I've been saying the same for years. Most 2nd division riders back in the 80's when there were far more clubs had normal jobs outside if the sport.

There is a chance for You in the UK to get to see one of our best female riders, Nepalese-German Patricia 'Paddy' Erhart in the SGP2 qualifying round in Glasgow on Saturday, May 24. Here she is pictured along with her Olching team mates Martin Smolinski (captain), Seychellian-German Mario Häusl, and the junior 250cc rider Carlos Gennerich, in yesterday's Bundesliga 2 meeting at Teterow.   This is what she afterwards wrote (in english) on facebook:  P2 in Teterow. Great team spirit, happy to be a part of it . For me though, it was a day to forget. After my fall in training, it went downhill from there. I did not trust enough to go fast or take over. I had that same problem in the last years after my bad crashes, so it was nothing new, but I hoped to have left this issue behind. Also my clutch didn’t cooperate, I got two warnings because in the green light phase my bike pulled me near the tapes. In consequence I was forced to start 15 meters behind in third heat. It was disappointing, but bad days happen. Now I only look forward to my next race. I will be participating in Scotland for the SGP2 Quali in about two weeks.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/1589724204579111        

I would say choice is King personally

Its only a good view if you are stood at the fence (which you would have been today) as soon as there is semi decent crowd and layer of people around the fence, anyone behind struggles to see.

From memory last year GLA during the season had 2 three week breaks and only rode four home meetings in June and July.  There are enough dates but perhaps not the will to push the Friday clubs to alternate days. If riders got more meetings in the Championship they may not need to seek racing abroad which is often where the rider availability problems come from IMO. I accept having fewer meetings lowers the cumulative losses of some clubs but with reports of tiny crowds at some recent meetings perhaps the losses at certain tracks could now be higher than if they ran 2H/2A. After three seasons of more blank weeks than fixtures the customers have spoken and probably lost interest and/or found something else to do. They will only take so much of being taken for granted.

Because TM's confuse some fans when they started putting second strings at no3!