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[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 13 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. 

[P T Preece]

filling the form is a pain, DOB 1957 it means I have to scroll back to 1957 and as I dont have a team or stadium anymore I wont have a favorite team. No point filling that in, I watch just speedway in which ever league I feel like going to watch.

What has my DOB got to do with the website.

[Tapewrecker]

3 minutes ago, P T Preece said:

What has my DOB got to do with the website.

Buggered if I know why they need your age. Perhaps just a statistic regarding audiences ages.

[P T Preece]

Sorted now , I was trying to do it on my phone then decided to fire up the big boy and all sorted now.

Brummie supporter, so no team or stadium, Im thinking lots more people will be in the same boat.

Some questions not needed, BSN.

Now or we need is the NDL fixtures and we will be able to plan some meeting to go to.

Nearest tracks Leicester, oxford. Buxton, Belle vue.

Tracks to get too Scunny, Redcar, bank holidays going to be busy. Its going to be a strange season with no team to  support.

See you trackside people, have fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorted now, Iwas trying to do it on 

[Triple.H.]

6 hours ago, DJC said:

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. 

My suggestion would be to contact them directly and see if they could/would consider offering a single 28day or month long purchase. 

But what would happen say for instance if you chose May as your pick and its a much wetter than normal month so 1/3 of fixtures BSN were streaming were rained off. 

Is that tough on you,or do they allow you to view the PP fixtures as and when later in the season ?

[flagrag]

12 hours 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.

Problem is the play offs are at the wrong time for mainstream broadcasters as in September and October the Premier League and EFL is in full flow and the European Champions, Europa and Conference League has just started so they have plenty of content.

I did make the suggestion back in December when it became clear they had no Premiership broadcast to BSPL that maybe they would be better to look at running a short separate SuperLiga series of matches just one Home and Away .
 

This needs to take place late May until end of July then Sky and Others would be interested in broadcasting it Maybe also may attract more GP stars for a short period season. This needs to be a more modern format with DJs, lights , smoke , Cheerleaders etc

However this suggestion was turned down as promotions didn’t want to clash with Euro football games as thought attendance will be down but they will whichever way and also had concerns that fans would not attend the Premiership fixtures at start and end of season instead just going for SuperLiga matches .

This is exactly how Cricket has moved forward clubs make big money and attendance for 20-20 and the Hundred during peak summer which purest supporters don’t like but they can get their traditional cricket early and later on the year 

[IainB]

17 minutes ago, flagrag said:

Problem is the play offs are at the wrong time for mainstream broadcasters as in September and October the Premier League and EFL is in full flow and the European Champions, Europa and Conference League has just started so they have plenty of content.

I did make the suggestion back in December when it became clear they had no Premiership broadcast to BSPL that maybe they would be better to look at running a short separate SuperLiga series of matches just one Home and Away .
 

This needs to take place late May until end of July then Sky and Others would be interested in broadcasting it Maybe also may attract more GP stars for a short period season. This needs to be a more modern format with DJs, lights , smoke , Cheerleaders etc

However this suggestion was turned down as promotions didn’t want to clash with Euro football games as thought attendance will be down but they will whichever way and also had concerns that fans would not attend the Premiership fixtures at start and end of season instead just going for SuperLiga matches .

This is exactly how Cricket has moved forward clubs make big money and attendance for 20-20 and the Hundred during peak summer which purest supporters don’t like but they can get their traditional cricket early and later on the year 

At least you got a reply 😂😂