Ghostwalker

That is not what I said. I said that the new averages will be imported and then adjusted depending on the strength of the league, not that the rider should be given the exact same average And it is much better and more fair then BSPA giving a rider a "random average" based on what they think he should have. With a fixed conversion rate, every new foreign rider get his average calculated the same way, by BSPA using the same metrics for every rider, Whether or not the given average is likely to decease or increase is totally irrelevant when calculating a new average. That is for the interested team to take into account when they want to sign a new rider. It is nothing BSPA or any other federation should interfere with. The rider comes with a take-it-or-leave-it as is average.

Quite possible. Actually googled and found this thread : http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=20477

A fixed average conversion system similar to what Svemo uses. Each foreign league gets a fixed value based on the strength compared to the British league. Then each new foreign rider gets their home league average translated to a British average based on the leagues strength value.

Puk is Danish for puck. NKI was hit in the head by a puck when he was young.

Yes and no. A slight reduction in meetings for the riders might be a good idea but it shouldn't be a national federation that decides such things. Two meetings/week is also too strict. It should be 3 meetings/week+GP or SEC. With three meetings/week the riders can do Elitserien+DK+PL or Elitserien+Allsvenskan+PL or Sweden+DK. Many Swedish riders are doubling up, which increased the status and popularity of Allsvenskan when riders like Ljung, Lindbäck, PK, Zorro (retired now), Thorssell, Kim Nilsson..., also rides for an Allsvenskan club.

technically they can geo-block the stream so that it isn't available in Poland but I think that could easily backfire though.

Yes until a GP is rained off and the Elite League's Monday fixtures are cancelled.

Robin Aspegren have decided to quite. http://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/aspegren-tvingas-sluta-efter-ess-beslutet/ He mentiones the new agreement as the reason. Anton Rosén also decided to quite a while ago.

Vargarna is the first team to take a stand for Swedish speedway. Lejonen threatened to pull out of the ESS (sort of the Swedish equality to BSPA) if ESS did not lower the agreed number of Swedes from 3 to 2. Dackarna said that they didn't like the decision but still voted for it "to preserve the unity in ESS". :angry: http://www.vargarnaspeedway.se/medlemsmoten/vi-tar-stallning-for-svensk-speedway/ http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/8012/darfor-stallde-sig-dackarnas-representant-bakom-beslutet/

As said before, in this or in the other thread, the issue isn't the race days. The issue is that riders ride every day of the week and then becomes injured because they are exhausted.

It seems that he changed his mind then: https://twitter.com/EmilRacing89/status/782273575696867328

Emil S have signed for Piraterna. He turned down Vetlanda because they supposedly did not offer enough money. http://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/nobbade-elit-vetlanda-klar-for-konkurrent/ http://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/stjarnan-nobbar-elit-vetlanda/

I would say that contracts are signed between "Speedway team Ltd" and "speedway rider Ltd" so technically it's the riders' companies that signs the contract. Regarding potential legal issues, those would come from the laws concerning freedom of movement and services on EU's inner market. I don't think a federation like PZM, legally, can ban riders or rather the riders' companies from riding (working) in other countries as this possible could violate the free movement laws. If you remember, FIM/BSI tried to block GP-riders from riding in both the SGP and SEC series but IIRC, they had to back down as it was against the free movement.

For the same reason that Fim cannot prevent GP-riders from also riding in SEC. I am not an expert on EU's free movement laws but afaik you cannot prevent a company from working in other countries since that would violate those laws. I am also not sure that Pepsi or CC can ban their customers in EU from selling the competitors product.

It's confirmed that there only will be requirement for two Swedish riders/line-up next season. http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/7991/beslutet-ar-klubbat-hotade-att-lamna/

Peter Ljung is inciting/instigating the other Swedish riders to strike if the Elitserien teams association goes ahead with their plan to reduce the required amount of Swedes from three to two. http://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/ljung-uppmanar-till-forarstrejk/

It was until those damn ruskies stole it.

Who knows. I think there might be an intent but, as moomin man says, from a legal perspective it is probably not doable. Especially not with all this free movement thing in the European union.

No, you said you had read in the press. So whoever wrote that article did not bother to check the facts which makes that article writer lazy. A very common illness in today's media. So unless you wrote that article, I did not call you lazy.

No that is incorrect. Smederna had two meetings at home in 2003 with higher attendance. 8353 vs the league meeting against Masarna and 88xx vs. Kaparna in the final. http://speedwayhistorik.svemo.se/2003/Report.asp?elit.FD It was before my time as a speedway fan but Smederna are supposed to have one meeting, at the old track, which were supposed to have been over 9000. The I remember the final as being 8800, 8848 I think, but Svemo figures "only" say 8626: http://speedwayhistorik.svemo.se/2003/Visa.asp?ElitF.CA VMS Elit (Vetlanda) had 8703 in their home leg of the 2005 final. http://speedwayhistorik.svemo.se/2005/Report.asp?ElitF.CD Dackarna - Västervik final leg 1 in 2007 had 8564, the second leg had 9358. http://speedwayhistorik.svemo.se/2007/Report.asp?ElitF.AJ http://speedwayhistorik.svemo.se/2007/Report.asp?ElitF.JA So that is at least 5 meetings the past 14 seasons + the ones you mentioned, so that'll make it "no better" then 8th on the list of the highest attendances. So third best attendance is just some reporter that is too lazy to check the facts before he/she posts the article.

Interview: http://ekuriren.se/sport/1.4408491-jerker-blir-ny-lagledare-i-smederna-det-ar-speciellt

This will hit Swedish riders very hard. They normally do Allsvenskan+Elitserien in Sweden + Poland or Denmark or England. A few like Linus Eklöf also rides in division 1. I think the limit should be two countries not two leagues. Imo this will hit the Swedish league system very hard if it becomes reality. At least Allsvenskan since many Swedish riders that currently rides in both AS and ES will have to skip AS if they also wants to ride in Poland or Denmark or England.

Jerker Eriksson is the new team manager for Smederna. He will share the responsibility with Stefan Jarl. They have worked together before when they were team managers for Smederna's Allsvenskan team called Team Bikab. http://eskilstunasmederna.se/jerker-eriksson-ny-lagledare/

Not hard for the speedway fans who live in the region. 2 hours by car from speedway cities like Norrköping and Motala and even less for most of the speedway fans in Småland. I think the issue is that Skavsta airport and Nyköping city does not have that great connections since it is only served by Ryanair and Wizzair. It is only a 2 hour drive by car from Skavsta to Västervik. You could fly to Arlanda instead and it will hardly take longer time to get to Västervik by public transport then from Skavsta.

Pretty descent.