BDO considers PDC takeover offer 12/01/2010 |
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British Darts Organisation boss Olly Croft says he is “working on” a takeover offer from rival organisation the Professional Darts Corporation.
PDC head Barry Hearn had an offer of £1m plus a further £1m to invest in the game rejected by Croft in October.
But Croft has now told BBC Sport: “My opinion is that it has no substance but we are working on it.
“We want to know what’s behind it before we can move forward but you won’t get a decision overnight.”
Croft initially said that the BDO was “not for sale” but it appears he may have been forced into a change of heart by the individual counties that make up the BDO.
Hearn told BBC Radio 5 Live: “Our original offer has not been considered properly.
“I understand that the county organisations that own the BDO have instructed the BDO to commence negotiations.
“I want to buy it all so I control all of it. I want to sling everybody else out and make sure it’s all done properly instead of just owning the PDC.
“I can’t afford to have my market place polluted by a poor case of commercial exploitation.
“You’ve got to make sure that the market is controlled so that you deliver a standard product and their product is not good enough.”
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