And then factor in Redknapp and this Phillips guy who neither are short of a few quid, what’s in it for them ? Surely they wouldn’t hand over any of their money to invest in speedway futures ? A company at this point that doesn’t have any money and as of this moment doesn’t even have a product and only seems to exist in name and a few press releases, I did hear a flippant comment a couple of weeks back from someone in the sport who when speedway futures Ltd was mentioned they said hmmmm that’s another bone of contention, I did wonder what he was alluding too, I should of asked really 🤔

You must remember that we are dealing with the BSPL when talking about deals.

Absolutely.   This is the question. Surely there are 2 ways to do this deal. 1.   Speedway Futures pay a fee (say) £1m per year for commercial rights.  They then go out and sell a TV deal, named league sponsorship, etc for whatever they can.   If they get a £1.5m TV deal and a £500k league sponsor, they're quids in.  If they only get a £250k TV deal and £50K league sponsor, they stand the loss. or 2.  They have a non-exclusive deal as a broker.  They pay nothing, and go out to find a TV deal and sponsor etc.  They then charge a 20% finders fee on anything they bring in.   (but this would be non-exclusive, so you, me, anyone, could do the same and collect a commission percentage). They can't possibly pay nothing but still claim all the exclusive rights and have no comeback on themselves if they fail.   Only an idiot would grant that deal to them.    

Championship Witches would honestly be lucky to get 500 at the gate. If you think anyone would be excited to see Poole Pirates “AKA the best team” turn up with the likes of Lawson and Rowe as their big hitters and still expect you to pay £20+ it’s a dream land / nightmare scenario and really shows the state of our speedway in this country vs anywhere else. You’d be better closing the doors to British speedway altogether and start again fresh 2027. 

In the original press release re Harry Redknapp it included that   'Speedway Futures Ltd was set up in 2024 and became the commercial and media rights holders of British Speedway, with the specific objective of attracting long term commercial investment to develop the sport in the UK.' So the questions I would ask is how did it become the commercial and media rights holder? Did it pay for the rights and if so, how much did it pay? What is the deal between BSPL and Speedway Futures because , surely, all BSPL members must have had an input or vote on tge deal. Of course, I don't expect to get sny answers but they can't have just started a new company and taken the rights 

I guess Ipswich fans always turning up on a Thursday night shows there is more loyalty to that club than others who want to pick and chose their race nights to suit themselves (Friday/Saturday/Sun). Force everyone to race Mon and Thurs and let’s see who really has the most loyal supporters.