Ronnie O'Sullivan unhappy with snooker's prize money

I see Ronnie is whinging about his money troubles again.

http://www.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/sto ... MP=OTC-RSS

Maybe he should've turned up in Shanghai to earn a few quid.

Jewell wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:I see Ronnie is whinging about his money troubles again.

http://www.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/sto ... MP=OTC-RSS

Maybe he should've turned up in Shanghai to earn a few quid.

Read it again properly.

Nowhere in that article is Ronnie "whining" about "his money troubles".

Everything he says is actually quite correct. Most things, especially property, is much more expensive now than it was 20 years ago. Snooker has, more or less, stayed the same whilst other things have moved on, but as he says things are improving under Barry.

This article is a non-story, IMO.

take your squabbling elsewhere, this is the Shanghai thread

Jewell wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:I see Ronnie is whinging about his money troubles again.

http://www.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/sto ... MP=OTC-RSS

Maybe he should've turned up in Shanghai to earn a few quid.

Read it again properly.

Nowhere in that article is Ronnie "whining" about "his money troubles".

Everything he says is actually quite correct. Most things, especially property, is much more expensive now than it was 20 years ago. Snooker has, more or less, stayed the same whilst other things have moved on, but as he says things are improving under Barry.

This article is a non-story, IMO.

what he fails to mention is that when there was a offer on the table in 2000 for improved prize money and tournaments Ronnie was one of the players that backed against that.


the reason the money stagnated and went nowhere in snooker for the last 20 years has been down to the players backing the previous regimes "better the devil you know" scenario and lack of ambition to get things better that is why Barry Hearn was insistant on that 51% because without that players would still have a massive voice in the Running of the Game which has been a downside for donkeys. it will take years best part of 10 years for Barry Hearn to pull things round it wont be a overnight thing.

Jewell wrote:What exactly has any of this got to do with the article Snookerfan posted?

Ronnie said hes unhappy with the prize money well he should look in the mirror to find one of the reason why the prize money not as high as he think it should be.

Whoever took our comments from the Shanghai Masters thread, and created a different thread about Ronnie has done a slick job of editting.

generally or not if players wants someone to blame for poor prize money look no further than some of their predecessors.

Ronnie could do an awful lot to revert the prize money situation. I thought he might actually help Hearn out when Hearn got involved, but of course he's only given a negative slant. Spoilt brat attitude as usual, just when snooker least needs it as usual...