If recent comments from those now in charge are anything to go by then there will be a league in which some GP stars (and other top non-GP riders) will compete in - albeit its unsure as to how many teams will be in it and how many of those teams will also run a lower standard (non-GP riders) in a regional division of Premier League standard.
Sky are getting in early with KL - probably while NKI has agreed to ride until he quits to concentrate on his other priorities?!
Sky have 5 sports channels plus F1, and no Champions League footie now so are not restricting themselves to Mondays for Speedway!!
Its in the Lakeside press release on their website.
It would seem that the 'squad' rule wasn't included in the 2016 rules previously submitted to SCB for ratification. However clubs are aware of what has been agreed at last Tuesday's BSPA meeting and are allowed to utilise it for 2016 prior to it becoming (and possibly being tweaked?) for the 2017 season?!
Matt Ford's original proposal was for the No.8 to be an 'untried foreign rider' - in order to unearth some new talent for the future.
What seems to have been agreed is that the rider needn't be 'foreign' and mustn't have ridden EL previously - which opens up all sorts of additional options,(certain Aussies spring immediately to mind) including not to have one at all!!!!
Yes, most of the back sports page and a 2-page spread inside!! As everyone knows, he's a winner....!
And there's even a seperate article about Team GB boss Rosco.
Great speedway coverage from the local paper!!