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By Shaleshifter · Posted
Looking forward to tomorrow evenings meeting and see how Will Cairns does on his debut,and Rocket Man's clashes with Bomber and Dan Thompson. Sticking my neck out Pirates to take this and pick up the points. -
One of the key strengths is riders being in contention for four laps... As you say, that can be just racing closely for a point... If you build momentum for a couple of laps (what Kurtz and Bewley do brilliantly), you can make up some serious ground on an opponent, and be going quicker when you reach them... Scunthorpe, Redcar, Workington and Glasgow appear to be similar... -
Then let the current operating model destroy the sport... Like it has done systematically for the past two decades... There will always be those "happy clappers" who still see the sport as bona fide from a team perspective, and pretend along with fhe promoters it means sometbing, but sadly, they are getting fewer year on year... The model simply doesn't work, and heads have been in sands far too long... And that means both the "happy clapper fans" as well as the promoters.. Edit. And why not "pay to play" for Speedway... MX does it and Stock Cars do it, and this helps provide the prize fund.. One of the major issues is that "journeymen" riders are trying to earn 12 months money in six months of work.. Far too many full time pro's for such a tiny sport and income to support.. These lads should be semi pro and earn their speedway money riding regularly through the season whilst having a job outside the sport.. If the sport went individual then they could do this as less time needed off work... Give 16 riders a grand guarantee, with some prize money on top, twice a week, for 26 weeks... I would think there would be quite a few takers..
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By Fortythirtyeight · Posted
I don’t have an answer as I think the sport is doomed in its current format as the leadership are clueless. A complete overhaul is needed if the sport is to survive. At the moment there will less than a dozen clubs next season and you think some of those can survive on those figures ? -
By Fortythirtyeight · Posted
MikeBV…BSB does "more than OK" using UK riders with a few aspiring overseas riders who for many, see BSB as a stepping stone to WSB and MotoGP... If this type of model was the only Speedway on offer, I would suggest crowds would attend.. As you suggest, throw in some support classes to ensure a conveyer belt of talent coming through as the top names organically moved on to Poland, and the sport would continue.. Just like BSB does when their riders move on to the higher level racing.. It must cost circa £30k to lay out for two home and away meetings in the top tier, so use all, or some, of that, to put out some decent prize money and see if 1500 or so at @£20 will attend, and 10 sponsors will pay £500 for "a VIP night out" on nights that the entertainment industry is most successful... you know that the large majority of BSB riders don’t get paid to ride don’t you ? In fact they actually subside the ‘teams’ they ride for! How many speedway tracks can now attract 1500 paying spectators ??? One? Possibly two ? keep dreaming…. -
No issue with having one league - but with the exclusion of riders who ride in Poland & no doubling up the math is clear. One big league would comprise eight teams - presuming you do not want to teams with a massive disparity between very capable riders and those staring out. That would be far from entertaining / value for money.
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