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There's a comment on another poster's err ..."post" on the page. Hardly broadcasting from the rooftops that they're washing their hands of the whole thing. I have no idea - did the BSPA centrally fund it??? Or has the Lakeside promotion found another way to make a few quid

Magnificent quote from Sky, justifying the peeing away of subscribers' money on ludicriously over the top "coverage" “Given the extra hours and programming we dedicate to each race and the days and weeks in between, we don’t measure our success by viewing figures,”

So, when did Leicester make this turnaround? When did they advise they were pulling out? But, I do agree that it shows a great lack of professionalism for the website to be a few hours out of date. You wouldn't get that from Terry Russell's pet gimp monkey and his 20th century website template.

Yes, but not the staging date.

They wouldn't need to "grow their promotions" - supposedly there would be 6 track &36 riders not doing anything. Because from the field announced so far, it's not going to fill EL tracks - unlike their dud-foreigner filled teams do week in week out. God no, we wouldn't want speedway to be in the state of Rugby League & Rugby Union, would we? It's a million miles away from happening I suppose, the BSPA will simply back down rather than lose their assets & tracks, but if it DID split the whole way, it would be more like Darts these days. One league like the PDC, vibrant & full of new ideas, the other like the BDO, cosy, retro & somewhere to take your knitting. We can but dream.

At the moment. But if 6 tracks were chucked out on their ears along with anything up to 36 riders, do you suppose they would sit around talking about t'old days?

Do you REALLY think the BSPA would rip the heart out of the PL by pulling their licences? Don't bother answering that - if you're gullible to think its only 2 because that's what's been announced, it's easy to guess your response. The BSPA is (allegedly) so full of self interest they're not going to be able to vote that through. Of the 6 announced so far, 4 of them ride for MC member owned teams & what happens to their antiquated asset system then? Back to reading your speedway a star in your bobble hat. 21st Century? Ha ha!

Not a bad thing then… not a bad thing now. Incidentally, if it did come to that and the MCF licences tracks & made regulations - but didn't run their own club - wouldn't that by default be the independent regulatory body that some on here is essential for the sport?

The price isn't too high - the product and the surroundings are too low. All the comments about cutting the price to a tenner miss the point. After an encouraging start, the idea bombed at Berwick last year because, laudable though it was as a gesture, everything else involved in dragging people away from their multi channel satellite, movies on demand, fast food at the front door homes is still just as expensive. Probably exaggerated because of their location, Berwick fans still had to fuel their cars at rural prices and travel (further than most fan bases) just to get there. The fact is that the show needs to be made better value - and that doesn't mean "a bit crap but at least it's cheap". All of which ties in with the blinkered attitude from the BSPA to the UK Speedway Series. They're apparently planning "wall to wall entertainment" not 15 races interrupted by random marathon tractor driving exhibitions, & birthday requests for something soothing by the Shadows. Of course the BSPA will be saying that after the virus and all it's hoopla moves on, they won't be able to do the same every week. One question: WHY NOT, DUMMIES?

The PL is a "failed product"? Despite receiving loose change from Sky and largely propping up the EL? I suppose you'll be going to tell us the NL is the way to go then.

The MCF isn't under the authority of the ACU. So, unless the ACU are going to recruit Thatcher's SPG to club everyone in attendance,they can't stop the meetings from going ahead. The MCF licence the tracks, set their own standards & regulations (similar to - or maybe better than - those at present) and obtain all necessary insurances. So there's nothing in theory to prevent the meetings going ahead. If the BSPA blindly dig their heels in, they ban around 36 quality riders & 6 tracks from the PL. If that continued to its logical conclusion, there's the basis for a pretty exciting and dynamic league. And another one run by the BSPA - before consideration is given to anyone (rider or club) jumping ship. Still, in the short term, the next MC meeting should be fun: "So, Uncle Len, been doing much lately?"

Six round with four wildcards and 12 riders competing in all rounds. That's 36 riders and 6 tacks who are thrown out by the SCB by the time the series is completed. I can't see that impacting much on the premier League - go on then BSPA. The dozen permanent riders including up to now Berwick's #1 and two of the Newcastle side would be banned at the beginning of May as well as Leicester being without a league place. InJune it would be Rye House's turn to be booted out. Yeah, that'll happen.

It was a p*ss take regarding their competence to organise the events - I assumed earlier that insurance & licences would have been thought of before someone on here brought it up. Actually, now that I think about it, it doesn't matter what it stands for. If something changed its name from say, "Board" to say, "Bureau" would it make any difference to their ability to screw things up? I think not.

I guess with all the tax money Rangers avoided paying, they did away with irony in Scotland. If you read back a few pages you'll see I said the MCF are more than capable of organising events with regard to legalities & insurance.

If only the MOtor Cycle Federation had any experience of organising motorcycle events they'd know it was dangerous. I bet they're glad it's been brought to their attention.

I agree entirely with you on that one (which may be a surprise :-) ) The BSPA would need to show a proactive nature to get the cash in. They could start with an exciting approach to a predominantly British series of meetings, giving riders overlooked in favour of crap continentals. Oh hang on, that couldn't happen.

2 of 6 tracks announced 6 of 12 riders announced, with 4 wildcards in each round. As its primarily aimed at Brits & British based riders it obviously isn't aimed at you anyway.

Good to see one of the Management Committee is fully aware of everything going on around him, having signed up for a round at Rye House & in Ashworth, Tully, Worrall & Haines 4 of the 6 riders named are assets of or contracted to MC members & their clubs. Communication obviously working well then. Something tells me that this isn't at an end.

Team performance didn't come into your first post, but feel free to change tack

Don't talk cobblers: why would it be a single camera? Eurosport "took a feed" from the Olympics - it didn't look like a home movie. Africa Cup of Nations on now. Looks fine. Sky take a feed of every Grand Prix bar Cardiff. They choose to send what they think passes muster as a commentary team. But the pictures wouldn't change. The lack of a bumbling Havelock or Ermolenko wrestling with a foreign tongue appeals more by the day Sky did the exact same thing with the test matches in India - after spending the first few days pretending they were there! Eurosport has a far bigger catchment as it doesn't expect it viewers to fork out to pay for football. Sky did the exact same thing with the test matches in India - after spending the first few days pretending they were there! Eurosport has a far bigger catchment as it doesn't expect it viewers to fork out to pay for football.

But the pictures will be the same as now. They'll blether on a bit in between heats rather than ask the Yank a simple question only to be answered by a barrage of words that need to be rearranged to make any sense. Memories? Hell, I have memories of Alan Weeks doing speedway on the BBC. I guess it would be different on there too.

In itself, that's not a bad reason. The wrong way to go about it though. So what? I mean what difference does that make to anyone? How many pound coins a rider takes home is no-ones business other than the rider. Chances are they're on different pay rates anyway.

Why would that be? Sky only cover Cardiff, which they would continue to do to supply BSI / IMG so there would be no change in the pictures from the track. Hopefully there would be someone new (anyone will do) to give us a break from the screaming & the orgasms, and that just means the loss of Keith hewean (sp?), and his sidekicks. So what?

So, having overspent ridiculously on football, the poor saps - sorry, I mean subscribers - get the schedules filled with second rate programming that isn't even in HD? When can I expect a reduction in my HD subscription then? I can only hope that BT Vision and today's Virgin Media deal rip Sky in general & Sky Sports in particular to pieces. You might have 4 channels - but you've only (barely) got 3channels worth of programming TWENTY NINE satellite trucks to bring what? Blokes standing on the roadside outside training grounds? Here's an idea - buy them all a decent mobile & tell them to ring in. That'll pay for a season of speedway coverage. So give him the gig & put it on Eurosport. With Sky out of the equation, there's no need to inflict Shouty & his orgasmic mate on the world. Staemann did a fine job on 5Live last year - he was allowed time to make a point without being shouted down.

Cheers - it's not as if the EL calendar is choc a bloc with fixtures!