Seven-time World Snooker Champion Stephen Hendry says the incentive for a 147 at snooker’s premier event is not enough.
The former champion thinks the current 40,000 a player receives for a 147 in a World Championship match is not enough. The Scot believes the risk out-weighs the reward. Hendry was the last player to make 147 at the Crucible back in 2012.
OTB’s Shane Hannon spoke with Hendy in the Crucible earlier this afternoon.
“I’ve gone public in saying I don’t think the prize is enough for a 147. You know, Barry says there is too many but as you say the last one here was 2012, that’s six years ago. So, that is saying that this place is a bit different.
Hendry disagrees with former World Professional Snooker and Billiards Association chairman Barry Hearn about the funding for a 147. Hearn says there are “too many” in modern day snooker. Hendry pointed out that he was the last one to make a 147 in a World championship match, back in 2012. He thinks making a maximum break on the World stage should be rewarded with a bigger prize because of the stage and the pressure.
“Whether it is a monitory prize, or a fifty grand watch, or a lovely car,' said the Scotsman.
He thinks the governing body need to create an incentive for the players in order to go for it at the Crucible.
"There should be something, there should be a carrot dangled. In some way so the players can, at least, have a think about it and say: ‘fancy going for that.”
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