That was Sky TV money it's less, much less

You were making the comparison to golf though and they're not really comparable, in fact Speedway is quite unique in its setup (no doubt folk will give me loads of examples) but it doesn't know what it is... is it an individual sport or a team sport? and if it is a team sport why are riders "playing" for more than one club? I've said it before and I'm going to say it again I believe Cricket is the closest comparison to Speedway, they're both heavily weather effected, players play for more than one team (franchise cricket, IPL, Big Bash etc), International's, what it does not have is an individual tournament... maybe it's time to ditch the SGP Series? It's all pie in the sky though as without the money that a decent TV contract provides other than 3 or 4 clubs the rest of British Speedway in its current state just can't afford the top riders, even Ippo couldn't replace Doyle or Emil when they got injured last season. 

I've heard around £100k each per year

Thanks to those who replied with their assumptions. I just wanted to know if anything was officially announced e.g. bike problems, aggravated an injury, heat exhaustion.

Out of interest does anyone have any inkling what each prem club gets from the current tv contract ? from memory Flagrag if he's still about was close to people in broadcasting maybe he knows/has some thoughts.

And here he is, the resident Poole correspondent, he just loves Poole, more than his own team Ipswich