Ronnie O'Sullivan tells snooker players to strike in fiery rant as the sport is in 'crisis'
“The game is in trouble, if you look at the numbers it is bad. But we all want good for the game. - Last 30 years. He is not a player.
"It's sport, it's not massive sport. At Wimbledon it's probably £50m for a single event. You're looking at golf, minimum first prize £1.2m and the best players don't even show up for it. We play for the winner to get £80,000 most weeks and the runner up to get £35,000.
"It's in trouble. Mark Allen did well this year, Judd Trump did well a few years ago. A few others are doing well. But for the rest, there's nothing.
"A lot of these players are tempted by the crumbs. If you give them a few crumbs and they say, I'll play, shut them up, keep them on board. But the only way to get changes is what players say, we don't play until you listen to us.
“The game is in trouble, if you look at the numbers it is bad. But we all want good for the game. - Last 30 years. He is not a player.
"It's sport, it's not massive sport. At Wimbledon it's probably £50m for a single event. You're looking at golf, minimum first prize £1.2m and the best players don't even show up for it. We play for the winner to get £80,000 most weeks and the runner up to get £35,000.
"It's in trouble. Mark Allen did well this year, Judd Trump did well a few years ago. A few others are doing well. But for the rest, there's nothing.
"A lot of these players are tempted by the crumbs. If you give them a few crumbs and they say, I'll play, shut them up, keep them on board. But the only way to get changes is what players say, we don't play until you listen to us.
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