O'Sullivan's comments come following a series of run-ins with World Snooker over the last year, in particular with chairman Barry Hearn.Įarlier this month, O'Sullivan called Hearn a "dictator" for the way the sport is run. "I am being patient because I still have 15 years left in this game and I feel I can play into my mid-50s easily. The tour is fantastic for a lot of people but it is not for everybody. "I want to play in quality events, good venues against great players and that is what inspires me. I am ready to go and if someone offered me the opportunity to play on another platform, I would be gone tomorrow. "I am just waiting for four or five unhappy players. "I am looking for seven or eight real top-quality players," said O'Sullivan after his narrow second-round victory over Doherty at the UK Championship. O'Sullivan suggested that, in addition to seven-time world champion Hendry, he would also invite Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng, the two recently banned Chinese players. Shady text messages & high-stakes wagers - inside snooker's match-fixing scandal."You need those players on the tour but I could not see how it would work," Doherty said. The 42-year-old says Stephen Hendry is "ready to come out of retirement" and hopes John Higgins joins too.īut 1997 world champion Ken Doherty said he did not think the public would like the tour, and doubted if Higgins would be interested.
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