I agree with most of what you say, except... It doesn't really matter if I like team speedway or not. The point is, clearly the public are rejecting the product. There's a need for new product, whatever that may be and I think a big problem is that anyone wishing to officially run a track has to run the same basic product. There's no space for promoters to be creative. Want to open a speedway track in a tourist destination and run a product aimed at holiday makers... can't do it?  It's not a professional sport, or rather there is no amateur sport creating a foundation for the amateur sport. I mentioned that team speedway can and probably should play a part in the product mix, but there's not enough money to support it as a professional sport. As a racer, you are either in a team and expecting to get paid, or there is nothing. It's not sustainable. Speedway is run by amateurs because it should be an amateur sport. If it was possible to make money, professionals would get involved, but it's still just a dated concept that's trotted out to an aging audience. Speedway has to reinvent itself and it needs a product designed for TV and social media consumption. What we see now will never be that!

You just cannot take the UK version of team Speedway can you... They constantly tie themselves up in knots...

He’s got a very well paid job back in Denmark, and, I’m sure I heard, pays way more than championship racing. Sure he was to have said he would be happy riding Denmark Wednesday and Poland on the weekend. 

It has happened before. If Pickering races in the Champ his 2027 Champ ave will be his most recent, not his 2026 Prem average. I agree it's a daft rule. But they don't think things things through when they make rules, do they? Most recent example would be Drew Kemp, he signed for Workington on his 2026 Prem ave converted, not his 2025 Champ ave for Berwick. He didn't have to miss a whole season to use a converted average.

Bloody hell

Monarchs could still fit in an 8.50 newcomer at 1. Rumoured on the Ipswich thread that Kim Nilsson could be coming in as a 6.00 in the Premiership, in which case he would be an 8.50 in the Championship (category 3 rider under SCB regulations)