Iamnotanumber Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 50 minutes ago, bellevueace said: Whoever wins the "league" there is no kudos to it is there? I think attendences are going to be woeful after this close season, its difficult to see how the sport recovers from this now. Where's your board "The End of the World is nigh!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago So next year if we lose another team from this season, its all hands on deck to find a new track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 2 hours ago, mikebv said: Doubling Up is the reason.... No other.... Got to get those team places available..... Riders ear marked could have also turned down places elsewhere, which won't go down too well if the "Sixth Team" doesn't come to the tapes... The positive if they don't run is that there won't be any need to use guests contracted to other top tier teams, as these lads who cannot DU will be available to cover absentees... Surely that is what they will do? Isn’t the rule…..can’t guest unless named in another Premierships one to seven ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago On 2/21/2026 at 11:31 AM, mikebv said: The sport is more of a hobby for too many to ever be taken seriously.... Winning at home (by a narrow margin) and getting hammered away is almost utopia for some... These promoters don't have any burning ambitions to win things or, if also in the second tier, move into the top league, and are quite content on funding their hobby through affordable losses, or other businesses contributions.. They run their team pretty much for themselves and the riders, who often need two jobs in the UK to justify their outlay on machinery... With the two jobs meaning two teams share the costs which then makes it cost effective for both clubs.. The clamour for "Team Six" isn't to make the top league look "relevant", (even 20 teams couldn't do that the way the sport is ran), it is simply to ensure another seven slots are available for riders, with four or five of those slots being so riders can double up.. Neither league has authenticity given the operating model (196 guests last season), therefore "Team Six" won't make a jot of difference to the way the sport is viewed by so many fans, and, (more importantly), literally thousands of "ex fans"... In short. Nothing changes because the majority of those running it have a lot of their boxes ticked due to the way they do run it, hence they are content with things... And as long as fans only slowly dwindle away, the losses won't become too big, too quickly, so the whole nonsense can continue on.... Until, of course, inevitably one day given its inexorable decline, it doesn't.. Similar to the frog in a pot of water that's slowly heating up. It becomes comfortable and doesnt notice the progression towards its demise, or it's death when it inevitably happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapewrecker Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, Hamish McRaker said: Similar to the frog in a pot of water that's slowly heating up. It becomes comfortable and doesnt notice the progression towards its demise, or it's death when it inevitably happens You been talking to David Attenborough 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, Tapewrecker said: You been talking to David Attenborough 😂 No i think it was Morrissey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89buttons Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Isn’t the rule…..can’t guest unless named in another Premierships one to seven ? Don’t think so, Nicholls guested a lot for the witches in 2024 while Doyle was out long term and only signed to a championship club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffa Posted 40 minutes ago Report Share Posted 40 minutes ago Think they have to be signed to either a Premiership or a championship club to guest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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