby Wildey

its the truth mon.

players has to step it up if they want more money moaning just wont cut it here.

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Postby Monique

Wild wrote:its the truth mon.

players has to step it up if they want more money moaning just wont cut it here.


No it's not the truth. It's just too easy to judge them from the comfort of your armchair. You are not in their shoes and you wouldn't want to be. And make no mistakes. Some people DO make money out of this.

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Postby Monique

Well here you will hear it again; The day you will move your bottom as much as I do to promote snooker you will have the right to say something. You know only one answer when you are wrong and it's insults. That just defines you.

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Postby Witz78

nobody forces the players to become pros and start from the bottom rung of the ladder with no earnings.

earnings are called "earnings" because you have to EARN them.

players arent just going to get paid a salary for doing nothing,.

If they want a guaranteed income then they can sign on the dole or work in McDonalds instead....plus they wont have to worry about travelling either :D

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Postby Witz78

Wild wrote:
Monique wrote:
Wild wrote:your talking utter bucking rubbish monique.

Every Sport has gone through this in it time and if players dont take their finger out of their bucking baboons shiny behinds and help hearn then this sport if screwed.


That doesn't answer my question and it's not surprising because you have no answer and you know it.
When a sport can't allow its exponents to make a living out of it is the only time when it's doomed because they are its main assets.

what asset buck me all they do is bucking moan which sponsors want to invest in a sport that has moaning minnies fannying about.

id invest nothing because they apreciate buck bastard all lets go back to doing buck all under FAT ROD.

buck me mon wake up and smell the bastard coffee instead of sticking your head in your bottom.


rofl

its at times like these that i wish i had the swear filter turned ON, ive a feeling ive missed out on a lot of fluffy :parrot: :tvrky: :squirrel: :bee: :badger: :cow: :frog: :gromit: :hhog: :cat: :butterflies: :chinchilla: :hen: :dog: :taz: :moose: :penguin: :bugs: :kitten: :fishes: :emu: :sylvester:

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Postby Monique

Witz78 wrote:nobody forces the players to become pros and start from the bottom rung of the ladder with no earnings.

earnings are called "earnings" because you have to EARN them.

players arent just going to get paid a salary for doing nothing,.

If they want a guaranteed income then they can sign on the dole or work in McDonalds instead....plus they wont have to worry about travelling either :D


That's why when they win matches they should at least earn something, which isn't always the case rigth now.
I'm not asking for guaranteed incomes, or for rewarding the losers. I'm asking for decent reward for the winners including at the bottom of the ladder. Because young players need to be able to at least "survive" in the sport otherwise it's doomed. And if that means that the "expansion" of the sport takes 5 years instead of 2, so be it. We had 6 events/year. Would it be the end of the world if we had 20 instead of 27 but decently rewarded? Would it be the end of the world if expanding to India was postponed another year? I think not.

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Postby snooky147

I'll say one thing on this, I certainly would not have held the Australian tourney again unless the deplorable tax situation was settled.
Money does matter guys, no matter with all the platitudes about the good of the game. Well buck the good of the game if you get to a venue and can actually lose money.

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Postby Witz78

Monique wrote:
Witz78 wrote:nobody forces the players to become pros and start from the bottom rung of the ladder with no earnings.

earnings are called "earnings" because you have to EARN them.

players arent just going to get paid a salary for doing nothing,.

If they want a guaranteed income then they can sign on the dole or work in McDonalds instead....plus they wont have to worry about travelling either :D


That's why when they win matches they should at least earn something, which isn't always the case rigth now.
I'm not asking for guaranteed incomes, or for rewarding the losers. I'm asking for decent reward for the winners including at the bottom of the ladder. Because young players need to be able to at least "survive" in the sport otherwise it's doomed. And if that means that the "expansion" of the sport takes 5 years instead of 2, so be it. We had 6 events/year. Would it be the end of the world if we had 20 instead of 27 but decently rewarded? Would it be the end of the world if expanding to India was postponed another year? I think not.


under the present system it wont work, under a flat 128 system it will because all 64 first round winners will be rewarded, critics will say in most events currently 64 get paid so whats the difference?

the difference is (a) no losers will be paid as happens presently and (b) level playing field for all players.

and as youve stated before a flat 128 set up would make rankings less important and therefore the need for players to enter all events wouldnt be essential, though from a young players perspective, it defeats the purpose of becoming a pro if your then going to not maximise your opportunity to see if you can hack it, by entering all the events.

as for world expansion i struggle to see Brazil really taking off and can see the event there being a passing fad funded by a few rich boys until they get bored. I think the next priority markets to target should be India and Canada.

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Postby Monique

I'm all in favour of a flat system witz and you know that. My grudges against wild's ranting is twofolds: 1. sport isn't a community or charity work, hence the sportsmen/women need to be able to make a decent living if they win - whatever the organisation of the sport, 2. I don't accept getting insulted instead of being answered with some sensible stuff. I don't mind people disagreeing with me, but then I expect a polite an well thought answer, not being called a a bucking runt or worse.

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Postby Witz78

world championship prize money currently is this

Winner: £250,000
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-final: £52,000
Quarter-final: £24,050
Last 16: £16,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 48: £8,200
Last 64: £4,600

Total - £1,100,000

the prizes at last 64 and last 48 stage are really there as a salary for the players ranked inside the top 32 and top 48 who can pick this up without winning a game or even making the tv stage where the action is.

Under a flat 128 system id re-allocate the money like this. reward those who win a game, reward those who make the venue, and reward those who g0 far in the event, Dont waste cash on losers who dont contribite anything. ie. reward mediocrity.

winner - 250000
runner up - 125000
semis - 60000
quarters - 30000
last 16 - 20000
last 32 - 10000
last 64 - 5200

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Postby Roland

Please don't bypass the swear filter Monique. Wild is massively in the wrong here and has been reprimanded.

:santa: