rustyre bel1 19 Posted September 22, 2013 Maybe Sky might do a season of Premier racing instead of another season of a car crash called the Elite league. Sounds like a few teams might be joining the Premier league from the Elite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhidassa 73 Posted September 23, 2013 Hard to speculate what Sky or Eurosport may do until we know what changes will be made over winter to the league system (if any)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted September 23, 2013 NO chance of Eurosport doing a full season of British speedway... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Leslie 3,213 Posted September 23, 2013 NO chance of Eurosport doing a full season of British speedway... Do Eurosports not have the ability/facilities to take on their own outside broadcasts in the way Sky do? If not, who does? Could BT take it on? How do BT cover Premier League football? Is it produced by an outside company and just broadcast by BT Sport? or do BT sports film it themselves? Also what in the involvement of Russell and Go-speed? Does his contract for the rights to British Speedway also come to an end this year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob tatum 175 Posted September 23, 2013 Let's not kid ourselves why would sky ,eurosport ,playboy channel anyone want to pay & show the disaster that is the Elite league ? Shambolic stadiums ,teams made up of other teams riders ,ancient team managers/ promoters interviewed & spouting gibberish. Christ I am saying all this as a fan of 37 years but for me just from a tv view the GPs are a quality product the elite league is a shambles. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted September 23, 2013 Let's not kid ourselves why would sky ,eurosport ,playboy channel anyone want to pay & show the disaster that is the Elite league ? Shambolic stadiums ,teams made up of other teams riders ,ancient team managers/ promoters interviewed & spouting gibberish. Christ I am saying all this as a fan of 37 years but for me just from a tv view the GPs are a quality product the elite league is a shambles. SPOT on ... have heard that one suggestion being muted is that only the play-offs are shown on TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike.Butler 601 Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) i never watch EL speedway on the tele as it's demoralising. ..somehow doesn't seem so bad in a one or two sided stadium when i'm there but seeing the gaps on the box it makes you realise what a minority sport we've become. Such a shame sky wasn't around in the sixties! I've said before that I think it would be best not to show EL as its such a shambles...but just the play-offs is ok I guess. Even showing some different meetings like the PL4TT that have spectators on 4 sides would be preferable to a league meeting IMV... It's not as though sky don't show League Cup/Johnstone's paint matches cos they aren't football league matches so what's the problem? Edited September 23, 2013 by Mike.Butler 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted September 23, 2013 Do Eurosports not have the ability/facilities to take on their own outside broadcasts in the way Sky do? If not, who does? Could BT take it on? How do BT cover Premier League football? Is it produced by an outside company and just broadcast by BT Sport? or do BT sports film it themselves? Also what in the involvement of Russell and Go-speed? Does his contract for the rights to British Speedway also come to an end this year? BT Sport hire in their own production facilities for the sport they cover... there are different strands of Eurosport but the UK version certainly wouldn't get involved with covering speedway on a weekly basis. Terry Russell still handling the negotiations for British speedway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted September 23, 2013 Terry Russell still handling the negotiations for British speedway. Is this some sort of 'in perpetuity' agreement? Or does it have a term length? Will it still be described as 'handling negotiations' when there is no one left to negotiate with? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted September 23, 2013 SPOT on ... have heard that one suggestion being muted is that only the play-offs are shown on TV. OH!! CRUMBS!!! :mad: BT Sport hire in their own production facilities for the sport they cover... there are different strands of Eurosport but the UK version certainly wouldn't get involved with covering speedway on a weekly basis. Terry Russell still handling the negotiations for British speedway. Oh!! CRIKEY!!! :mad: Is this some sort of 'in perpetuity' agreement? Or does it have a term length? Will it still be described as 'handling negotiations' when there is no one left to negotiate with? Very fair question. Looking at the above Posts - why do I have that sinking feeling. :rolleyes: LIFEBELT ANYBODY? :sad: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mickthemuppet 976 Posted September 23, 2013 i never watch EL speedway on the tele as it's demoralising. ..somehow doesn't seem so bad in a one or two sided stadium when i'm there but seeing the gaps on the box it makes you realise what a minority sport we've become. Such a shame sky wasn't around in the sixties! I've said before that I think it would be best not to show EL as its such a shambles...but just the play-offs is ok I guess. Even showing some different meetings like the PL4TT that have spectators on 4 sides would be preferable to a league meeting IMV... It's not as though sky don't show League Cup/Johnstone's paint matches cos they aren't football league matches so what's the problem? Suggest you watch tonight's live football between Brentford and Leyton Orient as the ground there will look empty as well . This is the same for nearly all league matches outside of the Football Premier league 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trees 2,814 Posted September 23, 2013 Great to have the support of Philip Rising NOT, you stick to bloody SGP man, they pay more for their coverage in the Star no doubt!!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,931 Posted September 23, 2013 Phillip Rising is a BSI stooge so don't expect anything else from him apart from BSI propaganda. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,263 Posted September 23, 2013 Great to have the support of Philip Rising NOT, you stick to bloody SGP man, they pay more for their coverage in the Star no doubt!!! ???? what is he supposed to do? say the stadiums are not god awful? that the crowds are plentiful? that the EL is not a shambles?? think plenty would criticise him if he did that!!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
