mick745 wrote:Tournaments would work like this:
Tier 3 v Tier 4, first round of qualifying.
Winners play Tier 2 players in second round of qualifying.
The 32 qualifiers play top 32 at venues.
The rolling seeding system can still continue but you cant move from your tier during the current season.
It's a question of how to support a healthy tour. These 'tiered' suggestions are a fast-track to effectively reducing the number of professionals. It would bankrupt anyone outside the top-64.
You could take it further.
There's a strong financial case to be made for just having a tour consisting of Trump, O'Sullivan, Selby, Robertson, Higgins, Williams, Murphy, Allen, K.Wilson and of course Jimmy White. The broadcasters, media, organisers, general public and of course the top players themselves would
love that! It could run for at least another 10 years and make a huge amount of money.
Is that what you want?