PLAYERS WORK SCHEDULE - 2011
Part 1 of my study instigated by Moniques ramblings earlier is here
The purpose of this is to establish how many days players were playing for in this calendar year and what their earnings were.
Exhibit A - Mark Selby
I decided to start with Mark Selby since he is the World Number 1
Heres a list of his tournaments played in 2011, earnings from each event (before tax, expenses etc) and how many days he was involved in that event (also includes days in between matches during an event)
Championship League - £4,300 - 2 days
Masters - £15,000 - 1 day
Shoot Out - £2,000 - 2 days
Germany - £30,000 - 4 days
Welsh - £7,500 - 5 days
PTC Finals - £15,000 - 3 days
Championship League Finals - £3,000 - 2 days
China Open - £30,000 - 7 days
World Championship - £24,050 - 8 days
Wuxi Classic - £20,000 - 4 days
World Cup - £30,000 - 6 days
Australia - £15,000 - 5 days
Shanghai - £65,000 - 7 days
Brazil - £11,000 - 3 days
Power Snooker - £6,000 - 2 days
UK Championship - £12,050 - 3 days
PTC 1-10 - £16,100 - 13 days
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Total events played = 26
Total days involved in tournaments = 79 days
Total earnings = £306,000
Average earning per event = £11,769
Average earning per day at a tournament = £3,873
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So basically the hardest working player in snookers new "busy" calendar and World Number 1, Mr.Consistency himself who goes deep into most tournaments, has still only been at tournaments just over 11 weeks out of 52 this year.
I think this answers beyond any doubt that Monique is in a dream world when she moans about the players already being overworked.
And yes before you retaliate with taxes and expenses to be deducted from earnings, and travelling to events, i already know that
Looking at this for Selby and realising that others who are moaning about the new calendar being too much, even though they are putting in far less effort than Selby makes them seem even more pathetic to be honest.
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