How many events will Ronnie play this season?

D4P wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:He's playing an exhibition at my snooker club soon

Does he get in the Champion Of Champions for that?

Should it be a Ranking Event?

D4P wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:He's playing an exhibition at my snooker club soon

What is/are the date/s?

TheRocket wrote:

D4P wrote:Ronnie just tweeted the following, in response to a question about whether he will play the UK and Masters this season:

I can’t promise anything with my schedule.. a lot of it comes down to priority’s, and managing my career the best way for me..

There's no way he aint gonna play the UK or Masters. He even bothered to travel to China to play the Shanghai Masters. I don't think his schedule will look much different than last years.

Assuming he'll qualify for the Players and Tour Championship obviously.

Badsnookerplayer wrote:

D4P wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:He's playing an exhibition at my snooker club soon

What is/are the date/s?

https://ronnieo147.com/upcoming-exhibit ... uary-2020/

D4P wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:

D4P wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:He's playing an exhibition at my snooker club soon

What is/are the date/s?

https://ronnieo147.com/upcoming-exhibit ... uary-2020/

1. Do you have tickets to the event?

2. Your snooker club is called "The O'Sullivans Snooker Club"? I knew you were a closet Ronnie fan...

Badsnookerplayer wrote:1. Nah - saving my money for the James Cahill exhibition in Feb.

D4P wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:

D4P wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:He's playing an exhibition at my snooker club soon

What is/are the date/s?

https://ronnieo147.com/upcoming-exhibit ... uary-2020/

1. Do you have tickets to the event?

2. Your snooker club is called "The O'Sullivans Snooker Club"? I knew you were a closet Ronnie fan...

Badsnookerplayer wrote:I already explained.

http://www.osullivanssnookerclub.com/About.html

SteveJJ wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:I already explained.

http://www.osullivanssnookerclub.com/About.html

Shocked to see you aren't in the player profiles section

Ck147 wrote:I reckon similar to last year, all those saying he gets appearance fee's, really? For the pro tour? Where's the evidence? (I'm happy to be educated!)

Badsnookerplayer wrote:

Ck147 wrote:I reckon similar to last year, all those saying he gets appearance fee's, really? For the pro tour? Where's the evidence? (I'm happy to be educated!)

I thought he used to get appearance money for China but I - like you - have no evidence for this.

SnookerFan wrote:Much though I like Ding, and could see why the Chinese would want him in their tournaments, I don't think it's fair any players getting entrance fees for tournaments. And I'd say that about any player.

What incentive is there to try hard in a tournament, if you can turn up and get paid heavily even if you lose in the first round?

SnookerFan wrote:Much though I like Ding, and could see why the Chinese would want him in their tournaments, I don't think it's fair any players getting entrance fees for tournaments. And I'd say that about any player.

What incentive is there to try hard in a tournament, if you can turn up and get paid heavily even if you lose in the first round?

Iranu wrote:Aren’t appearance fees a pretty normal thing in sport?

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:Aren’t appearance fees a pretty normal thing in sport?

No idea to be fair, but if they are I don't agree with it there either.

I have a feeling a few people said that it happens in tennis, but if it does happen it shouldn't.

Iranu wrote:The money comes from the tournament sponsors who have no incentive to put it towards more productive things for the tour (although you’d imagine the publicity of a sponsor, say, paying for hotel rooms for players would be pretty good).

I’m not sure how I feel about it. My gut reaction is that it probably shouldn’t happen, but then I also don’t think it makes any difference to how the player performs. Well, except Ronnie sometimes. So I don’t think it matters that much and I don’t see how it’s any different to a player getting paid for putting a company badge on his waistcoat.

Ck147 wrote:If it does happen, I don't think it's right for ranking events, for other types of events I can understand why they would do it to attract the best.

Lemnas wrote:

Ck147 wrote:If it does happen, I don't think it's right for ranking events, for other types of events I can understand why they would do it to attract the best.

+1
I don't understand why the sponsors wouldn't just put their money into the official prize fund. Every top player (except Ronnie maybe) would play in a £1000000 tournament anyway, even without appearance fee.

Iranu wrote:

Lemnas wrote:

Ck147 wrote:If it does happen, I don't think it's right for ranking events, for other types of events I can understand why they would do it to attract the best.

+1
I don't understand why the sponsors wouldn't just put their money into the official prize fund. Every top player (except Ronnie maybe) would play in a £1000000 tournament anyway, even without appearance fee.

I’d imagine Ronnie, Judd and Ding are the only players who might get appearance fees from some tournaments.

Cloud Strife wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Lemnas wrote:

Ck147 wrote:If it does happen, I don't think it's right for ranking events, for other types of events I can understand why they would do it to attract the best.

+1
I don't understand why the sponsors wouldn't just put their money into the official prize fund. Every top player (except Ronnie maybe) would play in a £1000000 tournament anyway, even without appearance fee.

I’d imagine Ronnie, Judd and Ding are the only players who might get appearance fees from some tournaments.