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Not so simple. Do you really think OneSport would have accepted a NL rider?

The USA neither entered or withdrew from the tournament. The team management or the AMA were never spoken to regarding the event. The promoters solely did a deal with Greg Hancock as they would with any challenge meeting. It really isn't a difficult concept to understand.

The truth is of course now beginning to surface. The events in the Pairs merely highlighted it even more so. The riders should hang their heads in shame.. it does make me wonder if any of them had anything to .. ahem.. 'gain' from this.

The USA did. They only had Hancock to ride due to their other riders racing in the UK, hence HANCOCK withdrawing from the meeting. There's a clue there. Hancock withdrew.. not the USA, or their team management as they were never spoken too.. the promoters simply dealt with the rider (Greg). That's not aimed at you of course waiheke, just those who still can't grasp it wasn't an official international meeting.

In a way yes. Polish League Play off Final 2nd Leg. Beautiful day. Sell out crowd. Both teams in pits raring to go. Wait! Torun's owner (the man behind OneSport) is refusing to let his team ride as Gollob is injured. He wants the meeting postponed and re-arranged when Gollob is fit! So he pulls his team completely out of the meeting, leaving a stadium full of unhappy people, simply because he couldn't get his own way. If lasts nights meeting hasn't highlighted where the true blame lies for the Warsaw debacle then I'm afraid nothing will.

Then voice your displeasure at the promoters.

You do what the Mafioso One Sport tell you to do and we'll promise you great riches once we get control of the World Championship! The reality I suspect will be very different.

Still not grasping it are you? No he wasn't, it wasn't an official meeting so he wasn't representing Great Britain. It isn't logged as an official appearance. However, just for one second we'll take your argument and how bad it is for British Speedway... imagine if other sports did the same.. what a laughing stock they would be! Just imagine if South Africans played cricket for England.. Just imagine if Brazilians played football for Portugal.. Not in pretend competitions, not even in friendlies (which are official) but just imagine if it was in a Test Match or a World Cup! It would never happen!! Oh wait....

Not as low as your intelligence. How many times do people have to be told it was a challenge meeting!

Nothing to do with Tai. That's to do with the promoters of the meeting! Yeah, well done Bomber! Offered to leave his club short to ride in a CHALLENGE meeting. No, he is just enjoying getting extra paydays.

He's not riding in a challenge meeting? Whoopy doo! It isn't an 'international call-up'.

It's quite clear what he meant. He underlined it and put it in italics. He is wrong. The 'racing' is on offer at every single speedway meeting there is.. so clearly that isn't the reason why more people attend one event over another. He used the argument in an attempt to justify moving away from temporary tracks.. ignoring the fact that the attendances for meetings held at temporary tracks quite clearly show that the 'track' isn't the primary concern of the paying public. It's really not even a debate. Next we'll get that old myth that 'great racing' is what brings the crowds in... followed by how 'great' the racing in the PL is... oblivious to the fact that there isn't something quite right there....

You have no point WK and the more you try to argue it, the more foolish you look. For there to be a comparison they both have to be speedway events. That is the constant between the two. Now, you claimed the standard of racing, note that, the standard of racing was most important. You also tell us that temporary tracks don't provide good racing. So tell us, by your OWN argument, how is it that the temporary track attracts the highest attendance if the 'standard of racing' is the MOST important thing.

Numbers speak. Speedway racing takes place all over the country every week. 40,000 don't turn up to it though. Your argument is nonsensical as we are discussing attending a speedway meeting and what draws fans to a SPEEDWAY meeting. If there isn't a meeting, its not relevant and not part of the discussion.

Of course it plays a part, but you brought this point up as a reason for us to move away from such venues suggesting that to fans the racing was the most important thing.. Cardiff has 100% demonstrated that the 'racing' isn't the most important thing. It's a necessary ingredient, but not the one that appears to dictate between someone attending a meeting or not. Move the British GP to Peterboro for example, the racing would be better but the attendance would plummet.. and not just due to capacity.

Irrelevant answer. You know what the answer is, and you know the answer means you are wrong, but you won't admit it. A GP at Cardiff is about MUCH more than the racing.

What is the attendance at Cardiff? What is the attendance at any other meeting in the UK? What was the attendance at GP meets in the UK prior to Cardiff?

Except you have absolutely nothing to back that statement up with.

The old was you there argument? It doesn't matter if it was a close call. Worrall is the better rider. Worrall has a greater chance of scoring pts in heat 9 than Nielsen. It doesn't mean Worrall will always beat Nielsen, but he will do so more than he loses. Therefore to maximise your chances of winning you put the better rider in. Whether he is 1% better or 50% better. It's like saying you're having a go on a roulette wheel that has 25 red slots and 20 black and then justifying picking black as 'its a close call'.

Brains and speedway team managers in the main don't go together, with a few exceptions.

Meanwhile in the UK they just completely ignore the ruling anyway! Which pretty much sums up the SCB.

It will for the next month, even if he rides below par.

Yes indeed RIP David Nix. However, find it very distasteful for you to use his death to 'have a pop'.

Or the majority of your previous posts.

The Kildemand situation is nothing to do with luck.