Well I feel sorry for Eddie...I do not condone what he has done!! I agree with stouffer, speedway is dying in UK and yes Eddie should be fined, but he has in effect lost his job and a long ban would not help British Speedway, I am sure he is not the only person to have done something illegal,and I seriously doubt he would ever do anything illegal again, so perhaps a ban until the end of season and the chance to start again next season albeit on probation would be better! I think also that the machine examiner should have picked up on it before the start of the meeting!! I wonder if there would be as much hatred for Eddie if he rode for a different team?