Prize Money Announcement March 2025: "...will put a lot of smiles..."

[Emulsfier]

Nicholson has already had a pop at people picking holes at it

Sorry but everything is open to scrutiny

Brownnosers need to brownnose. Fuck plastic paul.

[Emulsfier]

Not sure which prize money situation is more of a joke,

darts where winning the top event is worth more than 4 times winning the next largest,

or snooker where winning some tinpot saudi oil money jolly earns as much as the world championship.

[James4]

Not sure which prize money situation is more of a joke,

darts where winning the top event is worth more than 4 times winning the next largest,

The 2024 World Matchplay final between Luke Humphries & Michael van Gerwen attracted viewing figures of 216,000.

You see why don’t you?

[oche balboa]

No Littler involved

Littler effect has drove the viewing figures from around 75,000 in 2023 to 250,000 in 2024 & 2025.

[James4]

[Emulsfier]

Not sure which prize money situation is more of a joke,

darts where winning the top event is worth more than 4 times winning the next largest,

The 2024 World Matchplay final between Luke Humphries & Michael van Gerwen attracted viewing figures of 216,000.

You see why don’t you?

Sure, but doesnt make it less of a joke when one tournament decides the rankings.

[James4]

Not sure which prize money situation is more of a joke,

darts where winning the top event is worth more than 4 times winning the next largest,

The 2024 World Matchplay final between Luke Humphries & Michael van Gerwen attracted viewing figures of 216,000.

You see why don’t you?

Sure, but doesnt make it less of a joke when one tournament decides the rankings.

Sky gonna Sky

[willem0000]

Not sure which prize money situation is more of a joke,

darts where winning the top event is worth more than 4 times winning the next largest,

The 2024 World Matchplay final between Luke Humphries & Michael van Gerwen attracted viewing figures of 216,000.

You see why don’t you?

Sure, but doesnt make it less of a joke when one tournament decides the rankings.

Back when the PT was 12K and the WC 500K you had to win 42 PT to match it. Now 67.
Total of the other 7 ranking majors is just 75K more than winning the WC... Ranking is fucked, but lower end players will also benefit big, so all in all it is good news. They should make it proper ranking points instead of money to get a better ranking system

[James4]

Total of the other 7 ranking majors is just 75K more than winning the WC...

Oh that’s some fucking bs

[Emulsfier]

Not sure which prize money situation is more of a joke,

darts where winning the top event is worth more than 4 times winning the next largest,

The 2024 World Matchplay final between Luke Humphries & Michael van Gerwen attracted viewing figures of 216,000.

You see why don’t you?

Sure, but doesnt make it less of a joke when one tournament decides the rankings.

Back when the PT was 12K and the WC 500K you had to win 42 PT to match it. Now 67.
Total of the other 7 ranking majors is just 75K more than winning the WC... Ranking is fucked, but lower end players will also benefit big, so all in all it is good news. They should make it proper ranking points instead of money to get a better ranking system

Snooker made it a points system.... by copying the ranking money 1 to 1

So expect that joke of a "positive change" coming sooner or later.

[Cooking with Sandra]

Almost as if the biggest tournament in the “sport” should be more much more financially lucrative than the tournaments that they can’t even sell all the tickets for.

[The Ginge Reaper]

Almost as if the biggest tournament in the “sport” should be more much more financially lucrative than the tournaments that they can’t even sell all the tickets for.

This.

And this is why the WGP has not had a huge increase, as no cunt seems to care about it

[DeepFriedRat]

Almost as if the biggest tournament in the “sport” should be more much more financially lucrative than the tournaments that they can’t even sell all the tickets for.

This.

And this is why the WGP has not had a huge increase, as no cunt seems to care about it

The counterargument to this- in order to invest in the WGP to restore its status, move it the fuck away from Leicester and then up the prize money once a good sell out venue can be found.

They might be biding their time until there's demand for a week long event in Belgium and then move it there

[The Ginge Reaper]

I agree it needs to move, it's dire where it currently is.

[Rogg]

Darts is massive.

[Rogg]

Winning one match at every Players Championship = £42,500.

[1205]

Not sure what to make of the 128 player Worlds. Thought it worked well with 96 the last few years.

By the looks of it it will be a straight knock out, that will be some boring matches. 96 had the flaw that when a top 32 player announced he was not playing after the draw the kind-of-number-97 would move to his spot and thus the round 2. But dont think it happened often

The other weakness they might see with the 64 + 32 is that a warmed-up (normally) Pro Tour player plays a cold seed. Lots of upsets last year.
Flat 128 is likely lead to more crap games in the 1st round, but could help TV for the rest of the tournament.

[1205]

I would like to see the Criteria for the GSOD

I suspect the top 16 will get auto invites regardless of how they do and be seeded in the groups.

They could expand the "winners/finalists" pool to 40:

Premier Events
Youth/CT/DT/Women/NA/Asia
ET winners
PC winners
ET finalists
PC finalists
OOM
---
8 qualifiers

That'd pretty much cover the top 16 anyway.

[Rogg]

15k for being at the Worlds is astounding to me. That's TWICE the previous minimum.

[ChrisW]

Winning one match at every Players Championship = £42,500.

Tell that to van Dongen.