IainB

... assuming all PL clubs come out of 2026 unscathed and operational

Not sure how the cake was split Sky during the Sky years but let's not forget there was also a fair old sprinkling of 2nd tier coverage.

This is the point I'm making 👇 This is the point I'm making 👆 If he were an actual Sheffield "balance sheet asset" I doubt he'd be "signed" to Scunny at this stage.

Not ideal is it?

Same old aggressive sociopaths on here (in the middle of the night 🕯️) shooting somebody down who has taken the time and trouble to sit down and work out a possible future, I wonder if they actually have any friends in real life 🤡

Yes, It's been a long time since a rider transfer fee was paid due to the worthlessness of it all... but I do believe that loan fees were paid until relatively recently, not 100% sure though as like so many things in the murky world of Speedway finances it's a closely guarded secret.

What I'm getting at is if Sheffield now join the CL for example they would probably have wanted Josh Pickering but wouldn't be able to have him due to him having signed for Scunny, you'd probably say, at this point, he's more of a Sheffield rider than a Scunny rider, he may not be a balance sheet "asset" but he's a riding asset of Scunny in the CL for 2026 until his contract ends (for whatever reason)

In theory they could be sold while midway through that 1 year (more likely 6 month) contract... though the contract is probably that full of holes, it's probably not worth the paper it's probably not written on.

I think the del boy the wheeler thing was an ai image I created to do with Ben Trigger wasn't it? Lol 😂 To your point though... it was all very believable

Ahh, that old chestnut... didn't stop them for the previous 95 years. And as we've stated countless times before the riders are not employees, they are contractors and the law will only apply to what is in their contract. Footballers are employees and yet an asset system still operates there. We now have a situation where all the CL clubs have been free to plunder PL "assets" in their closed shop league and to hell with the rest, leaving the 5 PL clubs high and dry to form a CL team even if they wanted to... nicely done 👍🏻

I bet there's a number of clubs regretting ditching the asset system! It's almost as if it were planned! Nobody in power clever enough to think up of such a devious cunning plan though.

... I hope he's kept the receipt 😂

It seems it's far from decided though, although CL teams are announcing signings are there any season tickets available for purchase yet anywhere?

This is my point... to have to run your business relying on the buffoons that run British Speedway is not a wise long term investment. They're currently missing the Christmas market, as are all clubs, which is notoriously a good time of year to do business.

I've already posted a list of the number of riders active in the UK last year... there's more than enough riders to sustain 1 league, the race format would need changing to integrate some of these riders though.