comments about the new Premier League format seem to have struck a chord with many of the sport’s followers. The popular darting roadshow has undergone a major revamp this season, with each night seeing a mini tournament with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.
The night winner secures five points, plus a £10,000 bonus, with the runner-up picking up three and the losing semi-finalists earning two each.
The goal remains to finish inside the top four in the league which will secure a place in the play-offs. But Price would like to see the old format of players playing one match per night return, describing the current set-up as unfair. “I’m not a fan of it,” he told Online Darts TV this week. “To play three games in a night, plus going and playing in Pro Tours… It’s not just about that night, it’s everything that goes with it as well, it’s a little bit too much. “And if you’re going to do that format, it needs to be a little bit more fair.
I think out of the 16 weeks, I’m only on Peter’s [Wright] side of the draw twice, I’m on Michael’s [van Gerwen] side of the draw eight/nine times.
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