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