Where do the player's allegiances lie?

thetubberlad wrote:My bad. Murphy duly moved

N_Castle07 wrote:one of the questions to Hearn on the TSF was from a lower ranked player i'm sure of it. Complaining how hard it is going to be to get the money to travel abroud for these new events. But i don't think Barry feels for these lower ranked players at all and rightfully so. Play good make money.

thetubberlad wrote:I might actually set up a Facebook page, solely for snooker purposes. I hate social networking, but it would be nice to see how things are going with Del Hill's campaign and such like.

N_Castle07 wrote:one of the questions to Hearn on the TSF was from a lower ranked player i'm sure of it. Complaining how hard it is going to be to get the money to travel abroud for these new events. But i don't think Barry feels for these lower ranked players at all and rightfully so. Play good make money.

Monique wrote:Dave Hendon on twitter minutes ago "

Lee Doyle has resigned from the WPBSA board and announced his opposition to Barry Hearn"
Now what does that mean for 110 players? What will Hendry do?
Anyhow it's bad news.

LEE DOYLE RESIGNS FROM WPBSA BOARD
Lee Doyle, the chairman of 110sport, has today resigned from the WPBSA board and declared his opposition to its chairman, Barry Hearn, and his future plans for the sport in a move which will precipitate (yet another) bitter battle for control of the sport.

He said: "I feel that my current position as a Director on the Board of the WPBSA is now untenable given that I am completely opposed to the proposals the Chairman, Barry Hearn, has laid out whereby the controlling rights in the Company are handed over to him.

“I do understand what Barry is trying to achieve in snooker and we have discussed this at considerable length. But on this one we agree to disagree.

“Barry has always run his own business and made his own decisions. However, I feel extremely uncomfortable where from my perspective decisions are being taken on contracts without me being consulted as a Board member.

“I do wish some of the players would look at these proposals from the business angle and see the bigger picture and the implications going forward for the game, rather than turning everything in to some kind of popularity contest between those they like and those they don’t want to listen to.”

I have no inside knowledge of the way the WPBSA board works under Hearn.

But I do know that 110sport were the leading cheerleaders of the Altium bid eight years, which bore many similarities to what Hearn is proposing now.

Ironically - or perhaps not - many of those against Altium are now for Hearn.

And so the self-interested, factional world of snooker turns once again.

Doyle's resignation and opposition to Hearn means the bright new future - announced only a fortnight ago - could already be dead in the water, and with it the new tournaments and broadcasting contracts that came with them.

That said, apathy may well yet be the winner. I understand only a handful of players have contacted Hearn since his letter went out, even though he supplied his mobile number and email address.

How many of them will turn up to the May 5 meeting to hear him out rather than rely on 'managers' to decide what's best for them?

Doyle, who manages a large stable of players, neglects to put forward an alternative to the Hearn plan. Perhaps he thinks the way the sport has been run for the last decade is the way things should continue.

However, I understand an alternative proposal is being put together by the very board members who the players rejected just four months ago.

The way things are going, though, the sport will have no credibility left regardless of who is in charge.

Sonny wrote:The plot thickens.

Monique wrote:And Dave's about it http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... board.html

LEE DOYLE RESIGNS FROM WPBSA BOARD
Lee Doyle, the chairman of 110sport, has today resigned from the WPBSA board and declared his opposition to its chairman, Barry Hearn, and his future plans for the sport in a move which will precipitate (yet another) bitter battle for control of the sport.

He said: "I feel that my current position as a Director on the Board of the WPBSA is now untenable given that I am completely opposed to the proposals the Chairman, Barry Hearn, has laid out whereby the controlling rights in the Company are handed over to him.

“I do understand what Barry is trying to achieve in snooker and we have discussed this at considerable length. But on this one we agree to disagree.

“Barry has always run his own business and made his own decisions. However, I feel extremely uncomfortable where from my perspective decisions are being taken on contracts without me being consulted as a Board member.

“I do wish some of the players would look at these proposals from the business angle and see the bigger picture and the implications going forward for the game, rather than turning everything in to some kind of popularity contest between those they like and those they don’t want to listen to.”

I have no inside knowledge of the way the WPBSA board works under Hearn.

But I do know that 110sport were the leading cheerleaders of the Altium bid eight years, which bore many similarities to what Hearn is proposing now.

Ironically - or perhaps not - many of those against Altium are now for Hearn.

And so the self-interested, factional world of snooker turns once again.

Doyle's resignation and opposition to Hearn means the bright new future - announced only a fortnight ago - could already be dead in the water, and with it the new tournaments and broadcasting contracts that came with them.

That said, apathy may well yet be the winner. I understand only a handful of players have contacted Hearn since his letter went out, even though he supplied his mobile number and email address.

How many of them will turn up to the May 5 meeting to hear him out rather than rely on 'managers' to decide what's best for them?

Doyle, who manages a large stable of players, neglects to put forward an alternative to the Hearn plan. Perhaps he thinks the way the sport has been run for the last decade is the way things should continue.

However, I understand an alternative proposal is being put together by the very board members who the players rejected just four months ago.

The way things are going, though, the sport will have no credibility left regardless of who is in charge.

However, I understand an alternative proposal is being put together by the very board members who the players rejected just four months ago.

Monique wrote:power junkies rule the world, this is nothing new. Alas.
And for the players who are supposed to give their best in the WC this is probably the last thing they need... turmoil, uncertainties and inner fights.

N_Castle07 wrote:This has just confirmed my worries i had a couple of weeks ago. I have a gut feeling this may fall through I hope i'm wrong. It's all in the hands of the players. We need to hope they see sense.