No Loyality To British Riders

[foamfence 2,917]

Interesting thread on Facebook some may not have seen:

 

go to Speedwaygp page

Can't find it, it would help if I knew what I was looking for. can anyone post a link?

[maneacat 473]

Can't find it, it would help if I knew what I was looking for. can anyone post a link?

Please be patient and I will try.

 

http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5567/ford-defiant-on-holder-statement

 

For those on Facebook some interesting comments on the thread to read also.

Edited March 15, 2017 by maneacat

[foamfence 2,917]

Please be patient and I will try.

 

http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5567/ford-defiant-on-holder-statement

 

For those on Facebook some interesting comments on the thread to read also.

It was the Facebook comments I was after. No matter though.

[Hamish McRaker 601]

Criminal for J.Holder, Grazjanoker, Masters and E.Riss to have two jobs each whilst so many Brits only have one (and want/need another). No excuse for that.

[MattK 3,447]

The sensible thing would be for the authorities from each league to get together and determine an order of priority for riders in the even of clashes. Given there is no agreement it seems reasonable for Poland to draw a line in the sand.

 

Rather than getting stroppy about it, the BSPA should put together their own counter proposal, based on similar regulation to which are already applicable to the British leagues,

 

You can't really blame Poland, as the dominant league, for stepping into the vacuum and trying to protect their teams.

[OveFundinFan 4,145]

Well done Matt Ford, pity if others have caved in and signed.

[foamfence 2,917]

The sensible thing would be for the authorities from each league to get together and determine an order of priority for riders in the even of clashes. Given there is no agreement it seems reasonable for Poland to draw a line in the sand.

 

Rather than getting stroppy about it, the BSPA should put together their own counter proposal, based on similar regulation to which are already applicable to the British leagues,

 

You can't really blame Poland, as the dominant league, for stepping into the vacuum and trying to protect their teams.

You can blame Poland! At this rate they will be the only professional Speedway country left! They already have three GPs and the top league but greed has gotten hold of them.

[1 valve 558]

so many Brits only have one (and want/need another). No excuse for that.

yes there is...they are not good enough.

If teams were to be built on nationality more than available skill fans would soon start complaining.

Feeder leagues and training programs is the answer to developing better UK riders as opposed to giving them jobs over better existing talent.

[foamfence 2,917]

yes there is...they are not good enough.

If teams were to be built on nationality more than available skill fans would soon start complaining.

Feeder leagues and training programs is the answer to developing better UK riders as opposed to giving them jobs over better existing talent.

So Sedgmen is better than King is he?

Or Fricke is better than King? Well not if he's in Poland practising or whatever.

[GWC 495]

Well done Matt Ford, pity if others have caved in and signed.

If you build your team with imports then you have to abide by the rules the country of origin promote.

Quite agree that Aussies should not be subject to this rule but as non EU residence then it's the power

of the work permit and twit for tat as to who is the biggest employer - Poland pays the most so the rider won't offend his employer.

Will he get paid is the question.

Edited March 15, 2017 by GWC

[HenryW 1,178]

The sensible thing would be for the authorities from each league to get together and determine an order of priority for riders in the even of clashes. Given there is no agreement it seems reasonable for Poland to draw a line in the sand.

There was an FIM backed agreement in place until this year. The Polish Extraliga authorities have decided they no longer like that agreement and so have decided to bin it.

 

It's hard to criticise them for asking riders to put their matches first when they are paying the most.

[THE DEAN MACHINE 4,756]

You can blame Poland! At this rate they will be the only professional Speedway country left! They already have three GPs and the top league but greed has gotten hold of them.

Poland are not doing anything wrong with this , the only wrong part is it is to the detriment of british speedway , the poles are protecting the future of polish speedway and its fans ,if the boot was on the other foot we would all be praising the bspa, we however don't prioritize our own riders and even with the Coventry situation the fact that a brit hasn't a team place and some foreigners have 2 is shambolic Edited March 15, 2017 by THE DEAN MACHINE

[Bagpuss 10,784]

To me it's pretty simple you have a date by which all countries have to have their league's fixtures declared by. If there are any alterations after this time then tough luck on the club who can't use a rider because he has always been committed to being elsewhere as per the declaration date. If any rider kicks off because he can't get his own way then the FIM ban him.

[foamfence 2,917]

Poland are not doing anything wrong with this , the only wrong part is it is to the detriment of british speedway , the poles are protecting the future of polish speedway and its fans ,if the boot was on the other foot we would all be praising the bspa, we however don't prioritize our own riders and even with the Coventry situation the fact that a brit hasn't a team place and some foreigners have 2 is shambolic

Well as you're a lover of all things Polish I might have expected that. The fact is that the boot isn't on the other foot and it seems that they wont be happy until the other foot has been rendered totally ineffective. At the rate they are going theirs will be the only professional league. What next, even more GPs to add to their current 3? You're right though, they haven't done anything wrong...on paper anyway.

[The Master 88 10]

I have said it before and no doubt will say it again, If Poland has 3 British riders in there league we only have 3 polish riders in ours, and so on all over, So many British riders could use the double up now, which would give them a second income to reinvest in there equipment, yet we have so many Aussies again, Premier division 3 overseas riders only, Championship division 2 overseas riders National league division no overseas riders. I am so feed up with helping every tom dick and chris to get where they are now, and pushing the British boys back, Chris holder is giving large on Twitter, yet look at all his British sponsors, don't make any sense.

Edited March 16, 2017 by The Master 88