DARTS hero Steve Beaton has had his say on the state of modern darts.
, 61, has competed on the professional darts circuit since 1991 – competing against the likes of Dennis Priestley and Bob Anderson – before calling it quits last year.
The Bronzed Adonis is playing at the World Seniors Darts Championship nowadays but believes the current elite level of is in a tedious position that underwhelms clashes such as and
“I think the could be changed a bit. It’s getting a bit boring now,”;; Beaton, who retired from his professional PDC career at the end of 2024, toldOnline Darts.
“I know they sell it out all the time. It was nice to see Luke and Luke play each other, but almost every week they’re playing each other. There’s too much of [the same] players playing each other. If that’s how they want to do it, that’s how they want to do it.”;;
In 2022, the Premier League shifted their format with aims of the introduced nightly bracket from round-robin phase would entice viewers throughout over the duration of 16 weeks.
As seen this year, the restricting does juice up some crunching clashes but Beaton argues it hinders the unpredictability that the sport is built on.
Humphries and Littler — the two most recent world champions — have naturally featured in the final more than any other pairing.
“You’ve seen them play that many times all year...”;; Beaton continued. “[Before] they (the top players) met now and again, now they’re playing all the time. I don’t think it’s such a big thing when they do play each other.”;;
The 1996 World Champion hopes that the structure is reviewed after its conclusion in O2 at the end of the month.
Top two, Humphries and Littler, are joined by Gerwyn Price for the Final Four in the capital – with .
