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12 minutes ago, Doners123 said:This may not be the correct way to go but it’s just some thoughts I had whilst in lockdown on a Sunday evening.
unfortunately the sports on its arse I believe because.....
The rules change every year without fail imagine if the rules changed in football every year no one would accept it.
the teams change every year because if they do well you have to change. You do well you are punished. How can fans especially new fans get a bond with riders that change every year.
the next two for me are the biggest....
promotion and relegation and this for me is the second biggest reason speedway will never grow. How can promotion and relegation be based on what a few people at the top of the table think should be relegated and who shouldn’t.That links in to the biggest reason how can people who OWN TEAMS in the league ever make unbiased choices that doesn’t give an advantage to their team. I think it’s crazy that the league is ran by people who are not Independent.
I think the speedway in order to improve needs.......
clear relegation rules between 2 divisions. Scrap the national league BUT every team must run a second half meeting team ( how many in the two teams I don’t know ) could say 6 in the main meeting and 4 in the non elite meeting. Within the junior meeting 2 must be under 21 or some sort of limit. This way they get the benefit of being in and around the pits with guys who are experienced and learning without the need to take up a team spot.
I think two leagues only would work. From division two, the Top team goes up and the next 4 play off for the final promotion spot. 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd play home and away, winners play for other for the final spot. Now yes teams may not be able to afford the best riders in the league but that’s not the challenge for them the challenge is to stay in the league. Or get promoted.
riders can only ride for their club not two just one.I think riders having two averages should be scrapped and that one unique average for each rider should be there’s and there’s only.
there will be a league trophy cup competition and a dual league trophy competition so the so called smaller clubs get the chance to race against the big boys and try it out.
the league is run by independent people that do not own the clubs or have any involvement with clubs making the best choices for the sport as apposed for themselves.
in terms of applying for the league every new team can enter, but they start in the bottom league of this league gets two big then this league ONLY gets split at the end of the season based on the top half and bottom half.
Teams can’t ask for relegation or promotion and if they finish in those particular places they go up or down. If you are a smaller team with a smaller budget getting pushed up cause you won be happy and your challenge is to build a team that allows you to finish outside the bottom 2.
Scrap rider ownership by random clubs. The team the rider rides for is owned by that club.
They can be bought/released during the season as transfer or you release the registration and is a free agent. You can also own any riders in the second team you put on.
There will be a trophy for the and this will be the development league trophy.
Speedway needs to take opinions out of the running there is to many opinions allowing things to change.
every thing will be fact. What average is he everyone knows. If he’s British fine give him a reduction, he’s missed one season without riding at all fine he gets a reduction. The reduction could be 2% per season for a maximum of 3 seasons.
every rider who has raced British speedway will get an updated average regularly. Personally I’d do this after every week. This will be done on one green sheet and supporters will be able to see what every riders worth is with out looking.Is he A new Aussie, USA etc fine 4 or 5 average. British fine can be a 3.
Any rider can ride in any league it’s up to the club to attract them. You have a wage budget/limit for each league. This means the top league teams should be stronger. Only issue with this is the dual cup competition but this adds to the fantasy off say a smaller team beating a bigger team.
there’s many more questions to this and probably people will disagree but just thought during lockdown I’d post my thoughts on British speedway.
Basically it's a form of entertainment (on a par with Stockcars and fairgrounds) masquerading as a sport.
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No problem for Stockcars but I thought there had to be a space behind the fence for Speedway, that looks like a death trap to me, where it goes right up to the hospitality lounge.
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5 minutes ago, BuxtonTiger said:I am a little confused and possibly naive but what is passed by the british authorities at Cardiff that allows them to run a GP?
Gps are a law unto themselves and that git who sticks his sickly product in everyone's hand before they're interviewed. The statement to which you answered was about league racing.
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1 hour ago, 25yearfan said:Belle Vue speedways an impressive facility but to me it wouldn't have the same appeal as Cardiff, Bradford or Wembley would in terms of staging a GP!
It certainly has a better track than any of them.
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38 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:I think we will see more doubling up this year rather than less as the pool of riders who can / wish to ride in the UK is going to be smaller and getting in and out of the country is likely to be challenging for a while yet.
Possibly so but there are going to be more young riders coming in to offset the shortage.
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2 minutes ago, Fromafar said:Not a Professional approach if that is the case.
It isn't the case, professional sportspersons may travel without lockdown but they have to undergo regular testing and have certificates.
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How do you know who is unsigned, some promoters hold back on announcements for various reasons?
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30 minutes ago, davieb1 said:but he is missing isn't he due to covid too
No! It's because he's skint.
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6 minutes ago, davieb1 said:who are they then ?
ill start with the great ellis perks for Leicester lions
He isn't riding in Poland!...... Or anywhere else.
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41 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said:It looks as though they have laid a tarmac track, so if speedway was to happen, surely it would have to be a temporary track, 'Cardiff style'?
It was always a tarmac track, when the Speedway closed the shale was taken elsewhere.
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James Wright?
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8 minutes ago, hyderd said:What's it got to do with him.
He's coming back too!
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Let the letting down begin.
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18 hours ago, hyderd said:There's not a lot of atmosphere now, with electric motors and no noise it will be dead.
It'll make it easier to move to indoor arenas and inner city venues and you'll be able to have audible race commentary.
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There'll be a lot of things on hold, they don't even know whether they'll get a full season next year.
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So many meetings would suggest no Speedway.... https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18814129.odsal-moves-closer-seeing-stock-cars-return-2021/
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5 minutes ago, Piotr Pyszny said:Looking at the number and variety of news sources to carry the outcome of Garrity's trial, there's no end of bad publicity for speedway.
Well I just looked through five or six and found no mention of him being a Speedway rider, as most people have never heard of Speedway and even less Garrity, I doubt there'll be much lasting damage.
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6 minutes ago, JamesHarris said:I bet his cell mate will be riding him into the dirt.
Yes, the 'cutback manoeuvre' might take on a HOLE new meaning.
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8 hours ago, KeirStarmerFan said:I think we just have to accept that we're living in the era of Emil Sayfutdinov and Artem Laguta. They finished top of the Polish Ekstraliga averages.
People will talk about Emil and Artem in the same way that boxing fans talk about Ali and Frazier, football fans about Pele and Maradonna and cricket fans about Bradman and Viv Richards.
Let's just enjoy them, I can see Russia winning the Speedway of Nations for the next 5 years.
Then again, you thought Worzel would win the general election.
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3 minutes ago, Najjer said:It’s interesting that he hasn’t got a gig out in Poland when the likes of Craig Cook, Charles Wright and then even riders of a similar calibre over here like Sam Masters are riding in the Polish 3rd tier this year, Brady Kurtz, Nick Morris in the past and other Australians too of similar calibre. I’m sure if they were that desperate for a ride out in Poland they could get it but probably just happy earning a living double upping in Britain
He has no future, he's wooden on a bike and they can see that.
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This is depressing.
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Might as well not turn up sadly.
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12 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said:You think it costs nothing to maintain a stadium / track even without rent ?
Even a house with no mortgage has bills to pay!My local clubs costs are around the 25 thousand mark wether they use it or not as they do pay rent and for 12 months not just the 6 that the ‘ season ‘ takes place.
That's why I said "the majority."
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As the safety fence is already within inches of the supports I doubt that would work and you wouldn't want to chuck riders back onto the track and possibly under the wheels of others following. I seem to remember that a Speedway representative has already visited it and said it was OK, so there must be some plan for it.