But professional sports ARE NOT moving away from gambling sponsorship. Also betting markets for speedway are numerous, well beyond place results. In other words speedway & the betting industry could work well as a partnership. Don’t knock it based on a biased opinion but embrace it as a positive way forward. 

Even if Scunthorpe were thinking they'd be able to make a change once Pickering gets a new average, it may not all be plain sailing. I believe if a rider finishes the season with a club, but doesn't start the next one, he can't be brought back it without management committee approval i.e Lambert. If they thought Scunthorpe had tried to pull a fast one with the averages (even if it's legal) they may not approve. Secondly what if the first match got postponed, then they didn't race till after 23rd of April, would mean Pickering wouldn't get a new average till 1st June. Then the team averages may have gone up, not allowing as many points available to strengthen up, would a rider be willing to dot out the start of the season & risk their team spot no longer being there?

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I'd argue that's what the development league is for "bringing youngsters on". Besides if they ride better than "has-beens" they won't get dropped.

depends who he is, if they signed a Cairns or Rushen certainly wouldn't drop him, but if it was a sub 2.00 rider like Spencer this year or Perry at Poole last year of course they're gonna wanna strengthen up.

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