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On the other hand could a rider afford not to sign considering a polish contract would probably be his main income in a season? Tbh,i doubt if a Czech League or Bundesliga place would really count in all of this.What would it mean?3 or 4 meetings or 5-6.Not a big deal

This is the history of our economy leading up to us pretty much begging to get in and yes de Gaulle did veto our membership twice.Was only when Pompidou came along was he more friendly towards us

Sorry to burst your bubble but the UK was a basket case before they joined the EU.Pretty much begged to get in and were turned down by Charles de Gaulle on a couple of ocassions i think

According to this every household will be around 4,300 quid worse off.Of course that is an average,so some will be worse than that and others not so badly hit http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/hard-brexit-cost-uk-economy-9025913

Do feel for the Aussia fans(did i really say that?)as the sport originated to a large extent in the country and they finally had the chance to see a home rider crowned world champ and it was cruelly taken away from them

Only 7?????

Getting even less for your money at airports now http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/pound-to-euro-exchange-rate-travellers-at-uk-airports-offered-less-than-one-euro-to-the-pound-a3365531.html As far as i know riders get paid in currency and not with shares for BP etc

The Lord probably has,but obviously the Devils Advocate hasn't eh?

Because like you say,others have to be signed.Probably double up as there just aren't enough riders to go round.Then you are stretching resources to the very limit..You can't afford any clashes of fixtures or injuries, which are inevitable, as are guests........vicious circle.Unfortunately the UK just doesn't at the moment produce enough riders to supply the demand

Which could end with the league being a shambles full of guests every meeting and possibly a few top riders who are far better than the rest and make more people decide to stay at home instead of travel to their nearest track.The big problem seems to be the UK leagues aren't in charge of their own destiny,but have to try and adapt to the decisions of others.Not good

But like anything,there is a limit to how much you can weaken something before it collapses or breaks

The problem is, can we afford a weakened league initially?I am actually in your camp with trying to get more places for British riders and stop the reliance on foreign riders.But that takes time,whereas riders dropping out of the league can happen in a few short months.Seems there are enough tracks with problems without this addition

What i and i think Steve are talking about is not in two years or even next March......contracts will be negotiated before March one would expect.So it is where the pound is over the short term period that will count on who and how a contract will be negotiated and what the asking price or safety net will be if the pound stays at this low level.If i am negotiating a contract i will base it on the actual reality and not on some utopian view of the future

Like it was mentioned yesterday on one website,do you think a country like Brazil will do a deal that allows expensive British goods like cars into the country without wanting to export cheap beef etc into the UK,therefore putting pressure on farmers?It won't be a one -way street at all,like you say But most of this stuff is way off topic and the fall in the pound could cause real problems next season,rather than what might happen in a few years time....Arnie has already pointed out it caused real problems before,albeit on a small scale.The league are far more reliant on foreign riders now than they were back in 1976

A thought that went through my mind when the drop in the pound was announced.Must make it harder to negotiate a contract for next season at the moment.No foreign rider will want to sign on the same terms as this year and possibly make a large loss,so will be asking for more........

Thanls Arnie.Couldn't find any reference to him,but then i couldn't find any results for Champion this year either.So guess he won't be a new addition to the list

When was the last time he rode? Couldn't find anything on either him or Champion Speedway for this season.Be sad if it has gone down the Swanny like so many tracks including it seems the track near Chicago

And is Kylmä living in Spain now?Thought i saw something about Jouni visiting Joonas in Espana!!!!

Which drug was he taking then?

Post #7 and then quoted in post #8

Been commented on elsewhere to some extent.Get your teeth around this http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=82778

"we"????? Have you got a split personality?The one who despises BSI running the GPs and the other person who goes and pays money to BSI by attending a GP

As others have said including those on the Travel Plus forum Emil should get a wildcard.The GPs need a shot in the arm and he is about the only rider out there that can give it that extra boost

Jacek Gollob is still riding ocassionally having made a recent comeback because of his son born 27.10.1969

Also for instance at the start there were so many tracks.There weren't enough days in the week for the London tracks..As i mentioned on another thread about pre war speedway it was possible some days for a rider and fans to see 3 meetings just in the London area on one day and there were a couple more meetings that they would have missed because of time clash.Plus the promoters were milking the fans for the money and some tracks were holding 2 or possibly 3 meetings in one week.!!!