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Did any team loose less matches than Leicester? No and no team won more. So It’s difficult to agree with the claim that Sheffield, who the Lions beat on numerous occasions including the playoffs were the best team this year. But congratulations to Tigers for finishing top of the league (somehow)

The simple mathematical truth is that there are insufficient riders of competitive quality to make up the number of teams you suggest are being considered for “one league”.

Best team in the league over the season? How come given, Tigers were not the team who won most matches nor the team who lost the least. But were beaten quite a few times in the league & in the playoffs by the team that did. Better luck next year & yes I really do hope a new owner can be found to give it a chance to happen.

Even better, maybe the team that won most & lost least meetings should be league champions. In case you wondering, that would be Leicester

Would not work There’s simply not enough riders of suitable competitive quality to run a format where eventually teams from regions/divisions/whatever meet in the playoffs /final because such numbers of teams would need doubling up and what happens if/when two teams meet who share one or more riders?

That’s the point. They have cash but no idea on what to usefully do with it.

Wouldn’t make any difference to the promotional cost as they are paid by the TV company

No. Brands in sporting bodies do not operate in the way you suggest.

Easy to ride yes. But not to race on as racing/passing line means riding out too wide & close to deep unridable material.

You need to buy the license to promote along with any other (fixed or intangible) assets the current owner deems “for sale”.

Bankrupt? Not of cash but maybe of ideas on how to create a healthy future for the sport in the UK.

Two leagues.

Would be nice if he did but he’s not the kind to chuck good money after bad. Maybe a decent forward thinking growth plan may enable HR and the team to attract some healthy sponsorship money.

We will have to wait and see to what extent the changes are “interesting” or otherwise but most probably nothing more than something to dumb down the league competition on the basis of survival tactics rather than introducing something resembling a plan for growth. I really do hope I’m wrong but nothing in terms of changes made by the collective promoters during the past decade give me faith to the contrary.

A lot more than that for seats on the straight close to the action purchased on early deal basis. As we know the ticket pricing escalated over the past years, the firework show diminished to a fizzle, No pre meeting or half time entertainment in the stadium which all contributed to a feeling that for the ever increasing cost of tickets the overall value of what was on offer did nothing but fall.

No they have quite a strong balance sheet with a good amount of cash in the bank. They do however appear bankrupt of ideas on how to successfully grow the sport.

There’s also MAYFIELD MOTOR SPORTS LIMITED formed back in 2017 which is still trading albeit a small company in terms of assets & profitability. If they were the promoters of the last two Cardiff GPs let’s hope they will change their approach of running an event on the cheap whilst charging highest price possible. In other words providing something of poor value.

You are correct, large crowds encourage sponsorship opportunities & healthy improvement in further growth of attendance.

To be clear. Without specific sponsorship, meeting the cost of top riders would not be possible from gate receipts which do not even cover other related costs.

I don’t know, I didn’t raise the original question. BTW. The top riders are affordable to clubs because of sponsorship rather than gate receipts so when you raise the question regarding level of support then that needs to include sponsorship.

I don’t know, I didn’t raise the original question. BTW. The top riders are affordable to clubs because of sponsorship rather than gate receipts so when you raise the question regarding level of support then that needs to include sponsorship.

I think he means BSPA or it could be BSN. whatever/whichever Speedway Futures Ltd is a business in which BSPA has significant shareholding alongside ten other vested shareholders. BSN is 100% independent of BSPA and is the trading name of Exstream Media Ltd who have two shareholders neither of who have shareholding in Speedway Futures Ltd. As such JH was well wide of the mark with his comment/observation.

I only used Berwick in reply to "Third Man" who quoted them alongside Workinton questioning if they could afford top flight number ones etc.

Maybe Berwick and Workington are not being considered for the big league". Given that there is an insufficient number of riders for all existing Champ & Prem teams to run even 5 man lineups without doubling up it is more than probable that a "big league! will still have a limited number of teams and two divisions. But maybe only two - no NDL?

With or without riders doubling up being allowed?