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It's the biggest in the world. Apparently.

So, yet more money being thrown after the ridiculous amount already chucked at the M62 corridor's version of rugby by the British subsiduary of Fox Sports in Australia. Still, we do get endless hours of Australian second rate T20 cricket to fill the schedule, so it's not all bed, eh?

A more pertinent question would be "do they have to - these days, under currrent legislation, not what sombody remembers from years ago?"

So, what is it that, as presumably a prospective customer of the series, you think hasn't been "sorted" that is actually relevant to your position as a potential customer? If a new supermarket opens near you, I hope they've got their planning permission, land surveys & building plans available for inspection.

A bit rich, coming from Mr "I know how much but I'm not saying, I'll let those without any knowledge or experience of the subject to make totally uninformed guesses". Are the fictitious clients of your fictitious marketing company impressed that, in the pursuit of perfection you've relinquished all grasp of the English language? "The debate for discussion"???

I think you'll find that would be situation normal for him, rather than the effect of any rule change, but pleased to see a Sheffield-related instance highlighted. With this winter's change, God help those in front when he's third - irrespective of their helmet colour or race jacket.

To be fair, team riding's been screwed for years - made worse by not including bonus points in averages for years. You can guarantee any bonus payments in contracts don't include bonus points & what about a situation where the top 2 in a team are very close on average heading towards (say) the PLRC cut off date? Forget about team riding in Heats 13 & 15 then!

When you go to the theatre or to see a concert, do you check that the Fire Certificate & Public Liability Insurance policy is current & adequatre as well? Without knowing / caring about such things (as a punter, I neither need to know or indeed have any right to know), I'm pretty sure that the MCF is more than capable of considering the implications of hiring venues from stadium owners & hiring the services of the self employed and taking sufficient precautions so that the livlihoods of those involved are not put at risk. If at the end of the day it provides good entertainment & boosts the viability of those taking part being able to take part (not least of all in the activities of their PL clubs in the case of the three named so far) then that's a good thing to be supporting. The rest is paperwork - to be dealt with by others.

So, how much IS it worth? £6m? I'm not interested. Can I pay in instalments? How about £15 a week? I'll take it!

Quite a successful mass debate going on there...... carry on.

Why would any fan have any idea - or reason to care what it's worth? How much do Barclays pay for the Premier League? Is it worth it? How many people have thought "Well, I'm a supporter of a Premier League team, so it's only right & proper that I transfer my banking arrangements to Barclays"? McDonalds are one of the sponsors of the World Cup & the European Championships. Whether I guffed down a Chicken Legend during Euro 2012 or not, it would have been purely coincidental. Come on then, enlighten us all - how much is it worth, based on your expert experience?

With a name like that, I would expect it to be a Speedway Series perhaps for UK riders, certainly held in the UK. The announcement of Kevin Doolan suggests that it'll be perhaps UK based riders. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to read into it. Why would I think it would have the backing of all the Speedway authorities?! I don't know if it has - to be frank, as a supporter who might turn up at one or more of the events, I don't actually care one way or another. Why would I care? Does it need the backing of the authorities? Would the public boycott it if it wasn't fully backed? Would they notice - let alone care? If I was to give any thought to that aspect, I'd imagine those involvedwill have looked into the legal ramifications of their involvment.

UK SPEEDWAY Series? It could be moto cross, it might be 5 a side football… if only there was a clue in the name...

So, with nothing positive to add, you thought you'd be the one who "pst on" the initiative. Had it been launched with an interview and a full page advert in the Speedway Star (or comic as you refer to it) then undoubtedly you'd be the first to moan about it being "boring" & "same old, same old". Facebook and Twitter? Well, that's no way to publicise things - no one uses those as social media tools do they? As for "advertising on BSF" - where? Point at it. Based on the first three names it looks like it may be aimed at British (I know Doolan isn't a Brit, but he's based here) riders who, in these days of a watered down Elite League, have been passed over in favour of the usual roper journeyman foreigners. If the series "only" provides a dozen or more with extra meetings to make their season more viable & the public with a few meetings with a decent field of PL RIders (as befits the earlier "cheap website" comment, then that's not a bad basis to start building on. Still, why bother, with such encouragement.

An original method of prejudging something you evidently know nothing about, based on "the website looks cheap so I expect it to be Premier League based". Is that opinion based on being a supporter of a third division side with a third rate online presence, courtesy of GoSpeed's pet monkey? Apart from the odd PL rider on PL wages, there not a great deal the Heathens would bring to the table anyway.

Either an axe or unimpaired eyesight.

You LET Nick Morris go to Somerset? Interesting viewpoint.

Excellent post - and one that should be taken to heart by promoters and riders alike. It would be great if the sport was awash with cash, but it isn't. Some promoters have been responsible with their teambuilding - more so this winter - and should be commended. Hopefully gone are the days of a quid on the points money and a quid on the gate money - whether it can be justified or not. Maybe this attitude will drive the necessary cost-cutting that brings an end to the situation we have at present where the only ones making real money are a handful of tuners. Sad though it'll be, if it means losing one or two along the way, so be it.

It's happening now because its about now that work permits are applied for? The football transfer window features the odd "work permit has been granted" item, so it's not as if they need to be applied for weeks & months in advance. If it avoids the sport being littered with another O'Malley or God forbid Davey, then that's all good. If only Glasgow could have foreseen that there could possibly have been a problem going down the route they've chosen. Oh yeah, there's last year. Let them appeal all they want, surely after the farce of 2012 it's not exactly rocket science. Applicants need to have had their training wheels off for more than 5 minutes.

Beautifully phrased for the head in the sand, back in the good old days, pounds shilling & pence brigade. It's "outside" & "European Union". Oh, and Newcastle didn't win the Premier League last year. I bet you look at a Mars bar costs 12 shillings these days.

Newcastle went with a group of companies a few years ago. Probably something similar, or maybe they'll have a different headline sponsor each month. Who cares, as long as it works for them?

If Newcastle are League Champions, I presume they'll be parading the trophy soon. Isn't this the equivalent of saddo jocks claiming Sxotland were World Champions when they won at Wembley in 1967? No they weren't.

If Newcastle are League Champions, I presume they'll be parading the trophy soon. Isn't this the equivalent of saddo jocks claiming Sxotland were World Champions when they won at Wembley in 1967?

"Outwith the Common Market" - do you wear knee breaches & a powdered wig? Napoleonic wars still a concern?

As far as criticisms go, that a pretty compelling one.