On June 7, 2023, Beijing time, the penalty results of the snooker match-fixing case were announced, Liang Wenbo and Li Xing were punished with a lifetime ban, and Zhao Xintong's ban period was the shortest, but it was also suspended for 1 year and 8 months. There is no doubt that Liang Wenbo is the key person in this case, there are many official accusations against him, some players are involved because they are induced and threatened by him, but several players explicitly refuse Liang Wenbo and save their innocence.
Liang Wenbo and Li Xing were banned for life, which is an unprecedented fine, which is enough to show how bad the behavior of these two men is. In fact, Liang Wenbo has long been labeled as the main culprit, and the official explained why Liang Wenbo was issued a lifetime ban, first of all, he personally manipulated the game and bet illegally. Secondly, Liang Wenbo, as a senior player, has exerted tremendous pressure on many Chinese players, including inducement and coercive behavior, which is particularly shameful.
From the detailed documents released by the official, Liang Wenbo and Li Xing have designed to manipulate the game many times, Chen Zifan, Zhao Jianbo, Lu Ning, Zhao Xintong, Bai Langning, Chang Bingyu and others are playing match-fixing under the control of Liang Wenbo, from this point of view, some young players are considered victims, as Chang Bingyu said, Liang Wenbo threatened him, which was officially confirmed and the accusation was established. After the incident was revealed, Liang Wenbo also threatened Chang Bingyu and Bai Langning, asking them not to cooperate with the investigation.
Some young players took detours under the inducement and coercion of Liang Wenbo, and were eventually severely punished, but several players refused to cooperate with Liang Wenbo and preserved their innocence, which is admirable. From the official information, Liang Wenbo had induced Yuan Sijun, Xu Si, and Cao Yupeng to manipulate the game, but the three rejected Liang Wenbo and saved their innocence in this incident, Cao Yupeng had been banned before, and he knew how difficult it was for him to return to the professional arena again, and finally rejected Liang Wenbo.
The two young players, Xu Si and Yuan Sijun, have kept the bottom line, kept their ethics as professional players, and maintained their innocence from beginning to end, which is admirable. These two young players have long expressed their attitude, they take Ding Junhui as an example, not only to strive to be a good player, but also to be a good person, to abide by the moral code, which is a good example for young players. If several other young players had rejected Liang Wenbo like them, things might not have been so bad.
At present, many young players are trying to fight for professional qualifications, they dream of stepping on the professional stage, to fight for victory and championships, but the premise must be to abide by professional ethics, a mistake is hated for thousands of years, even if it is Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong and other well-known players, once there is a problem, it is a shadow for a lifetime. I hope that all players will take a warning, and the best role models are Ding Junhui, Yuan Sijun, Xu Si and other players, and look at them!