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Sorry, I didn't realise there were actually rules to control what any promoter can say and when he can say it.

If a rider has agreed a deal, or even shaken on it, then he has some right to be aggrieved. There is also the situation where every year, richer clubs can afford the best prospects and the league becomes rather predictable (as indeed it has).

Newcy.

He's over the limit for PL, so it's his only chance.

You'd prefer to be taken for a mug by Corbyn and Co.

You shouldn't believe everything you read.

Well hopefully you'd keep in time.

Just business sense. I should imagine Ben Morley would be a target for several small tracks south of Redcar, he'd be a good signing though. Also, I read somewhere that Tungate was wanting to go EL, he'd also be a good signing, I think he's been underperforming this year.

He's carrying out his dad's wishes, I would bet, much the same as Crumpie did.

See what he thinks after a rained off Sunday afternoon at Buxton or a game of 'spot the crowd' at most other tracks.

Most of them are promoters because they are already successful in business. If you won the Euro lottery or headed a group of companies, you could probably be a promoter, but it's very unlikely that it would add anything to your wealth.

I pointed out that a thread was already running, I didn't need to point out (I hope) that the thread in the GP section has many more comments and therefore would probably be of interest to anyone who thought this was the sole thread. Perhaps if you had a more efficient brain you might well have realised all of that ... .. Or are you just trolling?

It's still already covered in the GP section.

No problem with mine.

This is already covered in the GP section.

Just pirate it! If you had a contract with Eurosport and been shat on, why bother playing this money making game anymore?

Agreed, I think that's all that's needed, it would make things easier for overseas riders and double-up riders alike.

Why should he, he chose to opt out of the draft? Those who are newly included, either asked or accepted the invitation. I read that there was an extended list on tier one, as there was last year but last year any not chosen were out, whereas this year you could choose a second one if they were still available. It does affect your team building though and stronger reserves will mean a weaker main body.

Hammers pick Mear and Blackbird.

But if only two (or a small number) of players were on the field for short periods, then that could happen, as they aren't, the comparison isn't relevant. The other difference is that Rugby is a sporting contest where the best or strongest team should win, whereas Speedway is more a form of entertainment where rider replacement, guests and tacticals (of various sorts) are all used to falsely even up the supposed contest and attempt to make things seem closer and more exciting. The alternative would probably see a lot of clubs go bankrupt or be uncompetitive (or both). Thus far nobody has been able to make Speedway into a fair contest, I really wish they could.

Thank's for the comedy spelling, even if some of them are most unlikely.

It was a pointless load of excrement. The PL already has too many added competitions.

Crowd levels have been falling for decades, it's the same in Poland and Sweden, it's just that they are falling from a higher level. At Bradford they used to visit schools and were well sponsored and had top riders. The bus loads of kids that they shipped in, looked on in disbelief when a race had only four riders and was over in a minute, very few ever returned. I love speedway, been watching, sponsoring and mechanicing since the 50s but most of my friends drifted away and some even ask if it still exists, none ever express any desire to go back to it though. Thread after thread we get people complaining about promoters, if it wasn't for them you'd have nothing.

Whatever the owner or event promoters can persuade the local council to let them do. They might have some agreement with the Speedway promoter, regarding access and use of the track, then again, they might not. This is the big problem here with most promoters not owning their stadiums and often having to pay a lot of rent etc to use them.

"first bench bunching" ;-) Except that he's had his chances in the GP and Challenge and blew both.