2026 and beyond

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

15 minutes ago, IainB said:

He's 100% the better option if you want your team member to turn up and ride for your club on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday

May as well go completely amateur and make it the "£10 sport" that lots used to spout on about incessantly until recently 

[IainB]

9 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

May as well go completely amateur and make it the "£10 sport" that lots used to spout on about incessantly until recently 

Yes, but... with the cost of living £20 is the new £10 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

On 8/27/2025 at 8:28 AM, HGould said:

My gut reaction to 2026 is that it will still be a 3 tier structure.

Specifically Chris Louis will cling on to the TV Money and GP stars like King Canute trying to stop the rising tide, he'll be supported by KIngs Lynn / Belle Vue and Sheffield, and enough pressure will be put on Leicester to remain in a "top tier" and if they have to, they'll go 5 team League with even more of the TV slice

 

7 hours ago, B.V 72 said:

So will one big weaker league work i have done a little research to help you decide.

First of all we say goodbye to the 6 GP riders BK,DB,JD,MF,JH,JK,+ES.

Then i checked which of the riders left double up both leagues and found that all but 15 of them do.

These riders who do not are. J Lidsey, N Blodorn, T Brennan, R Douglas, J Pickering, C Holder, T Musielak, M Zagar, K Rew, N K Iversen, B Cook, M Janowski, R Tungate, L Becker, A Ellis.

I found that of the above riders that 3 of them ride in the Polish top league. 9 of them ride in the Polish 2nd division. 2 of them ride in the Polish 3rd division. Also 8 of them ride in the Swedish top league and 4 of them also ride in the Danish league. So the question is how many of these riders would fancy riding in a league that runs on 6 days of the week of which non of them choose to do now.

Hopefully some do but looking at the possibility that they do not. I have found that 19 riders in the Championship have averages over 7 points these riders are S Masters R Lawson, D King, N klindt, C Harris, C Wright, P Kildermand, S Worrall, K Howarth, E Riss, Z Cook, D Kemp, J Sedgman, D Thompson, J Allen, T Batchelor, A Rowe, A Vuolas and L Flint. So 15 of these riders spread over 15 teams will be the new number 1s. 

So what happens if the sport manages to release  "Chris Louis's grip on the current folly" (sic) and we have the rider list outlined in the BV72 example

The likes of BV Ippo Sheffield and Leicester will still have better crowds and backing and will hoover up the top 10 of that select band unless there is complete rider control

They will also attract the top emerging talent whenever it becomes available

The cream will always rise

[IainB]

4 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

 

So what happens if the sport manages to release  "Chris Louis's grip on the current folly" (sic) and we have the rider list outlined in the BV72 example

The likes of BV Ippo Sheffield and Leicester will still have better crowds and backing and will hoover up the top 10 of that select band unless there is complete rider control

They will also attract the top emerging talent whenever it becomes available

The cream will always rise

But it will be affordable cream that is delivered when you want it to be delivered to taste its best to attract lots of, erm, cream drinkers... I'll stop now 🤔😁

[SpeedwaySlider72]

12 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

 

The likes of BV Ippo Sheffield and Leicester will still have better crowds and backing and will hoover up the top 10 of that select band unless there is complete rider control

Team building averages balance things up as you know ...and the teams won't be losing spadefuls of cash as many are right now. That's the main point of the shake up.