On 6 June, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association released a statement announcing that O'Sullivan had not signed the official players' contract and would therefore not be eligible to play in any 2012/2013 World Snooker event until he did so.
O 6 de xuño de 2012 a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association emitiu un comunicado anunciando que O'Sullivan non asinara o contrato oficial de xogador e, por conseguinte, non podrá xogar na tempada de Snooker 2012/2013 ata que o faga.