BBC Deal For Champions League of Darts

[Justin Credible]

or a shopping center

[Rogg]

nice one.

[Justin Credible]

it is both the pic and the news the bbc booted the bdo in the bollocks in favor of the pdc

[Pieter]

Any signs of Fanny??? I would love to see his statement on todays news .

[Justin Credible]

ginge will be like an anti christ he missed this

[Rogg]

surprised no one picked up on this from the bbc website

The decision to broadcast the new event means the BBC will cease to cover the BDO World Championship.

Think it was added in later; the BDO must have known this was coming. Might explain their desperation to get Billingsgate off the ground

Yeah I'm sure that line wasn't in the article when it first went up. Odd.

What next for Lakeshite?

Prime land in Surrey, will be a big housing estate

At the very least you'd think Potter will be thinking hard about the size of the prize fund, especially the 100k to the winner.

I said the other day that the BDO only has two things that it can claim to be making itself relevent at elite level darts - its prime event being on the national broadcaster and the 100k winner's cheque. The first of those just got wiped out.

[M H]

At the very least you'd think Potter will be thinking hard about the size of the prize fund, especially the 100k to the winner.

I said the other day that the BDO only has two things that it can claim to be making itself relevent at elite level darts - its prime event being on the national broadcaster and the 100k winner's cheque. The first of those just got wiped out.

Potter makes shit loads hosting the event so much so TV coverage doesn't matter to him. Other sponsors may well look at it differently

[Noisycrowds]

my word over the moon , the seething over the road must have hit ballistic levels

finally after years of piss take and emailing bbc etc we get our rewards

is it true they are not showing lakeside as well

[M H]

my word over the moon , the seething over the road must have hit ballistic levels

finally after years of piss take and emailing bbc etc we get our rewards

is it true they are not showing Lakeshite as well

It's true mate

[Justin Credible]

yes,

the bbc booted bdo in the balls and dumped them in favor of the pdc

[The Ginge Reaper]

Chortle.

[Noisycrowds]

hahahah fucking hilarious

taken a while but the fruits of our labour have been born

great news

now gaz just make sure the red shit lose tonite , it could push redman over the edge

[sennafan24]

this is fantastic
players buy the lies for another year
The fish finger-fuck up fiasco dead in the water
pdc gets on bbc whoile they boot the bdo in the bollicks

There was a hidden message at the end of Lakeside, which signalled this course of events.

"If I pull your chain, will you flush"?

[Surreys finest]

Fucking YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH. WOOOOOOOO. GET IN. BYE BITCHES. AUNTIE WANTS PROPER DARTS NOW. NANANANANA HEY HEY GOODBYE.

[Justin Credible]

amazingly all the mushrooms on tsod have gone quiet or logged out

[Rogg]

Most people accepted that the BBC deal would end quite soon, but not like this. What a brutal a kick in the bollocks for the BDO.

I wonder what shape this tournament will take, if there will be afternoon and evening sessions as such. If every dart is shown on BBC2, it'll be built to fit their schedules, maybe with a Sunday teatime final like Lakeside used to be.

[Lister of Smeg]

I can almost taste the tears of the guttled gimps. Stinky Watts, Fanny, Clubfoot and IFM.
Their sadness brings so much joy

[Noisycrowds]

lister that is such an enduring image

i think i may have wood

[D'Artagnan]

...I just cum

[Justin Credible]

THE Professional Darts Corporation will break new ground once again in 2016 by staging its first tournament live on BBC Sport following an exciting new deal to introduce the Champions League of Darts to the circuit in September.

The eight-player tournament will be held on September 24-25 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff to kick off a new era for the sport on terrestrial television.

Featuring the leading eight players from the PDC Order of Merit following July's BetVictor World Matchplay, the Champions League of Darts will see the stars split into two groups of four players.

Following the round-robin phase, the top two players from each group will then progress to the knockout semi-finals and final, with a huge £100,000 first prize on offer for the eventual champion.

"The BBC has a long history of broadcasting darts but this will be the start of an exciting new era," said PDC Chairman Barry Hearn.

"The Champions League of Darts will bring the very best players in world darts - the top eight from the PDC Order of Merit - to BBC screens for an exciting, quick-fire tournament.

"In addition, it's fantastic for us to be taking the Champions League of Darts to Cardiff. Welsh fans love their darts and this will be another great opportunity for them to see the sport's biggest names live.

"Both live crowds and TV audiences have continued to soar for PDC tournaments in the last year, and it's a great reflection for us that the BBC were keen to add the Champions League of Darts to their sporting portfolio."

Barbara Slater, Director BBC Sport says: “We are very pleased to be showing the inaugural Champions League of Darts on the BBC for what is promised to be a thrilling and innovative tournament.

“Darts has always had wide appeal and it is great that audiences will get the chance to see all the action from the world’s top players live on BBC Two and across our platforms.“

Further details about ticketing for the Champions League of Darts will be announced at http://www.pdc.tv/tickets in due course.

* The Players Championship treble-header at the Barnsley Metrodome which was originally scheduled for September 23-25 will now be played from September 21-23.

new era