Last week, the PDC and the Pay TV broadcaster “Sky Sports” announced the continuation of their cooperation, which is intended to give the association significantly more income. Many darts professionals hope that part of the money will be invested in increasing the World Cup premiums. For Luke Humphries that would be “a real statement”.
The partnership between “Sky Sports” and the PDC has existed since 1993, which has recently been expanded by five more years. According to “Telegraph”, the darts association brings the new contract to a total of £ 125 million (a good 150 million euros). So far, “Sky” has paid twelve million pounds in order to be allowed to transmit live darts 60 days a year.
The million rain may also have fueled hopes for many darts professionals to collect even more prize money in the future. For some time now, the scene has been discussing whether the World Cup premium should be doubled from £ 500,000 to a million pounds for the world champion. PDC boss Barry Hearn is considered a supporter of this idea.
Darts: Humphries hopes for “huge statement”
“It’s something [eine Million Pfund für den Weltmeister]”That Barry always wanted in this sport,” said ex-world champion Luke Humphries when he was asked about the rumors in a media round: “It would be a real statement for the sports world and I really believe that it will happen. It would be a magical moment for darts. “
In the past few years and decades, prize money had gradually increased. The winner of the very first PDC Darts World Cup in 1993, Dennis Priestley, received £ 16,000. “When it became 100,000 pounds in 2006, everyone said: ‘Wow, that’s incredible!’ At that time he was unimaginable that it was once ten times as much, “the English raved about the development of sport.
“It would be a huge statement from the PDC and it shows how great sport is growing,” said the superstar.