No disrespect to either, but .. If those two are One and Five then they may as well shut... Edit. Or some way of allowing them  to run in Div 2 on Mondays is found.. No point in Birmingham limping along just making up the numbers, and, if the plan is to move somewhere else, then far better to be seen as successful in Div 2 than out of their depth in Div 1.. Neither title means much outside the few who follow the sport anyway, so either league will get similarly noticed, so locally, winning most weeks could help attendances...  

Disappointed - I thought/read there was a “verbal agreement” in place to return. Did he really think he’d be left without a team spot elsewhere (that would NEVER have happened) if Birmingham decided not to continue?

After the Speedway Stars revelation that Mulford was back at Redcar I've heard he's going to Glasgow.

I don't think it can be, even owning a riders contact couldn't be enforced if it went to a court hearing etc. but have previously heard clubs getting warnings for "tapping up" riders, so assume there's some "rule" in place?

No.  How can that be forced with 1 year contracts.   

As this topic has been done to death over the last 18 months.