But Sam has been with Edinburgh since about 2014 and has just got better each season. I think some supporters may even have paid his transfer fee.
So why should he have to give that up.
Did Carl Stonehewer not ride in the GPs while he was with Workington?
And Jack Young won the World Championship while an Edinburgh rider in Division 2.
And Ivan Mauger was way too good for the Provincial League in the early sixties.
But they all put bums on seats and opposition supporters were desperate to see their guys come out on top against them.
Edinburgh own the contracts for Sam and Josh Pickering so they shouldn't be deprived of watching them. (Though if they can't get a venue sorted out soon that's what will happen.)
If the likes of Edinburgh are prepared to build a team within the points limit that still fits in the likes of Sam and Josh why should it matter to anyone else?