Although the 2022 Snooker Gibraltar Open has come to a successful end, the controversy outside the arena continues to ferment, and the extra prize money of 150,000 pounds has caused dissatisfaction among many top superstars.
At the end of the eight tournaments of the Snooker Weed Series, the player with the most points in total will receive an additional prize of 150,000 pounds, and with Walton failing to reach the final at the Gibraltar Open, the prize was also won by John Higgins, but the result did not convince the public.
Higgins and Mark Allen tied for the top spot after the eight races of the Wade Series, but the organizers claimed that the previous European Masters Higgins advanced two more rounds than Allen, so Higgins would receive the 150,000 pounds as a rule.
This statement obviously failed to get the satisfaction of many local fans, and they questioned the loopholes in the organizer's rules, since the highest score of a single shot and the prize of 147 can be divided equally, why not this time, the party Allen is even more "shelled" The organizer bluntly said that such a rule made him feel very disgusted.
As things got worse, another player also stepped up to blame the tournament organizers, neil Robertson, who won the triple crown this season, in an interview with Eurosport, bluntly said that this form of bonus money would only ruin snooker sports.
Robertson said in an interview: This is simply a perverted rule, no player will be at ease to have so much bonus, the Wade Series 150,000 pounds bonus rule is very unreasonable, this is the "bait" thrown at the players.
In fact, the move of extra bonus money for the Weide Series did not last long, the first two seasons were won by Judd Trump, and this season was pocketed by Higgins, but it was because of this that Robertson felt that this move was constantly destroying the mentality of the players.
Robertson said bluntly: The organizers did not appreciate the mentality of many players when competing for this bonus, the bait-type bonus will only greatly affect the players participating, and some players even changed the original schedule for the prize money, which in my opinion is a ridiculous farce.
Robertson's remarks naturally received the support of many fans after the explosion, of course, there are also players who claim that Robertson is unable to eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, and if he finally wins the 150,000 pound jackpot, it may be another statement.
Objectively speaking, it is not wrong for the organizer to come up with some reward systems for ratings or attention, but the premise is that the rules must be completely perfected, after all, only in this way can fans and players be truly convinced.