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James Wade praises Luke Littler as 'Tiger Woods' of darts: "There is some jealousy and I don't get it"
PDCFriday, 31 May 2024 at 06:00
Luke Littler won the Premier League Darts last week, instantly the first major of his still remarkably young career.
James Wade was not there in this year's Premier League Darts, but said he enjoyed Littler's performance. "Well done to him. I am fascinated to see how he gets on in the long format tournaments at the back end of the year."
"I've said it and I will say it again: anyone that doesn't think Luke Littler is good for the game is absolutely wrong. He is attracting sponsors, encouraging people to do exhibitions, getting fans to buy tickets and is promoting the general public to play the sport."
Multiple major winner James Wade is currently 22nd in the world rankings
"All of this will have a positive effect on salaries, prize money, endorsements and appearance fees. There is some jealousy around now and I just don't get it."
Tiger Woods
Wade also makes the comparison to another sport. "Look at what Tiger Woods did for golf. He might have been by far the biggest earner in that sport but everyone else rode on his coattails and he grew the game."
"I'm not saying darts is going to become like golf, but major sponsors look at the noise around a sport and the likes of Romeo Beckham, Marcus Rashford and other celebrity followers of Littler are good, good news for us all."
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- Am not outraged and as said above i dont like anyone from any country doing it to anyone from any country. Whoever is going for a double should have best of order.Mysstree17-11-2024
- Say what? It happens in other countries; Littler in January - this year (Holland), go and watch the evidence on YouTube. If it is going to be done to English players, then we are more than entitled to dish the same back when players face off in England. When it happened to Littler in Holland in January... where was your outrage then? ABE attitude.MrYnyslas197117-11-2024
- I dont like individuals or crowds trying to put any player off when they are trying to check out, how anyone can think its okay for the crowd to whistle or shout as someone is throwing for a double is beyond me but it does seem to have become part and parcel of the modern game. I no longer play now, darts is as good as dead at a local level round my way but when i did play many years ago, no matter how intense the rivalry you never shouted out or whistled when an opponent from the other team was throwing for a double.Mysstree17-11-2024
- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024