Snooker powers set for talks as players union calls crunch meeting

PSPA chairman John Higgins is into the World Championship semi-finals (Picture: Getty Images)

The Professional Snooker Players Association (PSPA) is pushing hard for change in the game, requesting governing body the World Professional Snooker and Billiards Association (WPBSA) call an EGM, with a date of the crunch meeting to be announced imminently.

The PSPA was set up as an independent players union in August last year, with John Higgins as its chairman and featuring a string of big names on the players’ board.

They now have more than 50 per cent of the professional tour signed up and have set out a number of changes they want ...