Dumbing down.

There's been some darts on the telly recently, but it appears that the players can no longer simply walk on to the stage and get on with it, but must now be introduced with dry ice, fanfares and ridiculous nick-names - more as if it were going to be a wrestling match. And it is being suggested that snooker should go the same way. What does it say about the intelligence of us, the viewing public, if we cannot accept these events unless they are surrounded by this sort of stupid razzmatazz?