Wild wrote:Monique wrote:Wild wrote:we going round and round in circles here monique every bloody time.
yes things not right but ffs its only been 18 months if that name me one company that had to start from scratch which World Snooker had to once they cleared the deadwood and be perfect in 18 months....its work in progress.
and unless players realise that then they really are in cloud coocoo land on this
name me one company, any age, where employees have to pay for the right to work and becoming poorer for it.
name me one company that doesent expect theire employers to work ?
and if you refuse ur sacked.
they dont get entry forms to fill in to go to work in dubai or decide not to.
players cant have their cake and eat it.
Any company that works with free-lances works this way. They have jobs on offer, you take them or you don't. But if you take them and do the work, you are paid. How much might depend on various things but you get paid. Players are not WSA employees, they are more like free-lances. As a freelance, if a job forces you to expose expenses that you can't afford, you don't take it. You will not be scraped from the companies' list because of that, or lose your professional status.
The way it's working now in snooker is that the ranking system does actually force the players to enter events even when they know that they will probably be off their pockets doing so. If only a minority of players, who don't perform, are put in that situation, then OK, they are probably not good enough for the job and they should do something else. But when it's actually a majority who is exposed to that risk it means that something is wrong with the way the sport is run because on the longer term it will kill it completely.
The price money has increased from about 50%. The number of tournaments has gone from 6 to 27 which represent and increase of 350%. It's not difficult to realise that this means that the resources available for each tournament "individually" has gone down significantly. On the other hand, players have now to pay for their travel expenses and accommodations outside UK, which wasn't the case before, and the amount of traveling required has exploded.
Most players today, especially the low ranked ones, get less than before while they work a lot more. That's not a healthy situation.
The total amount of money is limited. But the way it's used could be "rethought". Just imagine that the WC first prize was going down to £200 000 instead of £250 000, the runner-up prize also being diminished a bit. It would still be a very decent amount to earn. And that the number of PTCs was reduced to 8 instead of 12. With the additional money and less events, each event could offer the players a more decent earning, especially in the early rounds. Or, for the players who have to travel, a minimal "travel cost" amount could be provided for instance. The same amount irrespective of ranking. This would help the low ranked players a lot.
Another idea. WSA could try to negotiate deals with airlines ahead of abroad ranking events. They do it for hotel fees to an extend. This might help players to get better deals. They know how many players will travel, if not who they will be exactly. I know it's not that simple. The players might not travel alone, they might flight early for various reasons ... but why not try and see how it works.
If people put their mind to it, I'm sure there is plenty that can be done. But it's asking for thinking. While just having the players - and amateurs - to finance the game is the lazy solution. A lazy solution that has its limits because as hard as they try, people can't give what they don't have.
