Daniel Smith 5,661 Posted January 31, 2017 I have been pretty vocal on how he neglected his own club last season but changes have been made to fix that. KC always kept saying judge him on 2017 as it's when he gets his hands fully on the job. Credit where it's due, no previous chairman has put so much effort in trying to save clubs even plunging his own money into keeping Leicester alive clearing debts. There will be haters but Keith Chapman absolute deserves praise for his dealings over this closed season 37 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
britmet 233 Posted January 31, 2017 Totally agree ' Endorsed ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shale Searcher 1,264 Posted January 31, 2017 ' Endorsed ! Vouched for..!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foamfence 2,917 Posted January 31, 2017 Shouldn't this be in News and Discussions, he isn't just chairman of the Premiership? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebrum 6,821 Posted January 31, 2017 KEITH Chapman is a credit to the sport. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robert72 845 Posted January 31, 2017 I have been pretty vocal on how he neglected his own club last season but changes have been made to fix that. KC always kept saying judge him on 2017 as it's when he gets his hands fully on the job. Credit where it's due, no previous chairman has put so much effort in trying to save clubs even plunging his own money into keeping Leicester alive clearing debts. There will be haters but Keith Chapman absolute deserves praise for his dealings over this closed season Yes he has done a good job but are you sure it was his money that paid the debts and Not the bspa who paid them ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,661 Posted January 31, 2017 Yes he has done a good job but are you sure it was his money that paid the debts and Not the bspa who paid them ? If you watched the Facebook videos he said it was his own money, nothing to do with the BSPA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robert72 845 Posted January 31, 2017 If you watched the Facebook videos he said it was his own money, nothing to do with the BSPA My understanding is that if riders are owed money by clubs the bspa are responsible to pay them and I thought that is what happened at Leicester. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomkat12 12 Posted January 31, 2017 Last season having attended the much vaunted opening of the NSS as Belle Vue and the resulting farce i emailed the BSPA among others to express my displeasure. Much to my suprise I got a reply from Buster Chapman who asked for my phone number and rung me up. We spoke for some time and a most interesting conversation. How many others would take that trouble and be so open? Seems a decent bloke with the interest of the sport at heart 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted January 31, 2017 Nice to see so many coming out and congratulating Buster for his sterling efforts to keep 3 major tracks on line and so running in 2017. I don't suppose we will ever find out his total efforts to achieve what he has, but Speedway as a whole owes him a big thank you. Pity folks like the wayward son, and the usual non attending critics of speedway, couldn't bring themselves to acknowledge his efforts. 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMungo 708 Posted January 31, 2017 My understanding is that if riders are owed money by clubs the bspa are responsible to pay them and I thought that is what happened at Leicester. The BSPA don't pay all outstanding monies, they do however pay some. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,661 Posted January 31, 2017 My understanding is that if riders are owed money by clubs the bspa are responsible to pay them and I thought that is what happened at Leicester. I would expect the situation to have been resolved during the lease agreement I will pay you £xxxxx for a 15 year lease but £xxxxx will be deducted to pay outstanding debts + the BSPA fine waivered. Hence Bates was only willing to buy the promotion rights when all debts are cleared 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted January 31, 2017 While Coventry and Leicester fans must see chapman as some sort of messiah after the fantastic work he appears to have done to save those teams, his decision to remove the Belle Vue licence was seen, at least as far as the council was concerned, as someone blundering in without a plan. The Belle Vue promotion had a dim view of Chapman going back well before his comments after the opening night, neither side welcomed Chapman's intervention. To say it completely wrong footed the council is an understatement, they were speaking to the previous promotion and fully expected to reach an agreement, they were and still are desperate to make sure what happened last season is kept well and truly covered up. To that end an offer had already been put forward of compensation which was likely to have been accepted. The fact we still don't have a named promoter or team with only a matter of weeks before the new season starts is testament to Chapman's input in 'saving' Belle Vue.0 Have you a team in waiting ? YES Has there been promoters interested in taking control of BV ? YES Does Buster select the chosen promoter ? NO Is MCC currently making that selection before it can be announced ? YES. Has Buster been available and assisted with the process ? YES. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
00000 1,279 Posted January 31, 2017 Buster usually spends his winter "pouring concrete" at his King's Lynn track. I bet this winter his work has turned out a lot harder than what he usually does. As he said in the Speedway Star, he is hoping to get his hands dirty and rough again from manual work. Let us hope so and the chairman can have a "quiet life". I doubt it will be so but Mr Chapman certainly deserves praise for what he has done these last few months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
