{"id":299412,"date":"2023-12-06T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299412"},"modified":"2023-12-06T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:08:56","slug":"ronnie-osullivan-warned-over-a-one-off-quickie-by-barry-hearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nba\/ronnie-osullivan-warned-over-a-one-off-quickie-by-barry-hearn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie O’Sullivan warned over a ‘one-off quickie’ by Barry Hearn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronnie O'Sullivan makes history with EIGHTH UK Championship<\/h3>\n

Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan has been warned he must respect the snooker players\u2019 contract and cannot earn a ‘one-off quickie’ playing in Chinese events. In the latest row over which events snooker stars can and cannot compete in, boss Barry Hearn effectively said O’Sullivan must terminate his contract if he wants to compete in the lucrative tournaments held in China.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan is one of many snooker players desperate to play more events in China, with huge pay-offs offered to stars. The 47-year-old sensationally claimed that he will quit the sport if he is not allowed to play in those tournaments more often.<\/p>\n

Five players – now known as the Macau Five – threatened to boycott the Northern Ireland Open to play in one of the tournaments. O\u2019Sullivan was not a member of the breakaway group, but has backed those colleagues.<\/p>\n

Snooker boss Barry Hearn has now told O\u2019Sullivan and other players that they have a \u2018choice\u2019 over which competitions they participate in, but must respect their contracts if they sign them. \u201cEveryone has a choice in what they want to play in and whether they want to be a part of our tour,\u201d Hearn told the Metro.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the game\u2019s in really good hands. There\u2019s always going to be temptations for a one-off quickie, but we don\u2019t do one-off quickies. We are a sustainable business that\u2019s growing very well, with some great news that\u2019s coming in the next month or so, we\u2019ve got a big month coming up.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLook, you\u2019ll always get someone who wants to do something for a quick buck, but that\u2019s just not the way that I run businesses, nor will it ever be. If people want to leave for a quick buck then I wish them well, they\u2019ve got their own lives to run, they make their own decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t be unreasonable with anybody, but we have rules, contracts in place and we\u2019re always happy to sit down and talk to them, but in a professional dialogue. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be any real issues, to be honest with you, I think Ronnie in particular is in demand in China. They offer him a lot of money and he wants to take advantage of that, I understand that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he can\u2019t do anything that\u2019s harmful to the players\u2019 contract. He has the choice not to sign the players\u2019 contract, that\u2019s his call, not mine.\u201d<\/p>\n