dontforgetthefueltapsbruv

If so will that change the position re the sale of Ipswich The reason for sale was given, at least in part, to not being prepared to race in a 5 team Premiership If it is 5 not including Ipswich could it prompt a U turn from Chris?? I'm not convinced that's going to happen Still more questions than answers at this stage

Food for thought The attendances for just the 2 play meetings at Ipswich in 2025 were greater than a number of Championship clubs achieved for their whole season combined Perhaps if a few more were able to "bow down to the Ipswich way" the sport would be in a much healthier position....

Indeed because it would rock their comfortable little boat

Don't forget that the top 6 of each of these 5 teams will be at least at or around the standard of the Championship heat leaders This means that almost every heat in the Premiership will be similar to Championship heats 13 and 15 But of course the Championship is the best place to be......

Don't forget that the top 6 of each of these 5 teams will be at least at or around the standard of the Championship heat leaders This means that almost every heat in the Premiership will be similar to Championship heats 13 and 15 But of course the Championship is the best place to be......

That makes more sense than many posts on here this winter

There is no league at "Championship standard" without a Premiership One big league becomes a NDL+ with around a 30/32 limit instead of the current 40 The alternative in order to kerp the level similar is to close 4-5 clubs What would you choose??

You will have the usual suspects on to you for this You can't just estimate figures,however accurate they may be,it doesn't satisfy them Please provide either receipts, copy draft contracts or copies of conversation transcripts

I'm sitting in the surgey waiting room as i type this

I've changed my mind and now believe all the figures are 100% correct I've just undertaken a similar search and the response to "how much does a Premiership/Championship speedway rider earn" almost exactly matched those I estimated in my thread on why the Championship needs the Premiership Infact I'm now convinced the AI response must have used my post as its source

Good research - some interesting figures Not sure it makes sense to have a category that is Motorsports (F1 and bikes) but this not including speedway Speedways 200k figure seems low - would that be around 600 average per meeting? Given for every other sport included all and everything that would include GP and World Cups etc for Speedway So these at 10-12k , Ipswich at 25k+ and the other Premiership at about double that average that would leave only about 70k attending all Championship matches That would mean the super success model of the 2nd tier achieving only about 350-400 average attendances - even I can't believe that is the case.....

No doubt he will be in the top league in 2027 - will certainty be a heat leader in one big league, possibly a number 1

So your choice would be to close down 5 clubs then...... Classy Perfect username though

All signing are subject to approval If there is a big shake down and it ends as one big league it's quite simple They are not guaranteed to be approved New limits etc will be set Personally I expect it to still be Premiership and Championship in 2026 with the merger taking place in 2027 unless there is a miracle influx of financial support

I'd say we are actually looking at 5 steps back right now with the prospect of 2 forward again not guaranteed.....

The Championship winners wouldn't do it They would be shaking like a big girls blouse worried they may incur an extra fiver in costs to stage the meeting

The old 2nd division was a far superior standard to that we would get with one big league now.... None of the 'stars' would drop into it on a merger anyway so it is rather a mute point

It would be ironic (and rather funny) if the the investment was so big that those refusing now want to be a part of it but are turned away......

Just as the thousands upon thousands who have walked away and no longer pay into the sport are not noticed... Oh hang on , yes they are as the sport is financially fu#£ed!!

See - plenty of riders available for one big league

Playing devil's advocate You could say that those that have been pumping money in to try to maintain top level, true professional level, speedway with supposed huge annual losses have paid for it, so it is theirs to market and they haven't just taken it......

If there is tone an irrevocable split between the leagues I'd like to see the remaining Premiership clubs use their extra finances to offer the vital doubling up riders exclusive contracts Let's see how great the Championship model is then.....

Every single one of them If the odd one remains it will be 'the exception that proves the rule'

If there is no Premiership I won't be purchasing a BSN Championship pass No way am I funding the clubs (indirectly - no blame to BSN) partly responsible for its downfall should it happen

Looking that way isn't it! The only point perhaps is that in order to keep teams strengths close to where they are now in the Championship requires the continuing charade of doubling up Those that want to be the big fish in the small pond* can only be so if the big pond* still exists *ponds rapidly being reduced to puddles....