Their have been some decent players in the BDO over the last five or six years (Van Barneveld, King, Klassen, Van Der Voort, Thornton, Webster, Anderson, Whitlock). The trouble is as soon as they get to a decent standard they have no incentive to stay. They can get as much for reaching the second round of a PDC event as they can for winning the top BDO tournament. Anyone who can throw a 15 dart leg is better off playing in the PDC.
I hope they accept Barry Hearn's offer to amalgimate the two under the PDC banner, especially as the BDO are in massive debt.