When it comes to one of the most individual players in snooker, I believe that most fans will have the name Ronnie O'Sullivan in their minds, the best player in history, even though he is now 46 years old, his outspoken personality has not changed at all.
As we all know, O'Sullivan has suffered countless disasters since his debut, but it is precisely because of his unruly personality that he has gained many fans, and familiar fans are more aware that O'Sullivan's wayward actions are rarely aimed at fans and players, most of them are to fight with the organizers of the World Taiwan Federation.
During the recent Turkish Masters, the organizers refused to pay O'Sullivan the corresponding appearance fee, which eventually refused to participate, in O'Sullivan's eyes, snooker sports are a business, and since the organizers can hold more events for the benefit, the players also have the right to be paid accordingly.
At the time, snooker president Ferguson openly accused O'Sullivan, but because snooker is different from other sports, players have the right to decide whether to participate, and the World Federation has nothing to do about it.
O'Sullivan can be said to have always disagreed with the WRF's approach, and earlier bluntly stated that if he was not a sponsor, he would only participate in one world championship per season, but O'Sullivan's only willing competition will probably change in the future.
After the end of the Turkish Masters, snooker has only three races left this season (Gibraltar, Tour, World Championship), and in an interview with the media, O'Sullivan once again made a surprisingly domineering shout that he could not rule out the possibility of withdrawing from the World Championships.
O'Sullivan told the media: If someone asked me to play a more valuable exhibition match than the World Championships before the start of the World Championships, but there was a conflict between the time of the event and the World Championships, I would not hesitate to quit the World Championships to participate in this more valuable event.
I'm not kidding, for the rest of my career I'll think carefully about the value that each race brings to me, I think my time is precious, and if a sponsor pays more to invite me to an exhibition event, I can quit all snooker races.
There is no doubt that O'Sullivan, who is hailed as a genius, has created his own commercial value over the course of thirty years of his career, which is why he is still a guarantee of game ratings, and O'Sullivan is also very aware that the power of his influence will bring greater value.
O'Sullivan said: "In recent years, my focus has been on my career, I only care about my own business now, frankly snooker is actually a business, I just chose the most commercial value between the two.
Interestingly, O'Sullivan registered for the next Gibraltar Open for the first time in his career, and according to previous revelations in the Metro Newspaper, O'Sullivan participated because the organizers paid an additional appearance fee, plus an additional prize of 150,000 pounds for the Weide Series.
Whether it is self-confidence or arrogance, O'Sullivan's "hard" World Taiwan Federation is not once or twice, but objectively speaking, other competitions O'Sullivan may be able to give up participating, the world championship with the highest gold content believes that O'Sullivan will not give up so easily, after all, it is a symbol of the highest honor.