Judd Trump and Mark Selby have spoken out on the major issues that have led to the formation of the Professional Snooker Players Association.

The new association was formed earlier this year as an independent players’ body to represent their interests to World Snooker Tour (WST) and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).

Four-time world champion John Higgins was installed as the PSPA chairman and told the BBC: ‘We feel as though we’ve not been listened to as we should have been in recent years.

‘The game has not moved forward with the times compared to other top sports.’

Lawyer Ben Rees, a director of the PSPA, told Metro in August about a number of issues including player welfare, scheduling and prize money distribution that the new organisation is hoping to

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