An opportunity for the PDC

[Deleted User]

I don't think Porter/Hearn would be interested for one minute, but....

Should the PDC apply to the WDF to be the British representative in place of the BDO?

Let EDO, WDO etc run the counties and other Open events and the PDC run the professional side and thus reunify the game worldwide and have one single unified World Championship with qualifying routes from all around the globe.

Crazy, I know. But you heard it here first.

[Ginge]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

[Deleted User]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

So if theyre just like the BDO they can take their place.

[Ginge]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

So if theyre just like the BDO they can take their place.

As an Associate WDF member? Wouldnt really mean much tbf.

[Paddy McGinty]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

[Ginge]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

What you laughing at? Go and read the WDF letter where it says exactly this.

[Deleted User]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

What you laughing at? Go and read the WDF letter where it says exactly this.

Easy now. Perhaps his carer isn't there to read it to him

[Paddy McGinty]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

What you laughing at? Go and read the WDF letter where it says exactly this.

Surely if they were an associate member then they would be WDF sanctioned, as the BDO were?

[Ginge]

That comment still doesnt explain why you laughed at my suggestion that the BDO dont represent a "country".

[Paddy McGinty]

That comment still doesnt explain why you laughed at my suggestion that the BDO dont represent a "country".

I was referring to the "no" bit.

[Ginge]

Indeed, because I think David's suggestion is garbage.

No offence, David.

[Paddy McGinty]

Indeed, because I think David's suggestion is garbage.

No offence, David.

He has a thick skin Ninge......falling like snowflakes.

[Deleted User]

Indeed, because I think David's suggestion is garbage.

No offence, David.

None taken. Healthy debate is good.
Would love it if Hearn approached them just for devilment, with no actual intent of affiliating.

[Ginge]

Well yes he would only be doing it for trolling purposes than anything else, cant see it.

[el_ringo]

' A long-running legal battle followed and ended with a Tomlin order in 1997. The BDO recognised the WDC and the right of players to choose which organisation they played for. In return, the WDC recognised the World Darts Federation as the governing body of world darts, the BDO as the governing body of UK darts, and renamed itself the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).'

I presume now the PDC can easily cease to recognise the BDO as the governing body of UK darts

[Tommy T-Rex]

The PDC recognise the DRA as the governing body of darts. The WDF have nothing of intrest to the PDC at all.

[oche balboa]

No, because just like the BDO they dont represent just one "country".

David Owen a moron once again

[Deleted User]

The PDC recognise the DRA as the governing body of darts. The WDF have nothing of intrest to the PDC at all.

Apart from a higher profile global presence in markets the PDC has been after for a while now, you mean?

[SolidSCB]

Who cares? Certainly not the PDC or Barry Hearn.

The BDO and the WDF are an utter irrelevance to them. They are the main body of world darts. They hold the true world champiuonship of world darts. They know it, the players know it and the fans know it.

A bit of pointless bureaucracy isn't going to make any difference to them, how they are viewed or their ability to put on a product that is attractive to the sponsors/players/public.

[Tommy T-Rex]

The PDC recognise the DRA as the governing body of darts. The WDF have nothing of intrest to the PDC at all.

Apart from a higher profile global presence in markets the PDC has been after for a while now, you mean?

The WDF has as much global presence as Patels Corner Shop in Brighouse!