Walk-on girls to potentially disappear from PDC tournaments shown on Sky Sports

It seems that we will see less walk-on girls on television this coming season. Darts commentator Jacques Nieuwlaat unveiled during the episode of Darts Inside that according to the latest rumor the ladies will no longer be seen during Sky Sports tournaments.

Michael van Gerwen told in the end of 2017 in an interview with the Algemeen Dagblad that he thinks that the walk-on girls disappear within a year and a half. "Not that there is criticism, but darts is ready for a next step", Van Gerwen said in December.

"A walk-on with music and only the player. That is what the PDC ultimately wants to go to. It is very double: darts is also very much entertainment, but the association also wants more people to see it as a sport. It does not interest me like that, it is just a national sport. People just look at it very much. And that's what it's all about. "

Not long after, PDC chairman Barry Hearn disproved the prediction of the number one in the world. "As long as I am the boss, they will not disappear. Call me old-fashioned, but I think the walk on-girls is great and provides entertainment. In my opinion, they belong to darts, "Hearn said in conversation with the Dutch newspaper.

Just before the start of the new season, a middle ground seems to have been found. If the rumor is true, the walk-on girls will no longer be seen during the World Championship, Premier League Darts, World Cup of Darts, World Matchplay and the World Grand Prix.