Bonkers that people are slating Louis for this.
The sport is an absolute mess in the UK and he clearly wants no part of it going forward. Dont blame him one bit.
the championship is no better than the top flight. Look at the crowds, they are disgraceful.
i started attending speedway in 98, the first five year the standard in both leagues was top , all the top gp riders rode in the top league except one or two and the premier league was full of top stars. Doubling up was never much of an issue as the premier league took preference and the top league team had to have two double uppers to share a spot so fixture clashes very rarely happened.
Around 2004 ish they started messing about with grading systems, doubling up became more farcical and both leagues started dropping points limits and the rot set in. I am amazed we still have three tiers of speedway in 2025 but look how many clubs have shut in the last 20 odd years.
newport, arena essex, rye house, exeter, trelawny, swindon, reading, newcastle, isle of wight, somerset, pboro, wolves to name a few. There will probably be more.
If Louis sticks to his guns then this maybe the huge rocket up the arse that the sport needs.