Darts #7: Met Vegas, Matchplay en World Grand Prix

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Op zaterdag 10 oktober 2009 20:13 schreef nightfall het volgende:
waar kan ik het volgen?, bij unibet geen lijje zo te zien vandaag

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PDC chairman Barry Hearn told Sky Sports News he wants to unify the darting world under one organisation, after offering to buy the BDO for £1 million.

Hearn's PDC was formed in 1993 after an acrimonious split from the BDO, and the sport has grown from strength to strength with now huge sums of money available for the top players.

Major tournaments screened on Sky Sports continue to bring in the cash, with a new Premier League now being staged in huge arenas around the country as well as a new tournament taking hold in Las Vegas.

The PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace this winter will have a £1 million prize pot, but the BDO will still hold their World Championship at Lakeside as the best amateurs and county players battle it out.

Hearn wants there to be just one darting organisation and believes the PDC is the way to go, and in an open letter to the BDO he offered £1 million to buy the organisation and also promised the same amount of investment in darts at the grass roots.

"I just think we're coming up to a major part of the evolution of the sport, we've got the World Championships on Sky Sports with £1 million in prize money, and we've got 58 televised events around the world," Hearn told Sky Sports News.

"It needs proper management now to take the game forward, we now the time is right and we think we're the ones to do it.

"I'm expecting the BDO to welcome this offer with open arms, they're going to get the cash necessary to keep this great game alive at grass roots level.

"It's not really about the PDC and the BDO, it's a unified system. I need new players to come through from the grass roots and challenge Phil Taylor, he's been having a great time of it lately."

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Op woensdag 21 oktober 2009 20:11 schreef Bruce117 het volgende:
Het zou alleen maar goed voor het darten zijn als ze een stoppen net de 2 aparte bonden.