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No. Just the cash🙁

Spot on. it is just so very unlikely (and sad) that today’s UK promoters would go along with such a plan given the organisational structure that is the BSPA which in itself exists in a time warp.

I agree with your sentiments. However, I’m not sure this type of drastic action will work out quite as well as we would hope becoming more of a “death by a thousand cuts” rather than a cure for the problem. Preferring evolution rather than revolution I believe the best way forward would be the formation of a “Super League” carved out of the best available riders making up a max of eight teams spread evenly across the country. Such teams/promotions committing to a clearly defined programme of continued improvement to the product on offer. The remaining promotions would work to fixed (low) budgets to run semi professional events the purpose being to provide a basis for growth in riders ability and worth to the senior clubs. Of course the biggest challenge the sport faces in the UK is the self serving, self preservation of individual promoters which exists to the detriment of our beloved sport. Frankly whilst that remains the case we can debate alternatives as much as we like but to no avail. There is history of a sport bankrupt in its own right, on its knees and run by self serving owners with no future which is now so big it boasts the single richest annual sporting event held on the planet. If anybody is interested in how that was achieved by the battles won by a single person against rich & powerful egos you should look up Pete Rozelle, who without there would be no NFL and no SuperBowl.

Not enough riders even for 5 man teams if you remove “doubling up” and those riders who race in Poland who would not be able to commit to fixtures held on any other day than Monday & the occasional Thursday - Poland permitting. Example, from the existing Leicester team four riders would be lost to the UK leaving 3 riders, a rising star, a number six and one second string. Granted if you draft in NDL second strings & similar you could get close to the required number but such dumbing down of rider talent & 10 man/boys meeting lineups is not the answer.

Not enough riders for that number of teams.

How many teams?

One league, no doubling up, using riders of competitive ability based on current riders racing in UK could stretch to fielding no more than eight teams. (It’s the math). Thus two home, two away fixtures would be as current in Prem and the end of professional speedway at the majority of tracks currently operating today - maybe not a bad thing - just a reset and a welcome to the real world

That’s what there is now.

Your comments just show you know nothing of this particular matter. 1. There isn’t a “Coventry” but a body of folk fighting the cause to keep the current site “as is” 2. There is a separate group of folk who the first group are working with/alongside who have absolutely no problem with funding the development (not restoration) of a multi sports complex at Brandon. 3. A miracle is not required. Only the removal of Brandon Estates intransigence. Then the work can and will begin of the development

There is plenty of headroom in the plan for the proposed redevelopment of Brandon as a multi motor sport venue to generate sufficient profit from its operations to provide more than acceptable ROI. Please stop your absolute drivel on a matter where your ill informed opinion is totally incorrect.

I would also like the guy who announces the races/times to pronounce his “th’s” correctly so that “Gate Free” becomes “GateThree”, “sixty free point free free seconds becomes “sixty three point three three seconds” & “Fird place” becomes “third place”

Hopefully so. Because it will mean his. youngster is ok.

The plan is not to “restore” Brandon but to re-build the facility. Yes it will take millions to do and yes the combined group of interested parties do have the money available to build and run a sustainable operation in both the short & long term. The only challenge facing the group is the intransigence of Brandon Estates, which admittedly is a big challenge but not an impossible one to overcome.

No need to make anything up when TV evidence clearly showed the reality of the situation. And for my edification, where/when did Dickson “freely admit to preparing the track at the expense of entertainment”?

Well in the first fixture at Kings Lynn it was that track which was so rough, home riders couldn't get their bikes to turn and one even crashed and damaged his wrist. Perhaps we should put to one side the super long track grading session employed either side of the break to give Bomber a long break between his rides. Meanwhile Leicester have been accused of preparing tracks with no top surface (slick) and now your "predicting" a rough track of which there is no recent history of. As for "win at all cost" well the Lions have done quite well this year against the "big guns" its only the lesser clubs they have struggled against so maybe the Stars will have some chance after all. Hope you make it to the meeting.

No issue with having one league - but with the exclusion of riders who ride in Poland & no doubling up the math is clear. One big league would comprise eight teams - presuming you do not want to teams with a massive disparity between very capable riders and those staring out. That would be far from entertaining / value for money.

List isn’t exaggerated at all it. However I agree some may opt to give Poland a miss. But in one big UK league with eight teams (that’s just the math sum of available competent riders) they wouldn’t be able to double up and the meaning no more than two meetings per week a reduction by 33% or one meeting. the one missing being the higher paying Polish one. Not sure how many riders will wish to reduce their income.

You will have seen the list of riders who currently ride in the Polish “lower” leagues, very few who would give up riding there in favour of UK. Add the Ekstraliga 1 riders attached to UK clubs and you have the best part of 28 riders to do without or put another way 4 teams worth of riders. Of course there would be enough riders available to run a league with doubling up removed which with the inclusion of NDL riders would mean “one big (watered down) league” of seven/eight teams. “Death by a thousand cuts” comes to mind.

Do you envisage Ekstraliga 2 riders also being excluded from a one "big" league?

And for those of us who were not there, what was the “odd occurrence”?

Fast race required so that he could get his injury back into trackside treatment as soon as possible. Should make it through the night and ok for tomorrow’s GP where more fast times could help him through. However, injured wrist maybe agitated during GP and need rest until next weekend - Cue docs medical note!!!

And what rumours would they be?

Grabbed by the gargoyles - eye watering! 😭

Discovery Sports Events (DSE) are the organisation who promote the Speedway GP series and by and large work on organising the actual event and partner ticketing agencies and similar sub contractors to deliver the final product to fans and content to (WBD Sport) media outlets. It was obvious from their initial involvement in promoting Cardiff 2021 that they were on a cost cutting exercise. Smaller flags, less fireworks in the after meeting show to name a few items. Whilst this "saving" was most probably a benefit for that meeting, what the cost cutting did was take the shine off the overall experience which folk actually felt. So with lower crowds attending the following year, more cuts were made to finally deliver the prophecy many felt - Cardiff was doomed. Its a fact of basic economics that costs increase year on year. Sure they can be managed but what you don't do in established sporting events is cut costs and reduce the spectator experience. They simply wont come back... London would be a great opportunity to reverse the trend - and would remain positive for a good few years so long as the eevent continued to provide "quality" experience and entertainment. Unfortunately, it appears DSE are run by accountants which is a shame because as my old CEO use to say "Finance guys should never be allowed to run a business, they simply are too risk adverse to have sufficient entrepreneurial spirit and courage "

The tourist board report around 12 million UK residents visited London last year on day and short stay visits. This figure was the best since before Covid hit and forecast from hoteliers and the like are predicting an increase for 2025 resulting in the highest number ever of domestic visitors to London. Apart from Singapore and a few other "small" capitals dotted around the world all large city's (including Manchester & Cardiff) suffer from a level of undesirable behavior and frankly this has been the case for many years. Still no reason to doubt that a well promoted speedway GP event held in London would be nothing more than a total success.