PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN

For dart leagues, the prize money usually comes from the entry fees of the teams and bar sponsorships (if this is home and away dart league). Hence, the more teams there are, the bigger the prize money will be. An entry fee of P1,000.00 per team and a bar sponsorship of P250.00 per team would be reasonable amounts.

The usual practice in dividing the prize money is to allocate this among the Top 4 winners with the Champion getting 50%, 2nd place 25%, 3rd place 15% and 4th place 10%. Occasionally, the situation may arise where two teams wind up playing in latter matches with one team needing a win and the other team with no chance in the league. Even with the most honest of players, it is difficult to play your best in this situation. Anytime humans control the winning and the losing, possibilities exist for less than top performance.

To eliminate this scenario, it is recommended that the teams have a share of the prize money. This is done by dividing the prize money with the total number of games. For each game won, a team gets an equivalent amount from the prize money. This encourages each team to try its best to win as many games as it can since each game won translates into a share in the prize money. Furthermore, it ensures that teams will not give sub-par performances.

For example, an eight-team league would have a total prize money of P10,000.00 (P8,000.00 from the entry fees and P2,000.00 from the bar sponsorships). Using the games breakdown above, P10,000.00 divided by 352 equals P28.41 for each game won. A team that wins 35 games out of the possible 352 games is entitled to 35 x P28.41 or P994.35.