SpeedwaySlider72 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 42 minutes ago, Teromaafan said: Whilst I’m all for keeping things moving like the one point each with no re-arranged fixture (as with cricket), it’s difficult to see that approach working with speedway. When a cricket match is wiped out it doesn’t affect players pay. With speedway riders being paid for the points they score (from money coming through the turnstiles, although what percentage of that is relied upon I don’t know), are they going to take a hit? Would promoters be prepared to put riders on some sort of minimum guarantee for such circumstances? Sounds like good incentive for riders to tackle wet conditions rather than pack the bikes up as soon as there is a dark cloud in the sky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 55 minutes ago, Teromaafan said: Whilst I’m all for keeping things moving like the one point each with no re-arranged fixture (as with cricket), it’s difficult to see that approach working with speedway. When a cricket match is wiped out it doesn’t affect players pay. With speedway riders being paid for the points they score (from money coming through the turnstiles, although what percentage of that is relied upon I don’t know), are they going to take a hit? Would promoters be prepared to put riders on some sort of minimum guarantee for such circumstances? The pressure would come from the riders... No ride, no pay.... They would very quickly get peed off riding for promoters who cannot fix pit gates, or cannot get broken generators working, or have floods in their car parks, or floods on one bend of their track, or call off meetings following weather forecasts several days out, or (fill your own personal favourite one in here)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Third Man Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, mikebv said: The pressure would come from the riders... No ride, no pay.... They would very quickly get peed off riding for promoters who cannot fix pit gates, or cannot get broken generators working, or have floods in their car parks, or floods on one bend of their track, or call off meetings following weather forecasts several days out, or (fill your own personal favourite one in here)... And season ticket holders who will miss out, would the promotion have to refund them, or would the expectation be that they have to take a hit along with the riders when a fixture is postponed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, The Third Man said: And season ticket holders who will miss out, would the promotion have to refund them, or would the expectation be that they have to take a hit along with the riders when a fixture is postponed Even more pressure on the promoters to get meetings on... Currently it is too easy to just call off meetings... A dwindling fanbase needs more confidence to attend.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, The Third Man said: And season ticket holders who will miss out, would the promotion have to refund them, or would the expectation be that they have to take a hit along with the riders when a fixture is postponed Roll over to the next season, or refund or sell season tickets for a percentage of matches... or, and this is a novel idea, get their bloody matches on! Believe it or not you can buy a season ticket for your local county cricket club... they actually seem to manage 👍🏻 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 5 hours ago, Teromaafan said: Whilst I’m all for keeping things moving like the one point each with no re-arranged fixture (as with cricket), it’s difficult to see that approach working with speedway. When a cricket match is wiped out it doesn’t affect players pay. With speedway riders being paid for the points they score (from money coming through the turnstiles, although what percentage of that is relied upon I don’t know), are they going to take a hit? Would promoters be prepared to put riders on some sort of minimum guarantee for such circumstances? And there's one problem. It should be about the fans, not the riders. If they think it'll affect their earnings they may not be so resistant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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