dontforgetthefueltapsbruv

it has been an ongoing 'debate' from before the the priority thread with no definitive answer -yet.

ready and waiting

Im putting my faith in a couple of posters who I trust to be right in their assertions.The inference is that the change occurred as part of Chris Louis officially severing his Mildenhal ties during the winter.

Blackbird is a PL asset so PBoro will get priority.

I would say bring the Speedway forward but I think stadium usage planning rules dont allow it. It could make a huge difference to the club particularly if the football is priced cheaper as its on tv. Often a Good Friday crowd is 3 or 4 times the size of the norm and probably plays a big part in deciding if the season will be successful financially.

There have been 1 or 2 Littles - do they count?

Cant think of any riders but will put bruv forward as...... mecca nic.

Cashley Birks

Chris Loobie Louis

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Putting aside when it might be - what is the protocol for any announcement? Do the FIM have a daily press release in which it will be included? Will a specific press release be made? Will a press conference be called? Whats expected?

perhaps he misunderstood his legal team at the end of the hearing. Lawyer says "Darcy we expect a verdict within fortyfive days" Darcy hears "Darcy we expect a verdict within four to five days"

if rearranged fixtures take priority over original fixtures then it is a complete stitch up.Even in the strange world of Speedway rules that would be odd.

it could be 4 days , it could be 4 weeks.Hopefully its closer to the first one for all teams.

Heres a take on the situation.In brackets is where the Speedway characters would be placed In October 2014 a person (Ipswich) goes to Enterprise (BSPA) to hire a car (Danny). The agreement is for 2015 and payment made (loan fee) Going into 2015 someone else (Coventry) fancies driving that car (Danny). They go to Enterprise (BSPA) who say thete is only one car (Danny) available but agree to the hire (DU) anyway. In Feb 2015 Enterprise (BSPA) tell you ( Ipswich) that someone else (Coventry) can drive your car (Danny) and infact if you both want it at the same time they (Coventry) have priority because the bloke from the same street (league) as them (Cov) used to drive the car (Danny) See it makes perfect sense now!!

And Doolan. I would expect the assets were in lieu of debts or if none outstanding payment would be passed to the previous promoter. Presumably there is an arbitary figue based on age and average for Dannys pricetag.

One thing we all seem to agree on is that the asset system isnt fit for purpose. Probably defended by those who wouldnt change it as the lesser of 2 evils as a true freelance approach could see the rich clubs 'raid' riders once proven. Is that so different to now though? And at the end of the day each team can only have 7 riders and build within the points limit.

So how did Pboro sign the likes of North and Poole? Assets but unused. Bellego on the other hand despite actually riding for a PL club was not an asset when he moved due to not having ridden enough meeting to qualfy. Adam Ellis signed by Lakeside -unused until tested out in PL and found to be a good prospect. For him to have been an asset of a PL club he wouldve neeed to ride the min number of meetings.

Partly agree with the principle of what you say. However the garnering of assets has been skewed in the favour of the EL in the past with them signing riders without usuing them and loaning to PL - something the PL clubs werent able to do. That didnt neccessarily mean any significant investment (financial or otherwise) on the EL side but means they have more assets. Only in the last couple of years has this changed and even then you hear the suggestion that tge likes of Kurtz are actually Poole riders for example even though its not technically possible.

that makes sense - so basically an EL stitch up whilst they had the chance!

What seems surprising is that the PL clubs would vote for this. Would take 3 to side with the EL sides (assuming it was a single vote) What would they gain to make it worthwhile?

Are we going to start the who owns Blackbird debate again? wink!

Beerhut is looking at guest options for King not listing tge PL clubs looking for a guest that day.The PL clubs are those not riding.

I dont think so but give it time!

unless the Witch is a BSPA asset it seems though!