tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post7183016633958171567..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: LIFE DOWN THE RANKINGSDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-58644626212510128722009-02-15T19:30:00.000+00:002009-02-15T19:30:00.000+00:00Rich youre talking rubbish WRT telling if a player...Rich <BR/><BR/>youre talking rubbish WRT telling if a player will usually make the top 25<BR/><BR/>WRT his draw, it is a good draw considering who he has came up against in the past. he didnt say it was an easy draw, just a good one<BR/><BR/>ie he thinks hes got a chance but knows he has to play well<BR/><BR/>your "putting words into his mouth" by suggesting he thinks hes going to walk through and has that attitude all the time<BR/><BR/>he hasnt got it now and hasnt had it in the past<BR/><BR/>by good draw hes not saying easy<BR/><BR/>he is saying they are all hard (cos he knows they are) but this one isnt as hard as it could be for the worlds<BR/><BR/>you obviously dont know him well and are just guessingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-24160471845084430672009-02-15T13:51:00.000+00:002009-02-15T13:51:00.000+00:00Anonymous, he's obviously a little deluded if he t...Anonymous, he's obviously a little deluded if he thinks he's got a good draw for the World Championshiops when he clearly hasn't got a chance. It's that mentality that's cost him all this money, someone should have told him. You can usually tell if a player is going to make it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-14492823645012611842009-02-15T13:16:00.000+00:002009-02-15T13:16:00.000+00:00Here are some statistics from the past two seasons...Here are some statistics from the past two seasons on the WSA Main tour WSA have put £650,000 of their own money into the tour over the last two seasons .Almost all of this has gone into the latter rounds. <BR/>PRIZE MONEY SHARE (APPROXIMATELY) 2006-2007 SEASON. TOTAL £3.26 MILLION <BR/>Players ranked 1-16 £2,200,000 AVERAGE £137,500 HIGHEST £288,000 LOWEST £52,000 (over 2/3rds of £3.26 MILLION total prize money)<BR/><BR/>17-32 £500,000 AVERAGE £31,250<BR/>33-48 £350,000 AVERAGE £21,875<BR/>1-16 EARNT 4x AS MUCH PRIZE MONEY AS 1-32<BR/><BR/><BR/>2007-2008 prize money<BR/>1-16 £2,685,000 AVERAGE £167,800<BR/>17-32 £885,000 AVERAGE £55,300<BR/>33-48 £368,000 AVERAGE £23,000nippersehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207480969449119854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-35881536567046114202009-02-15T11:30:00.000+00:002009-02-15T11:30:00.000+00:00very easy to be funny and cheeky with the benefit ...very easy to be funny and cheeky with the benefit of hindsight Rich.<BR/><BR/>Just shows you want kind of person you are<BR/><BR/>Knowing Scott myself i can assure you he is a polite unassuming guy who has worked hard at his game.<BR/><BR/>No player knows for sure when they are 14 if they will make it to the top 16, and obvioulsy very few do make it there where the "job" money is, so youre just a wee bit out of order with that comment IMHOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-66721993262885654922009-02-15T11:22:00.000+00:002009-02-15T11:22:00.000+00:00There's another bit in that interview that leaves ...There's another bit in that interview that leaves me scratching my head. MacKenzie says he got a good draw for the Worlds. Well unless he's looking at a different draw sheet to me I notice he's playing Judd Trump in round 3. I can save him the expsense of travelling now and tell him he's got no chance of qualifying. He'll be lucky to beat Joe Delaney in Round 2. Unfortunately there's a lot of deluded players out there who time would have been better spent studying at school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-8446552870604007242009-02-14T20:28:00.000+00:002009-02-14T20:28:00.000+00:00i agree the pot could be split more evenly but in ...i agree the pot could be split more evenly but in the case of the WC i would leave it as is, as i dont like to think of the "worth" of the WC going backowards too much, even if it stays still (which would only mean a comparaive year on year drop)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-30169482378870639152009-02-14T19:38:00.000+00:002009-02-14T19:38:00.000+00:00It would help snooker greatly if the money was spl...It would help snooker greatly if the money was split a bit more evenly between ranking events instead of having a massive fund for the WC (did the winner get £250k last year?) and far smaller prize funds for 'less esteemed' events.<BR/><BR/>This is what appears to happen in darts, with Taylor receiving only! £125k last month for winning the WC, although the prize money is due to increase substantially over the next 3/4 years for this particular event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-56175010696225516462009-02-14T13:44:00.000+00:002009-02-14T13:44:00.000+00:00Yeah I believe that is the case.Yeah I believe that is the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-57155747460497424462009-02-14T13:37:00.000+00:002009-02-14T13:37:00.000+00:00i dont think that theres that much difference betw...i dont think that theres that much difference between the person in the "exact same" numerical position in darts as scott is.<BR/><BR/>at least, we are not talking sustainable income.<BR/><BR/>in darts those from 60 down dont make a "job" income and the most part of them will not be sponsored with any great amount (the majority, not them all)<BR/><BR/>so, even though the top flight of darts is sky high at the moment, it seems that those in the 50 or lower bracket dont make a living at it.<BR/><BR/>tennis and snooker are different, but when you consider how popular darts is at present against how lowly their players get "paid" when not high in the rankings then its no surprise snooker players at that position dont get too much money<BR/><BR/>think scott is a butcher also? or helps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-4148646624016988902009-02-14T13:00:00.000+00:002009-02-14T13:00:00.000+00:00The PDC Order of Merit is based on 2 years of priz...The PDC Order of Merit is based on 2 years of prize money, with money 'lost' on the two year anniversary of the event. I have no idea why it's two years.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, using dartsdatabase.co.uk, a query based on earnings from all PDC ranking events from 07/01/2008 - 14/01/2009 (basically ending at the WC last month) shows the following:<BR/><BR/>60 Nick Fulwell England £6,550<BR/>61 Michael Barnard England £6,100<BR/>62 Remco van Eijden Holland £5,933<BR/>63 Steve Grubb England £5,875<BR/>64 Russell Stewart Australia £5,600<BR/>65 Warren French New Zealand £5,600<BR/>66 Hannes Schnier Austria £5,430<BR/>67 Colin Monk England £5,383<BR/>68 Charles Losper South Africa £5,300<BR/>69 Mark Stephenson England £5,200<BR/>70 Lionel Sams England £5,100<BR/>71 Marko Kantele Finland £5,000<BR/>72 Per Laursen Denmark £5,000<BR/>73 Shi Yongsheng China £5,000<BR/>74 Nandor Bezzeg Hungary £5,000<BR/>75 Steve Hine England £4,797<BR/>76 Ray Carver USA £4,600<BR/>77 Steve Brown England £4,455<BR/>78 Simon Whatley England £4,400<BR/>79 Sam Rooney England £4,375<BR/>80 Alan Warriner-Little England £4,225<BR/>81 Mark Lawrence England £4,150<BR/>82 Dave Askew England £4,025<BR/>83 Steve Evans Wales £3,683<BR/>84 Kevin Dowling England £3,608<BR/>85 Roger Carter USA £3,600<BR/>86 Shawn Brenneman Canada £3,450<BR/>87 John Ferrell England £3,375<BR/>88 Steve Smith England £3,050<BR/>89 Shane O Connor Ireland £3,025<BR/>90 John Kuczynski USA £2,850<BR/>91 Larry Butler USA £2,825<BR/>92 Jason Clark Scotland £2,783<BR/>93 Anastasia Dobromyslova Russia £2,700<BR/>94 Martyn Turner England £2,675<BR/>95 Darren Johnson England £2,625<BR/>96 Martin Burchell England £2,575<BR/>97 Ben Burton England £2,533<BR/>98 Lourence Ilagan Philippines £2,500<BR/>99 Sudesh Fitzgerald Guyana £2,500<BR/>100 Akahiro Nakagawa Japan £2,500<BR/><BR/>Not fortunes by any means, but it still goes some way to covering some of the expenses for the year.<BR/><BR/>Interesting to see at #93 Anastasia Dobromyslova, the Russian female player. You can call it a marketing gimmick, but she's shown she can compete. Just wondering if and World Snooker allow female players to compete?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-71495891098728053892009-02-14T12:59:00.000+00:002009-02-14T12:59:00.000+00:00The full PDC darts list can be found here:http://w...The full PDC darts list can be found here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCOrderofMerit/0,,10180,00.html<BR/><BR/>The world number 75 in the PDC has £8,296 on the order of merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-52699297922993050112009-02-14T10:31:00.001+00:002009-02-14T10:31:00.001+00:00Its taken from SkySports where they only list the ...Its taken from SkySports where they only list the Top 16.<BR/><BR/>Mr Hearn does have a habit of only talking of winners, not "Also Rans".<BR/><BR/>Sounds harsh, but hey, thats business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-63336186386068359882009-02-14T10:31:00.000+00:002009-02-14T10:31:00.000+00:00Its taken from SkySports where they only list the ...Its taken from SkySports where they only list the Top 16.<BR/><BR/>Mr Hearn does have a habit of only talking of winners, not "Also Rans".<BR/><BR/>Sounds harsh, but hey, thats business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-90638455908885710202009-02-14T09:26:00.000+00:002009-02-14T09:26:00.000+00:00id like to see that list extend down to at least 7...id like to see that list extend down to at least 75 (if possble) please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-22787562097440340122009-02-14T08:04:00.000+00:002009-02-14T08:04:00.000+00:001. Phil Taylor £510,6582. James Wade £310,1593. Ra...1. Phil Taylor £510,658<BR/>2. James Wade £310,159<BR/>3. Raymond v Barneveld £267,800<BR/>4. John Part £188,012<BR/>5. Terry Jenkins £136,556<BR/>6. Mervyn King £128,504<BR/>7. Adrian Lewis £122,721<BR/>8. Wayne Mardle £121,999<BR/>9. Andy Hamilton £109,294<BR/>10. Colin Lloyd £107,121<BR/>11. Dennis Priestley £106,101<BR/>12. Alan Tabern £105,401<BR/>13. Ronnie Baxter £100,061<BR/>14. Peter Manley £ 97,185<BR/>15. Colin Osborne £ 89,604<BR/>16. Kevin Painter £ 88,604<BR/><BR/>And not so long ago this sport was always 2nd fiddle to snooker.<BR/><BR/>Wake up and smell the coffee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-86105149165311585762009-02-13T22:44:00.000+00:002009-02-13T22:44:00.000+00:00No doubt the WPBSA will be fining him for being ho...No doubt the WPBSA will be fining him for being honest, erm. I mean not showing the sport in a positive light!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-13459123279948391532009-02-13T21:25:00.000+00:002009-02-13T21:25:00.000+00:00Very interesting article.This bit has me scratchin...Very interesting article.<BR/><BR/>This bit has me scratching my head though:<BR/><BR/><I>MacKenzie said: “It’s still the third most popular sport in Britain but there’s a lack of money at the top of the sport so you can imagine what it’s like for the rest of us.</I><BR/><BR/>Third most popular?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com