I believe we have had 14 meetings this season. Quite shocking when we used to have nearly 30. What I want to know is with all these defunct teams wanting to come back, where are we getting the riders from? And even if we get riders from abroad, how the hell are most clubs going to pay them on pitiful gates.
It certainly was from the terraces. Really concerning and more importantly where this sport is heading. A sport with no participants surely ceases to be a sport eventually. Please correct me if I am wrong but I believe you said before that something like 90 odd British riders have been lost to the sport in the last decade? If that's the case then that far outweighs anything to do with silverware.
Belle Vue will win it hands down I have no doubt about it. What's more important is the sports future. Failure to do so and the promoters might as well carry on with the violins on the deck as the ship goes down!
And all 3 meetings scheduled for 7th September, so unless Sheffield sign Basil Brush or something at number 1 then they will have to go with RR again then.
The league becomes more worthless year on year. Sooner or later the back end will drop out and then what happens. I simply cannot see how they find a way out without reducing costs. Simple economics surely, if participants can afford to take part in a sport it simply has no future.