CHRIS MASON slighted the current Premier League Darts format and pushed for a HUGE turnaround.
The former star revealed to Online Darts that he is fed up with seeing the same names going head-to-head every week.
Chris Mason lambasted the Premier League’s current format Credit: Rex
Luke Humphries won on Night 14 in Birmingham on Thursday night Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Mason, 56, believes the competition is “due a change” and wants more players involved to freshen it up.
He also reckons the old format gave more of a blockbuster feel as fans were forced to wait for the biggest grudge matches and rivalry nights.
said: “I’m bored of the whole concept, like the beauty of the Premier League years ago was ‘What week was Barney [Raymond van Barneveld] and [Phil] Taylor playing?’ or ‘What week is Taylor and [Adrian] Lewis playing?’
“And the whole build- up to it… You would watch it on Sky and it would be a bit like a big fight night.
“It was like they would have a build countdown clock to when Barney was playing Taylor.
“I think people prefer that, or well that’s what I get off of fans anyway.”
The current Prem sees the same eight players competing across a weekly mini-tournament format.
Mason admitted he still likes the competition but just wished that they changed it up every once in a while to avoid it becoming stale.
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He said: “I’m just done with seeing the same players duking it out every week.”
booked his ticket to the play-offs on to make sure he can take his title defence all the way to Finals Night.
Next week, Sheffield will host Night 16 before the competition heads to The O2 Arena.
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