Fromafar Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 26 minutes ago, The White Knight said: Could the same argument not be applied to Poole? It’s not even an argument . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 49 minutes ago, Fromafar said: It’s not even an argument . Nor should it be. I only mentioned it because of a ridiculous Post saying that Glasgow should be forced to go up to the Premier League. You cannot do that with independent businesses, which is essentially what each Club in Speedway is. The Premier League, sadly, has for a long time been the be all and end all of Speedway. This is wrong, the so called Top League needs to get it's own house in order, and not rely on being propped up by the Championship. That is how I feel anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 13 minutes ago, The White Knight said: Nor should it be. I only mentioned it because of a ridiculous Post saying that Glasgow should be forced to go up to the Premier League. You cannot do that with independent businesses, which is essentially what each Club in Speedway is. The Premier League, sadly, has for a long time been the be all and end all of Speedway. This is wrong, the so called Top League needs to get it's own house in order, and not rely on being propped up by the Championship. That is how I feel anyway. Ultimately though... They prop up each other... If no top tier existed then the Championship teams would need to lay out more to cover the shortfall to the riders who are no longer riding in two leagues.. And it would need to be a fair few quid too... Edited 3 hours ago by mikebv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, The White Knight said: Could the same argument not be applied to Poole? No it couldn't, we don't own our stadium and we don't have the money Glasgow have, I would love to be back in the Premiership but it is not viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Sense of entitlement from certain Championship clubs, They need to serve the Premiership because the Premiership is British Speedway. Certain Championship clubs are waiting for the Premiership to collapse and end up in one big league mostly full of journeymen and out of depth NDL riders and Championship Promoters seem to think that everything will work out perfectly for them when it won't. Current Championship No.1's & Certain No.5's would have offers galore and promoters will have to pay much more money for them during a bidding war because every one of them would demand much more money as they'll need to cover some of the losses from only having one British team place instead of the usual two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mgas Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 2 hours ago, foreverblue said: No it couldn't, we don't own our stadium and we don't have the money Glasgow have, I would love to be back in the Premiership but it is not viable. Again I don’t think singling out one business for being successful and exposing financial risk upon them would be legal. If one club is going to be forced into anything. Every club would have to be given the same “ultimatum” British speedway is in a very difficult position but it isn’t for one or two clubs to fix it Edited 52 minutes ago by Mgas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonalResponsibility Posted 15 minutes ago Report Share Posted 15 minutes ago 1 hour ago, TTT said: Sense of entitlement from certain Championship clubs, They need to serve the Premiership because the Premiership is British Speedway. Certain Championship clubs are waiting for the Premiership to collapse and end up in one big league mostly full of journeymen and out of depth NDL riders and Championship Promoters seem to think that everything will work out perfectly for them when it won't. Current Championship No.1's & Certain No.5's would have offers galore and promoters will have to pay much more money for them during a bidding war because every one of them would demand much more money as they'll need to cover some of the losses from only having one British team place instead of the usual two. Can't agree that there's a need for the Championship to "serve" the Premiership. Both leagues are equally reliant on each other to prosper, it isn't a one-way thing. Your last point is sadly an indictment of the situation we've sleepwalked into. If the riders are demanding twice the money due to only having one team place: good for them. Equally, the clubs are justified in only offering what they're happy to pay. Sadly, we're now in a situation where this isn't practical because even a handful of riders quitting would be catastrophic, so the tail continues to wag the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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