The White Knight

OHHHHH!! Come on iris123 - this Forum is for our enjoyment and pleasure. No need to be nasty. Live and let live.

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh - but did yo0u put any money in to it????

Jack Millen.

I hope the above pictures are not in Berwick Pies. :sad:

If you cannot see my argument - there is absolutely no point in going on with this. I have tried my very BEST to explain why there is no CONTRADICTION. If you two wish to consider me a hypocrite - then fine - I can deal with that. I have explained that too BW - ultimately it is costing the Sport Spectators, whether it be one person,100, 1000 persons I don't know - BUT it IS costing. You may not wish to believe me - but THAT is how I see it. It is my opinion. Surely you can see that. If the new SKY Deal is FREE to Air as is rumoured then it will cost us through the Gate more if SKY are not putting any Cash in to it. (This all assumes that there IS a Deal)..

NO!!!!!! :shock: :shock:

Don't be silly. I love Speedway and will watch it every chance I get. I am only against it for the good of the Sport. I love to see it on the Television - there is NO contradiction there. I am NOT against Speedway being on the Television per sé. I just do not think it is good for Speedway that it is broadcast. I hope this helps Please see my reply to The Abbott george.

So we are treating these bloody Europeans better than our GOOD FRIENDS from Australia, New Zealand. GREAT!!!

Why don't these Riders move to Bulgaria or Rumania - they'd have no problem coming here then.

Errr NO!! It is not hypocritical it is practical. I PAY for my SKY Subscription - ergo I am PAYING for the Speedway. What would I, personally affect were I to, as you suggest, boycott it. Absolutely NOTHING!! Cutting off nose to spite face springs to mind.

Just because it would be good to know whether I would be watching Speedway on SKY next Season. OK - on balance I am against the coverage - BUT - if it is on - I WILL watch it. ALL of it.

Naughty boy. :shock: :shock:

I was going to take out a Subscription - however - having read the Magazine I decided it wasn't for me. I only ever read Issue One. As I remember - it wasn't quite what I was expecting.

I SINCERELY HOPE NOT!!!! :shock: :mad: Speedway is a Family Sport.

I don't know the answers george - that is precisely why I am questioning the wisdom of Television coverage relative to the acknowledged decline in Crowds.

I second that SCB. Good on Len for at least giving us something to help us to understand. It's not rocket science is it? Answers on a Postcard to the BSPA.

.......................... and they are??? :blink:

THAT is the Rider - NOT the Sport in general. I want Speedway to be a prosperous, well run Sport. Having said that - they have had SKY money for fifteen years - and that just seems to have gone down drain. I obviously can't name them BW - but - ANY number would be too many. :sad:

BUT I lerve butterscotch angels delight!!!

I missed that Jim. :rofl:

Need any help? :shock:

Speedway support, as I said earlier was declining before SKY came along - that is true - but the decline, I contend, has speeded up since. Again, as I have said before if ONE Person decides to watch his/her Speedway on the Television and packs up attending their local Track - THAT is a further decline that would NOT have happened had there been no Speedway on the Television. I am on record as saying that I love Speedway on SKY - I do - I am in no way criticising SKY either - I believe they do a great job. I would LOVE them to put more Speedway on. I asked is the coverage good for Speedway, to me anyway, the answer is no. I just think that anything that DIScourages folk from attending their Track is, sadly, a bad thing. The increased attendances from exposure on SKY have simply not materialised. Please believe me when I say that I am trying to be as honest as I can here. We would ALL love to watch Speedway every night of the week on Television, but I'm afraid, that isn't the right question.

gustix - I wonder if the Photographer is any relation to a Peter Roebuck who played County Cricket for Somerset?

You are probably NOT in the minority. Personally - I LOVE the Speedway on SKY - I watch all of it. I think the SKY Team do a great job. BUT - looking at it in the round - I ask, is Speedway itself benefiting from the Television Coverage - the ONLY answer that I can come up with is that it isn't.

The alternative view to that, of course, is that SKY have also facilitated people watching Speedway from their armchairs. This saves them the bother of getting off their backsides and going to a Meeting. Ergo - less money through the Gates. IF, as is rumoured, SKY are NOT paying anything for the privilege of showING our wonderful Sport - then I fail to see where the benefit TO Speedway is to result. If it's NOT coming through the Gates because folk can stay at home and watch it on Television, and it's NOT coming from the Television Company - PLEASE someone explain the benefit of showing Speedway on the Television and how it BENEFITS materially our Sport. FOR THE LIFE OF ME - I JUST CAN'T SEE IT!!!