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My post was a response to a previous thread.

My post was a response to a previous thread.

Err don’t the riders use the same bikes, vans & mechanics for both Prem & Championship meetings? Im really talking cost v benefit. Championship clubs feature significantly less top stars than the Prem but by comparison do not reduce their prices accordingly.

I don’t think so. That means 25 years of trading to get the original cost of purchase back. If a business is being sold as a going concern the rule of thumb is to establish a suitable multiple of the companies EBITA. The majority of deals fall somewhere between a paltry four whilst x ten is possible for a company owning decent IP and growth prospects covered by a believable plan. If it’s an asset sale the buyer gets everything but the accounts, customer list & purchase records of the company.

You are correct, but only until the rider makes that choice which for next year all three have done so. The outcome therefore is the same as per my post.

They cant just "join" as there will be insufficient riders to make up a team...Take Leicester's 2025 team as an example. Fricke, Douglas & Becker, gone from the UK if one league comes along as Poland has first claim. Howarth, Masters, Kemp & J Thompson ride for existing clubs. A similar scenario exists at the other remaining 2025 Prem clubs Remember doubling up disappears in "one big league" and the only source of new riders is at the bottom of the capability chart - NDL riders - some of whom cannot get anywhere near place in a current championship club.

How does 9 teams running in 2026 make it larger than the 9 team league in 2025? I guess you could build teams of 3 or 4 established riders plus 3 or 4 NDL riders and then presuming the ensuing watering down of team strengths is evenly spread across all teams then mathematically there could be eleven teams.

The directors (or the top table as you refer) are five (now four) folk out of a collective of fourteen people (one club one person) who run the sport. However, rather than blaming the five/four you should look more closely at the majority of the members and their unwillingness to bend and work together to support the directors as to where the shenanigans are created. Speedway promoters as a majority - there are is a small number of exceptions. share common characteristics. 1. They can't promote the sport successfully at the local level to make their business profitable. 2. They steadfastly think of themselves first and endorse nothing that could potentially mean change for them. 4. They refuse to let go of the controlling strings to an independent commissioner. 5. They all think they can run the sport better than each other. 6. They actually shouldn't be promoters at all - Its a hobby to some and an ego satisfier to others. And this has been the situation for many years.

You have it the wrong way around. The directors decide and the members rubber stamp or not as the case maybe in which case it goes to a vote of the members. Notwithstanding, as of 18th November CL is no longer a director.

Good point. As we only see 30 or 40% of current Premier league riders in the Championship why do championship clubs charge so much I.e. 85/90% of Prem prices

You could well be correct but rather than quitting because he has failed to get his own way the likelihood is CL has stepped down because the alternatives proposed by his BSPL colleagues went well against his own beliefs and he has simply decided not to support such initiatives with his own hard earned money. Sometimes a person has to stand by what he believes is right. Ipswich can still go on, just need to find somebody who believes in the new super future of UK speedway far more than CL.

Calling it mediocre sure is putting some positive spin on it! It wouldn’t be that good ☹️

Thats because many sources of income achieved by NFL properties are amalgamated and divided equally amongst all teams. For those two teams getting a bye for week one of the playoffs they are more than happy because a) they have an extra week off to recover and prepare and b)they are guaranteed home field advantage for their remaining playoff games including the championship game itself prior to the SuperBowl

You are correct re the BT/Eurosport bit - but not because they were dissatisfied with UK speedway but because they were clearing their portfolio of none priority sports. Re the future. You are proposing almost, aka how the original deal with Sky was done...i.e. "if you give us a load of money this is what we will do". Well that boat has truly sailed I'm afraid. Speedway will need to demonstrate it has a useful current product worth promoting and - This is the biggy - a clear answer to the question, "besides just giving the money to riders what are you plans for using some of the funds to developing the sports infrastructure?" Believe it or not, TV companies and significant sponsors do not like to be seen supporting unworthy projects and getting blamed when their tenure ends.

Its absolutely applicable to your post where you said. "I just don’t understand why they insist 2 leagues when we are in the situation were in" So I have, at some length provided the answer.