On January 11, I believe that fans have also heard that 10 Chinese snooker players have been banned by the World Taiwan Federation in less than 2 months, and the reasons for the ban are all suspected of manipulating the results of the game and playing match-fixing! According to people familiar with the matter, Zhao Xintong refused to admit to manipulating the results of the game and playing match-fixing, but was willing to accept the punishment imposed on him by the World Federation of Taiwan Affairs and decided not to appeal. Judging from the current situation, 10 Chinese snooker players, including Zhao Xintong, have been punished by the World Taiwan Federation, which is basically unavoidable.
According to Jason Ferguson, head of the World Federation of Taiwan Festivals, the Chinese snooker "match-fixing case" is nearing the end and is expected to usher in the final result in the next two weeks! But the question now is what punishment should be imposed on snooker players suspected of manipulating match results and match-fixing, which has become the focus of attention. If all the players involved are banned for life, it is obviously unfair, after all, each of them is different, such as Zhao Xintong, may simply participate in the bet, did not manipulate the result of the game, and played match-fixing.
A few days ago, a number of snooker world champions publicly stated their attitude in an interview with reporters, hoping that the World Taiwan Federation would impose heavy penalties on players involved in manipulating the results of the game and playing match-fixing! They believe that the current punishment of the World Taiwan Federation does not play much role in match-fixing, and only by increasing the punishment can we effectively avoid similar situations. But some people also believe that while punishing the players involved, the World Federation should also investigate the people behind the scenes. In any case, according to them, the Chinese snooker players involved could not escape heavy penalties.
But just when everyone poured cold water on the Chinese snooker players who had been determined to be involved, O'Sullivan publicly expressed his views when talking about this matter! O'Sullivan said that perhaps their alleged manipulation of match results and match-fixing was true, but why did they do it? There are two reasons for this: first, they are addicted to manipulating the results of matches and match-fixing; Second, some of their players could not make ends meet on normal matches and had to take risks.
Obviously, the vast majority of the players involved are a little more desperate because of the second situation! In addition, O'Sullivan also called on the World Federation to reflect on itself and take care of players who are lower in the world ranking. In fact, O'Sullivan's view has become very clear, even if they manipulate the results of the game and play match-fixing, it is not all their fault, and the World Taiwan Federation itself has certain problems. Prior to this, Ding Junhui, a leading figure in Chinese snooker, also complained about this on social platforms, but eventually stopped it.