PST Players Ball, Marks Reportedly Barred From
January PSA Tournament Of Champions
from DailySquashReport.com
December 13, 2011 - Pro Squash Tour players Bradley Ball and Ned Marks have reportedly been barred from playing in the local qualifying event for the January PSA New York Tournament of Champions because of their affiliation with the PST.
Ball, of England, is currently ranked #2 by the PST, and Marks, of the US, is ranked fifth. Both have competed in the past on the PSA world tour.
The issue of PST players competing in PSA events, and vice-versa, has been an ongoing and unresolved controversy.
PST commissioner Joe McManus says the problem rests squarely with the PSA. “We allow anyone to compete in our events, without exception," he says. “And we allow our players to play anywhere as well, without exception.”
In September, former world #1 and current Drexel University head coach John White, who has played PST events since retiring from the PSA, was reportedly initally prohibited from playing in the qualifying draw for the PSA US Open in Philadelphia.
White, however, ended up playing in the event.
In October of 2010, the US-based PST filed a lawsuit against the PSA after the PSA reportedly issued a guideline letter to its members banning them from PST events. The suit was later dropped.
In September 2009, four-time British Open winner David Palmer was fined by the PSA for playing in a PST event.
Palmer retired from PSA competition last month and is now under contract with the PST.
The Pro Squash Tour (PST) was launched in the fall of 2009 and currently has twenty events on its calendar.
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