 Another bid has been put forward for Paris 2024 through a branch of the association formed in 2017, the World Snooker Federation.In 2001, in a legal case brought by Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and their management company, the WPBSA was found to have taken advantage of its dominant position in the snooker market by forcing its members to seek permission to play in tournaments, which could allow the WPBSA to prevent rival organisations from competing with it.Former WPBSA chairman Geoff Foulds lost a libel case that he had brought against "The Daily Mirror" when it accused him of submitting falsified expense claims to the WPBSA.