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Yes it is because the sport is run by the riders for the riders

The whole sport is based on what individual promoters want to do... They even pick their divisions to race in, even if clearly too strong, or nowhere near strong enough, for that particular league.. For a pro sport, there are simply too many people who see it as an expensive hobby, rather than a business, so therefore, because they spend so much for hardly any material financial reward, or even local public awareness of any "success" they may get, they make up rules to circumnavigate what a "normal proper pro sport" would allow, thus driving a coach and horses through the sports credibility... It is quite a ludicrous situation that people willing to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds then devalue the very competitions they want to win, however, you, can see why they want to win them, regardless of their stature, when they spend hundreds of thousands of pounds!! I cannot think of another pro team sport in the UK with such a small following, small financial reward, a lack of sponsors from "outside" the sport, and such a small amount of public recognition, both locally and nationally.. (And definitely no other team sport has such an incredible operating model)... It is truly ironic that the very people who "save the sport" by spending so much, (who all love speedway and are well meaning), are the very people that prevent growth, and higher finanical rewards for success, due to the way they run things... When all are focused in what is good for UK Speedway, and not necessarily what is ideal for themselves, the sport may have a chance of moving forwards... Seven figure costs are met by the promoters each season as a collective, on riders alone, so surely now is the time to get that huge, (and for such a small sport a truly incredible outlay), to work for the sports' growth?

Great ride from Dan T then.... Spent 3 laps stone last, miles behind.... Then suddenly got 2nd.....

Not one of them is capable of trusting someone else, independent or not, to manage their finances or sporting affairs. Anyone who has had any nouse or enthusiasm for the bigger picture has historically been driven out of the BSPA/L even Phil Morris has capitulated and moved the goalposts two seasons in a row. We are following the Village Fete Committee and expecting them to run the Olympics- so, so sad.

Kelvin and Chris are just taking the cash no interest in the riders and screaming “blimey that was scary”.No homework done “just never seen him ride”. Imposters.

Practice times: 1 Mikkel Andersen 14,993s 2 Rasmus Karlsson 15,042s 3 Maksymilian Pawelczak 15,069s 4 Damian Ratajczak 15,096s 5 Antoni Kawczynski 15,098s 6 Tate Zischke 15,122s 7 James Pearson 15,150s 8 Adam Bubba Bednar 15.160s 9 Norick Blödorn 15.182s 10 Mario Häusl 15.187s 11 Hannah Grunwald 15.217s 12 Mitchell McDiarmid 15.224s 13 Villads Nagel 15.247s 14 Casper Henriksson 15.278s 15 Dan Thompson 15.319s 16 Bastian Pedersen 15.321s 17 Erik Persson 15.389s 18 Luke Harrison 15.403s 19 Artjoms Juhno 15.481s 20 Nikita Kaulins 15.491s Don't be so sure. And I can 100% verify that that is Mario's mother (from having met them at Olching a couple of years ago)

How many times will Louis Correct Tatum? He really does need replacing. An arrogant ex-schoolboy who thinks he knows better than most. 9/10 he's always wrong

Looking forward to the great experience tag line dished out by maggie vatcher in the star next week

But if it’s a rule he should stick to it because if it happens to anyone else now he can’t exclude either

If all of the promoters actually agreed to adopt the “suggestion” as an “agreement” it would end the riders demanding more who will continue to do so simply because in the meantime some promoters will continue to pay more than the “suggestion”. Of course even if the suggestion was adopted as a rule the challenge would be to prevent the same promoters working around the agreement/rule in search of glory and ignoring the basics of cost control for the betterment of the sport rather than their own interests.

Still being worked on... Cue R87 posting 'Another fantasy'...

Wouldn’t say the track has been the problem so much Tuesday/Wednesday, the gulf between some of the nations is massive, not exactly going to see the finish lads mining it either the Aussies and the Dane’s were we. The top nations are so much faster than the other nations it makes it a bit of a non contest as they’re several bike lengths clear going into the first bend.

Mostly voting with their feet. The tangible change the average fan can make is turning up weekly and putting their money in the till. By not doing so they’re showing they aren’t happy with the product. That’s when the supplier needs to step up and win them back. The sport isn’t doing that these days for the most part. There’s absolutely a negativity bias in the world but forums and social media can be the only place for fans to vent their frustrations.

Just imagine the bad weather headline. "Bulls hit by rain." I'll get me coat...

I would have asked Jonas Jeppersen, he was terrific for us.

At least she knew her place... making the teas in the pits 😂

Careful mate, @IainB will call you obsessed…

Well done Germany 🇩🇪 deserved winners

Mark Lemon cost Australia tonight

Nice to see young Hausal’s cap causing a stir on the “Speedway Around the bend” group on FB. Christ there’s snowflakes everywhere these days, what’s these covid jabs done to people.

If they then changed the scoring from 4-3-2-0, to 3-2-1-0, then it would be perfect. Second and third should be ranked equal to first and last. only If there's a tie on points at the end of the night, do you count back including bonus points.

Well done Dan. He hasn’t let himself or GB down and had a solid night!

If they make the track like this tomorrow night. Then Morris needs sacking. He's watched this shambles of a track tonight, so there is no excuses for tomorrow. i wouldn't hold my breath though. He and the others in charge have really shown how incompetent they are when it comes to preparing a track.

Could have given the Fraulein an outing there against Killeen 😂

He certainly thinks he is though🙈

Hausl riding brilliantly. Germany deserve to win this.

Phil Morris isn’t the race director, and the young chap doing the job looks a bit out of his depth unfortunately.

I'm not normally a big critic of Kelv. He does a decent enough job on the Premiership, but he's having a stinker this week. I know he's been thrust into the main commentator role, which was never his job, and he's having to commentate from a studio in London using the same (not great) pictures that we are getting, rather than being at the meeting. But he is very below par this week. He doesn't know who most of the riders are (including in the British team). Surely he could have done some research on the riders and jotted down a few talking points, rather than admitting to not knowing anything about them. Then again, our other British representative, Mr Morris, isn't covering himself in glory either. Rushing riders out with only 60 seconds to go, when one has only just had his bike returned to the pits. You get 60 seconds after a high speed crash, but Morris can stand out on the track for 15 minutes conducting unnecessary track grading and overwatering,

Can’t believe his pit cap is being shown on tv live around the world

Agreed. I'd like to see how he'd do if he swapped equipment with the Poles. Doesn't look that quick but is very effective and puts himself in the right places.

Really like the look of Hausl.

correct decision

Looks "Fu**ing Perfect" to me..... Maybe it means something different in the Seychelles.....?

Chris Harris’ scarf is a 7 in 1

As Matt Ford once said …”I’ll agree to any wage cap you want to impose…..I’ll just get a sponsor to pay the rest “.

Got to agree with this. Hitmen is one of the more original, better nicknames. Much better than the weak "just pick an alliterative animal or bird" nicknames. They should seriously have a rethink about this change. "BULLS HIT WITH POOR NICKNAME CHANGE"

Ashton Boughen beat Doyle on Doyle’s home track last year, do you want him in the gp’s?

Live updates tonight https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/947/fim-speedway-of-nations-2-torun.html

But what can we do as fans/supporters? I have said for a number of years, speedway is not 'squaring the circle' (cost wise), no pun intended. While you have riders expecting extreme fees/wages for their services, with a mediocre fan base, it's not financially sustainable/viable. The only chance for speedway to survive, is somehow, reduce costs for the riders and the fans. Otherwise speedway will need to 'shut up shop' in it's current format.

Part of the problem is those who sit a home and do nothing and then moan about it on forums

This is a little story from the year after I finished, Buxton had a home match and had 2 riders missing as I think 1 was injured and the other rider had a match for his championship team on the same day so Buxton booked a guest,and used RR for the number 1, this guest was no superstar but it was the only rider really available, he wanted £35 per point plus Tavel plus a tyre plus fuel and he wanted a hotel for him and his Mrs as he was riding somewhere else the next day so was not going home, he was booked to ride at number 4 but on the morning of the match the championship match was called off so the number 4 was able to ride,so Buxton told the guest he would ride at number1 to which he said he wanted an extra £5 per point, for what exactly? ,the meeting was rained off anyway but he still wanted his hotel paid as he was still riding the next day,that was the sort of thing which killed off Buxton, well that and some teams paying gaurentees of £500 for their stars, I’m blowing my own trumpet here but when they had the chance the bspl should of put me in charge of the national league the day I retired.

Louis knows a lot about the sport and riders from multiple countries, I think he becomes somewhat embarrassed sometimes and doesn’t want to keep correcting Tatum, maybe Louis and someone else would be fine.

The more time you spend on the track, pointing and waving to the blokes in the tractors... The more times you get seen on the telly....

I have actually noticed a huge influx in other forum users calling out his amateur hour commentary since I went all in on it. The snowball is building…

He probably thought he would easily beat Blodorn....

If it’s still 2 leagues and I think it will be then who are the promoters pandering to?, if the majority of fans want 1 league and I am one of them then clearly they are pandering to themselves and the riders, I understand it’s not straight forward as just merging the 2 with riders, money and dates but quite frankly I was sick of seeing the same teams last season, we can’t keep doing the same thing and expect things to improve, but I’m told there is radical change planned but nobody will say what it is and the riders don’t know either

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As I said, if we just use averages then there's no need for any competition. Kurtz would have made a good wildcard in 2024 but wasn't picked. Being good enough on your or anyone's assessment has never been the main criteria for competing for the world title - some riders have a good year and then never again, the current system awards future places on past performance so there are no surprise packets anymore and I think the championship is worse for it.

Simple answer would be the complete the BSN series sooner, especially as it was the season starting competition.