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Gerwyn Price will not be permitted to put on ear defenders underneath new PDC laws

Gerwyn Price admits he will should “grin and bear” with whatever comes his way after discovering out he will not be permitted to put on ear defenders underneath new PDC laws.

The 37-year-old shocked the Alexandra Palace crowd by popping out in ear defenders for the fifth set of his shock World Championship quarter-final defeat to Germany’s Gabriel Clemens final month.

Price has since been banned from carrying them in future occasions after the PDC amended its guidelines.

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Price returned for the fifth set of his 5-1 World Championship quarter-final defeat to Gabriel Clemens carrying ear defenders to dam out the raucous Ally Pally crowd

I’m not a fan of in-ear plugs that Mervyn King wears. I’ve simply bought to smile and bear with whatever comes my way like I’ve the final couple of years and simply play darts.

Gerwyn Price will not put on in-ear ear plugs like Mervyn King

Under new laws, there’s a revised wording of the rule which says: “Players are not permitted to wear earphones, headphones or headphone-type ear defenders during the throw at the bull prior to the match or during matchplay.”

The use of in-ear ear plugs is permitted, although, with Mervyn King a major instance of those that use them.

Ahead of the beginning of this yr’s Premier League in Belfast on Thursday night time, Price, who threatened by no means to return to Alexandra Palace after his expertise, stated: “I wore the ear defenders once and I won’t be wearing them again. It’s best left at that if I’m honest with you.

“I’m not a fan of in-ear plugs that Mervyn King wears. I’ve simply bought to smile and bear with whatever comes my way like I’ve the final couple of years, and simply play darts.

“I’m here to play darts. I’m here to do the best I can, whatever is thrown at me. That’s all I can do, so looking forward to playing in Belfast and Cardiff next week. Hopefully I can reward the crowd again with some good darts and hopefully one or two nine-darters as well.

“I need to do nicely within the Premier League proper now. I’m right here to win. Right right here, proper now, that is the place I play nicely.”

Price is not a fan of the current Premier League format

Price is part of the Premier League’s eight-man cast for 2023, including world champion Michael Smith, reigning Premier League winner Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Jonny Clayton, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh and newly-crowned Masters champion Chris Dobey.

The Welshman, who is not the biggest fan of the current format, said: “The format is like another event from the quarter-finals onwards. It’s all the things else that comes with it. I believe it simply takes loads out of gamers figuring out that you must play Pro Tours, Europeans. It’s troublesome to play in that format when you’ve got to journey each single week.

Stars of the Premier League darts line-up outdoors the long-lasting Goliath crane on the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast

And discussing the record of gamers participating on this yr’s event, ‘The Iceman’ added: “The PDC pick their players on their own reasons. As long as I’m in there I don’t really care what goes on around me to be honest with you.”

The new Premier League Darts season will start on the SSE Arena in Belfast on Thursday February 2, the primary of 17 particular person venues to host the 2023 Premier League, which will be staged on Thursday nights from February to May – dwell on Sky Sports!