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[stuartmaxwell]

Originally Posted by Gus Chamber

they have that legendary croaky spiv shouting the scores.

waaann haaandreuuud!

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by Scorge

At work, so typing this off the cuff: PDC is purely a money making cash cow exercise just like the EPL, nothing more, nothing less. Having been in the crowds at both a BDO and PDC tournament, I can tell you that the behaviour of the PDC crowds is far more disgraceful. Other prblem with the PDC is that too many defected players have the 'grass is greener' outlook, lured by the money which will only go so far down the ladder. Won't be long before some of the worse-off PDC players are back in the BDO, I reckon.:

I can believe about the behaviour part - but if you look at old videos from when the BDO was king, the crowds seem quite lively there too - I found one video where the crowd were laying into someone (Bristow? Can't remeber) - just like in the PDC.

The thing with money is that the PDC does keep on raising how much is on offer - looking at the PDC order of merit, you can arguably say that the top 50 are making a living from the sport. The BDO just isn't offering the same - even the gulf in money between the two World Championships is starting to become really telling.

Originally Posted by Gus Chamber

Part of me would like to see it back under one governing body, but if you saw that "Blood On The Carpet" programme a few years back then it really doesn't look likely. But only a fool says never...

I'd love to see the PDC running the big events - as they've shown they can promote it properly. The sensible thing would be for them to introduce the 'Tour Card' that they're talking about - maybe with the top 64 in the world in any given season. That's about as much as they can realistically sustain at the moment - and then underneath that, the BDO could quite easily run as it is now. If it was fair, then BDO players would be able to play in PDC events if they were invited, while players with 'Tour cards' would still be able to enter BDO-sanctioned events if they were interested.

[Scorge]

Originally Posted by Cloud

The thing with money is that the PDC does keep on raising how much is on offer - looking at the PDC order of merit, you can arguably say that the top 50 are making a living from the sport. The BDO just isn't offering the same - even the gulf in money between the two World Championships is starting to become really telling.

Debatable, though I'm not sure I'd fancy the PDC from a competitive point of view as there's usually only one bloke winnning everything.....

I'd love to see the PDC running the big events - as they've shown they can promote it properly. The sensible thing would be for them to introduce the 'Tour Card' that they're talking about - maybe with the top 64 in the world in any given season. That's about as much as they can realistically sustain at the moment - and then underneath that, the BDO could quite easily run as it is now. If it was fair, then BDO players would be able to play in PDC events if they were invited, while players with 'Tour cards' would still be able to enter BDO-sanctioned events if they were interested.

Hearn is in it for the dosh and the kudos well above the welfare of the game and has only ever wanted to smash the BDO to bits: anyone who disagrees with that is a total nugget. They are doing well just now, but even just losing the Sky coverage would put the PDC in the shit. He is only interested in the county system if it turns over more money for him. Ask any Leyton Orient fan what they think of Hearn....