BSN

[Steve Shovlar]

Well I have just paid up. £38.99 a month for 7 months is a no brainer as it’s the only way to watch UK speedway other than attending. It’s far better than Eurosport for production and the commentators know what they are talking about. 
 

Looking forward to seeing what the first batch of matches will be.

[Hawk127]

5 minutes ago, IainB said:

You can't beat the live experience though, the sights, the sounds, the smell... and you tend to not let your vision drift away to look at a lamp post whenever somebody falls off or miss an after race incident because you're busy filling your programme in... although to be fair some do seem more interested in filling their programme in than what's going on around them lol 😂

Agree with the ‘live’ sentiment but that is becoming increasingly more costly and those with limited disposal income will forsake that and frankly with the way some meetings are drawn out, I would suspect many would rather be at home than standing on a chilly terrace in stadiums with poor facilities, expensive food and drink plus toilets that are some of the worse you can find and you can have all that for an entry fee of £20+. That’s probably why some people no longer attend because the supporter is a secondary inconvenience to the people who run the sport. Just look at the way they have conducted themselves in the close season. 

[mikebv]

18 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

Agree with the ‘live’ sentiment but that is becoming increasingly more costly and those with limited disposal income will forsake that and frankly with the way some meetings are drawn out, I would suspect many would rather be at home than standing on a chilly terrace in stadiums with poor facilities, expensive food and drink plus toilets that are some of the worse you can find and you can have all that for an entry fee of £20+. That’s probably why some people no longer attend because the supporter is a secondary inconvenience to the people who run the sport. Just look at the way they have conducted themselves in the close season. 

A sport, in the UK, simply set up for a few dozen riders so they can earn money...

And set up so some people, with enough money, can have an expensive hobby which they love being a central part of...

The fans being invited along to help subsidise the costs, and keep them within reason for the person whose hobby it is...

UK Speedway is no more than this..

The BSN package looks excellent value for money for "generic fans", who just enjoy watching Speedway without bothering too much who wins and who doesn't..

Hope they have a good season with plenty of subscribers.  

Edited 6 hours ago by mikebv

[Dave_minall]

59 minutes ago, IainB said:

Hmm... doesn't say that the PL Pay Offs are included in the Premiership/Season pass 🤔🤑

They responded to that point on facebook:

"British Speedway are still in talks with several broadcasters in regards to the Premiership Play-Offs so for now they are not included. The Premiership Pass has a small price increase this year with the same amount of meetings as last year"

With that said I'm going to hold off on subscribing in case it gets added to a service I already pay for.

[Neila]

Was just gonna post that info. But if these talks are similar to the winter talks regarding new track  the season will be over before the talks are finished 😀

 

 

[Hawk127]

7 minutes ago, mikebv said:

A sport, in the UK, simply set up for a few dozen riders so they can earn money...

And set up so some people, with enough money, can have an expensive hobby which they love being a central part of...

The fans being invited along to help subsidise the costs, and keep them within reason for the person whose hobby it is...

UK Speedway is no more than this..

That’s being very generous. It has many similarities to the way the country is currently being run and both are shambles. Government wants more taxes, promoters want higher entrance fees, riders want more for less, benefit claimants want more for doing nothing and in both cases those in charge are ostracising the very same tax payers/punters who feed them by increasing the costs for the few simply to placate the rest. 

[TTT]

1 hour ago, Dave_minall said:

They responded to that point on facebook:

"British Speedway are still in talks with several broadcasters in regards to the Premiership Play-Offs so for now they are not included. The Premiership Pass has a small price increase this year with the same amount of meetings as last year"

With that said I'm going to hold off on subscribing in case it gets added to a service I already pay for.

I don't do facebook so thanks for the info that you've posted.

No point in signing up for a PREM pass imo considering it's not a season pass at this moment in time.

Assuming the Play-Offs happen on BSN then we'll probably have to pay an extra £30-£40 for the 4 Play-Off Meetings if it's a 5 Team League so may as well hold off for that.

[R87]

5 hours ago, Aries said:

 

Rip off

[MattB]

23 minutes ago, R87 said:

Rip off

Positivity

[Neila]

32 minutes ago, R87 said:

Rip off

Works out at £5.66 a meeting to watch speedway from both leagues, similar  price of a pint, but I'm sat at home watching speedway bargain if you can afford it 😀 

[DJC]

Without going into the link properly, can you pick and choose which months you subscribe for?

 

[Triple.H.]

1 hour ago, DJC said:

Without going into the link properly, can you pick and choose which months you subscribe for?

 

The monthly contract is for the full season its just spreading the cost over 7 payments for a small uplift instead of paying the one off price.

That's how i read it

[DJC]

49 minutes ago, Triple.H. said:

The monthly contract is for the full season its just spreading the cost over 7 payments for a small uplift instead of paying the one off price.

That's how i read it

Personally would prefer to toggle on and off for months with meetings that were of interest but I get locking people in for the full term from a business pov.