Peter Wright wants a new world cup open to all with record prize money - based on a single leg of darts.'Snakebite' takes to the stage in a creative riot of colour every week – now he has come up with the concept of a world championship peep show.
And it's not as crazy as some of his outfits.PDC World Championship sponsors William Hill asked this year's cast of eight Premier League players what they would do if they were in charge of running darts.
Two-time world champion Wright came up with the idea of a revolutionary speed-dating competition, open to amateurs and professionals from all over the world, where every match was settled by ONE leg of darts.It would require ingenious TV scheduling and choice of venues to whittle down a potential field of thousands.
But cricket, a sport where one match can last five days and still end in a draw, has found a way to limit games to 100 deliveries per side – now Wright, 52, has sown the seed of possible innovation.The world No.1 said: “I would have a tournament that was open to everybody and it was £1 to enter, for the whole world, it's best of one leg all the way through.
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