Appearance Fees: YES or NO?

Witz78 wrote:it could work if the appearance fee was a carrot dangled in front of a big names player and would only be payable on the basis he won his qualifiers and made it to the venue.

so appearance fee would be based on results

in a way getting more prize money than other players for reaching the same stage

Wild, appearance fees are no different to sponsorship. Do you think a player ranked 8- in the World gets paid as much as say Robbo, if they wore the same logo on their waistcoat.