therefused

where are the facts?

Ive seen moments of absolute quality in the national league and championship too, its not just the world class riders. Its obvious at this point the premiership experiment has failed and clubs (apart from maybe two) cannot afford to fork out the big contracts anymore.

Think I read previously that this has been looked at fairly recently but there’s a rule that means it can’t happen as it’s too close to Kings Lynn?

There’s one poster on here that is calling out British national league riders by name for some reason, but no it’s everyone else that is anti British speedway

Let down by who?

looks more professional than anyone in speedway has done ever to be honest, and its just for a merch drop.

not sure whats happened to the ipswich fans, finally won a trophy after years of trying and now theyre all on there 'premiership' high horse. you were also rans in the second division for absolute years, maybe you will be again soon...

i was thinking about this earlier and whether a north/south would work, allows double up/sideways and should give riders enough meetings as well as more local derbys

where did i say that, i said 'riders like this', not 'these riders'

I would argue its riders like this that have been one of the downfalls of the sport and taking team spots away from younger riders. Where is that stat again with how many young riders have retired over the past few years?

right ive finally convinced myself that you are actually trolling with every post.

5 man teams would be 6 rides per meeting each too, automatically boosting the riders points money but the club could potentially save on equipment, signing on fees etc.

That doesnt seem to happen though, and hasnt happened in the previous 20+ years so why would it start happening now?

i think the pushback would be it leaves the prem with 4 teams, and that isnt feasible so then the championship promoters are thinking the other prem teams will also want to move down, potentially affecting current team building.

but the limit isnt 25 😅

A lot of your posts are massive assumptions. Firstly you think all non uk riders would leave the league. Secondly you think everyone will spend £30 (i dont buy a programme or a drink or pay for parking). Thirdly you've mentioned it would be a 25 point limit, which is probably a total guess. £20 for a 5 man team of something like: (using Poole as your example) Lawson Rowe Thomsen Cairns Rushen is not unreasonable.

Fine with me

Not been to a meeting at mildenhall I see

So after all these calculations how many riders do you think will be available?

theyre not wrong though, you just need a track and you can go racing, the setup at peterborough is pretty much made for that with the banking offering good viewing already.

practically all of the teams in the premier have had (long) spells in the second division, i cant see why they are against it either. Maybe they are more worried about the rider shortage, or maybe championship teams dont want more teams to compete with?

I would say 100% of people who were spoken too know workington have a track already. Good for them on selling 'a bit' of merchandise.

sounds like a no brainer right?

I think thats a big assumption that everyone arguing for one league is not a fan of the prem. I am, but logic and history dictates its not working and not affordable in the current climate, if and when it gets to a point that it is then more the merrier, i would like nothing more than two full leagues of teams but it just isnt managable.

So what happens if we get to January and there are still only 5 confirmed prem teams? Does the premiership have a year off? Is a team forced to move up against there will?