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I thought they got a 25% discount then 2.5% after that. Could be wrong though. So a rider who's got a 4.00 average goes to 3.00 then 2.82 after the 2.5%

There will be a top league, and there HAS to be a top league. Patience is required but progress is being made.

Six teams? Five teams? Four teams? Won't make much difference will it? If they go with six teams, as soon as the riders are confirmed on here, the two missing out on the play offs will be as clear as day for all to see... Just like every season... The top tier in its current guise simply doesn't work due to the lack of riders of the level required, and the money those who are top level, and ride over here, take out of fhe sport. . Ultimately, doing the sport no favours.. I would suggest £20 to sit, and £15 to stand, is the sweet spot for Speedway in the UK... Away fans in for a tenner max, and free if travelling over 50 miles... Start from that and build your cost budgets around it accordingly... And get as many teams in one league as is possible to bring some variety...

No pictures needed, I would rather you realise that one (full time) league based on the current availability of riders can only work if doubling up was done away with and leaving sufficient number of riders for no more than 8 or at a squeeze 9 teams. For now, It doesn’t matter if current Premier or championship clubs make up the one league just that we all need to recognise the math & logistics which force the only possible outcome. It is also why one league will not happen in 2026 because too many promoters cannot think beyond their own self interest and thus block progress.

To be fair Iain, I’ve argued against it to death on here to the point I can’t be bothered with it anymore. I’ll bow out of this one now and let you lot crack on with your doomsday scenarios. I’m not in denial because there’s clearly issues here, but let’s wait for the AGM when issues will hopefully be resolved.

Are there any "employee" riders in British Speedway, other than by their own Limited Company's? Specifically speaking about foreign riders, do you know how they are paid, how they pay their tax and how their visa requirements are fulfilled?

Hitchen's Razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."

Riders are NOT EMPLOYEES FOR TAX PURPOSES. That does not mean they can't be employees for other purposes. Similar confusion over categorisation exists with aspects of Company and Employment law.

Well argued 😂

Rasmus Jensen stays at Holsted

No, it isn’t.

A suggestion i made on FB based on the prem scratching around for a side... Instead of Northampton riding at Oxford Why not enter a side called British Lions and have Vatcher as team manager? Home track? They can be a touring side and can ride at any venue that can accomodate a Monday/Thursday as a one off If British Speedway is too much of a commitment for Woffy and Lambert, allow them to share the no.1 spot Far from ideal but a fraction better than Northampton at Oxford to save the Prem Or.... Help another nation develope their Speedway? Allow one of the French teams or German sides into the Prem to boost the numbers After all alot of mentions of BSB being an example of how to run a series but they do go to Assen

Let's consider the situation logically. Why have no premiership clubs signed any riders? The answer is simple Why be a sacrificial lamb when the numbers don't add up! They don't want one league but I'm afraid it's hobsons choice.

Whilst I agree I'm afraid we are going to have to bite the bullet on this one otherwise British Speedway has no future. One league with rookies is the only way forward.

Grading system doesn't protect them either. The best riders on 8+, 7+ and 6+ GSA's will still all be signed up by the PREM Clubs. Just throwing something together as an example say 1 Rider on 8+, 7+ and 6+ Per Team. KING'S LYNN We'll have Harris, Rowe and Kerr IPSWICH We'll have King, Nicholls and Jenkins LEICESTER We'll have D. Thompson, Howarth and N. Morris That's the problem here, A handful of Teams will be struggling to put a side together that's anywhere near satisfactory. Bottom line is.....Too Many Teams and Not Enough Good Riders to go around.

Unfortunately that museum was dismantled and a lot of stock was sold off a couple of years ago I think

I've never understood the concept of fining a council though. The money gets diverted away from providing services, and then they put up council tax to cover the shortfall. So the ones causing the problem suffer no more punishment than the average Joe Public (and less effectively if they live in a different council area). Some other, more direct form of punishment of the individuals should be available

That just proves you know F all 🙃

Seriously as low as that or are you on a wind up ? and is that per meeting shown on tv or the entire season payout ?

Do you think it's pure coincidence that there were 9 riders on 8+ and a rule was brought in saying each club can only sign 1 rider on 8+?? The actual number would be adjusted so that it so worked out at 1 per club, or you go to rider grading, possibly right through the 1-7. The negotiations would not be done just so that Ipswich and Belle Vue can ruin the Championship clubs the way they ruined the Premiership. Intelligent promoters in the Championship would see right through that and ensure that all clubs had a chance at signing a competitive team to protect the league itself, just like they have done/proposed with the 2026 Championship

They'll have to use out of depth NDL Riders who don't even get a look in when it comes to the CHAMP in it's current format let alone PREM.

Would you rather I used pictures next time? And 5 clubs telling 9 clubs we're are all having a league with only 8 teams and only on the nights we want you to ride and we're having 5 of the 8 spots is the same staggering arrogance that caused your Premiership to get to the brink of failure in the first place

In the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset, named after the guy who started the famous maintenace manuals, there used to be a 'speedway room', packed with speeedway exhibits. This would have been around 10 years or so back, infuriatingly I can't find my pics right now, but there were race bibs, bikes, pictures, a looping history video, etc. Don't appear to be there anymore on the website the website you need to download the map to view but it was situated in area named 'Motorcycle Mezzanine'. Yes, pretty much right at the back. https://www.haynesmuseum.org/the-museum/ Time was short so sadly we coudn't hang around, but the girl on reception was amazed when I asked "where the speedway was at ?" as, I didn't have a lot of time. Her eyes almost popped out of her head when I walked past 20mins later saying "that's all I came to see, must dash". I mean who wants to spend hours viewing IOM TT bikes, F1 cars, rally cars, a room full of Ferraris, etc after speedway anyway 😉. Well, I did actually, but oh well.....

Glass half full and all that, there is always a way if you really want something

Not enough riders will be available to make one league unless of course the joke of doubling up is allowed to expand to allow riders to ride for two teams in the same division week in week out. Remember one league equals eight teams unless of course the totally ministering 6 man teams is adopted as the first ring of the UK death bells.