Premier league 2020

El Sueño wrote: »

The PL is the worst of the TV tournaments and that's with a crowd. Without a crowd I have zero interest, it's just the home tour with better production values.

Any comp that is invite , or exbo like the PL is not as good as a ranked comp where players are there on merit.


I liked the summer series players champs, as it is proper competitive ranked darts.
The pl is just a glorified invitation exbo, where its only purpose is to rake in the money for the pdc to cover overheads and pay for other events.


The PL is needed, but it dont mean its as good as some make it out, and I have never classed it as a true major like the Worlds, Matchplay, and others are.

El Sueño wrote: »

I assume the pl is the biggest moneymaker for the PDC by far, I can certainly see why it's put on every year.

I've said before though they should mix it up from week to week, make it 301 one week, quadro board the next week, double start the week after that, etc. We see enough games of 501 on TV.

Without the PL the PDC would be unsustainable in general.


For exampl each players champs pays out £75, 000 per event, and that is played behind closed doors with no ticket sale revenue, and no entry fee.
And multiply that by the numver of events per year, the money has to be made up from sponsor ship which wont cover it,



That is why the PL exists, by calling it a "major", and awarding large prize money, it recoups it back and more through its publicity, and the PDC have even accepted is just a party crowd, as opposed to the type of crowd the Winter Gardens would get, or the crown the UK Open use to get, a crowd more interested in darts.


The PL is played in front of MAJOR crowds
It has MAJOR prize money
It gets MAJOR exposure
And make MAJOR money for the PDC


however a invitational, non ranking comp where players in the worlds top 10 are not "invited" can never be a true major in the traditional sense, in my opinion.