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There will be 14 tracks in operation next season, assuming we don't lose any more before then, meaning 70 riders and not 80 and I don't see why any riders should be excluded as long as they can fulfil all of their British League fixtures on whatever night their club decides to ride (home and away).

AND... why is this even a topic 🤷‍♂️

Maybe he's gotten mixed up between Pole and Poole 😂

Riding in Poland I understand... and here's me thinking he rode for Poole!

Everybody can see this apart from the people that run the sport unfortunately.

They are the current rules

Were King's Lynn not under "special measures" last year as regards calling matches off? Didn't they have to seek permission from the governing body? In my opinion that should be the case for every club until an independent match official is on site 2 hours before a meeting at which point it is their decision to postpone or abandon a meeting... unless they're at Belle Vue where the nurse can call the meeting off, ooooh matron!

Yes, that was the one that was called off by their nurse wasn't it 😂

The advertising boards are up on the in field... just for Phil 😁

The Lions really need to sort their shiz out on tracks like this as come pay off time the track will possibly/likely be like this and that's where we come unstuck.

... and King's Lynn not being able to run their leg 😉😜

Drama Queens 👸

They have... it's about as straight as Julian Clary though!

That start line looked good enough to eat 😋

Doesn't matter if they have any rain or how much it'll never be as wet as that Sheffield match! 😂😂

It is that simple... you just forfeit the points or 1 point each

Whoever refuses to ride forfeits the points, if both sides don't want it 1 point each

If you think running a meaningless meeting after the play offs is a good money maker, then sure why not?

I don't buy this season ticket excuse... clubs should just roll forward the cancelled meeting credit to next season or refund it if the customer is not renewing, it's not exactly rocket science... and whoever it was that brought up concessions is (with respect) just living on a planet! Probably one of the main reasons why King's Lynn have such small income from sponsors and spectators is because they don't know from one week to the next whether they're going to get their company exposure or able to attend a Speedway meeting. It's not about King's Lynn, although they don't have a great track record with postponements, it's about getting the league campaign completed on time with tv schedules and rider commitments etc.

You can call off every meeting days in advance as far as I'm concerned... just award 1 point each and don't faff about trying to rearrange them.

So we've tried one big league and it didn't work, we tried the "Elite" league and it worked to some extent with a nice juicy tv contract, what we have now is an Elite League Lite with a meagre tv contract and who knows if that's going to be renewed. So we either limp on as we are with ever dwindling crowds or do something radical. Whether that be 1 big (small) league of 14 or an Elite+ with all the riders Poland use... the latter ain't going to happen without a massive tv contact or at least a 50% increase in admission prices. A 6 or 7 team league where the play off places are nailed on before a wheel is turned like we've had the last couple of seasons is not a great watch. The FIM ain't interested, they're currently too busy running their own SGP series into the ground, the only way would be to break away from the FIM, to what I don't know, I'm not sure we currently have the talent in place to run a ruling body.

I think the goal is to improve isn't it, but you need to do this from a strong foundation, 1 step back to take 2 steps forward... or you just keep jumping forward into the abyss with a model that has continued to prove time and again just doesn't work.

Why was that even on? I thought there had supposed to be a drought 😂

IF the track is genuinely waterlogged and won't be raceable in the next 24 hours you may very well have a good point there 👍🏻

1. So what, 1 point each and move on 2. So what, 1 point each and move on 3. The play off TV Schedule