IainB

I've looked on their website... we've been here before with BSI, they got involved when British Speedway was in a far healthier state than it is today and were soon gone, they'll only encounter the same issues that they and Chris Louis did.

Why exactly do you think it's huge? If it is Mayfield, they are very much an unknown quantity in Speedway, so far all they seem to have done is reduce the SGP prize money. I'm not sure what their credentials are other than a number of impressive brands logos on their (last time I checked) website (and no real mention of how they are involved with those brands)... and with no mention of Speedway.

I expect them all to be retiring from Speedway then as, some say, they can't afford to ride in just one league.

You planning Ippo's 2027 team? 😂

Didn't BSN only do CL in their first year? Then in their 2nd offered PL as a separate addition. Can't think that leaving CL passes this late when allegedly CL is definitely happening is their choice.

It does sound a bit like a conspiracy theory like but in the absence of any news at all, there's little else to do other than to speculate. Surely there's nothing to stop CL fixtures and BSN passes being issued... but nothing

I don't know if I'm reading too much into literally nothing happening and adding 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5, with Speedway nothing surprises me, but... If it is 2 leagues, why are there no fixtures for the CL? Why have BSN not started selling CL season passes? IF it is 2 leagues surely there's nothing in the way for those things not to happen, why the delay? 🤷‍♂️ Or is one big (small) league still a possibility?

Is it a self imposed regulation that air fences need to be replaced after a set amount of time, rather than the actual condition it is in? Or is the shelf life set by the manufacturer?

Who'd do that 😂

I've never known so much continuous ignorance from one person... and the beauty is they'll never read this 😂

36 matches, I make that just over around 5 weeks work! 🤔

You're missing out on some great content 👍🏻😁

They have little interest in rider development down Ippo way with their single junior meeting... erm ever 😁

Continuing the hospital analogy, it's about time that these "bed blocker" riders that are holding the sport to ransom are sent to dignitas if they refuse to stop doubling up and let some of the maternity ward patients have an opportunity (young riders). I'm sure that after a period in the real world on the building sites that many will soon be back realising that they can make it pay after all. Some of them only have a few years left in the sport anyway and are just hoping that the sport lasts long enough to give them a last few easy paydays.

Wasn't CVS looking at staging speedway in large warehouses?

But could you watch a race from the centre green 😂

I would suspect cash flow is also going to be an issue, you'd assume season ticket sales were used to pay for up front costs, rider sign on fees etc.

Usual audio problems this week... wouldn't be the same without them 😂

We've all got our bright ideas on this forum but not one single member thought of paying Linda Lusardi to do the cup draw!

You've got to address the sport and it's supporters how it is though and not how you wish it/they would be. Some fans/supporters are glory hunters, some just like the racing... many of them have been abused by the sport so much over the years and decided up with this they will no longer put. Ideally you'd have a sprinkling of both good competitive racing, some success and an affinity to the club you follow. It is up to the sport to look at other successful sports and take what makes that a success and to apply it to Speedway not just churn out the same old 5h1t every year and then blame the fans when they don't turn out and pay to watch it.

I could absolutely go to town on all of your points but I've decided to leave this topic alone as a little oasis of positivity in the desert of reality of the rest of the forum 👍🏻😂

Yes, but... what are they fans of? Guests turning up every week? Insult to the intelligence excuses from riders (and promoters) for not turning up to ride? Your club promoting themselves to a higher league with zero call for this from the fans? Your club changing race nights from a well attended Saturday to a poorly attended Monday? I could go on but we all know the issues with the sport and instead of addressing these some promotions point the finger at the fans 👉 Not all fans look for the same thing in Speedway, you know this from reading comments about your own club, with some saying they'd effectively follow Chris Louis of the cliff! Me, I'm always there because I love my Speedway, success is a bonus, maybe that's because I was brought up on the Lions of the late 70's and early 80's where success was a foreign concept 😂

Many in the past... and my own Leicester Lions during the Bates era

tbf I don't think anybody else is interested... we have enough of our own problems to discuss without expending energy on Poland's first world problems. And some clubs do crow, instead of looking at themselves they reach for the gun and hold it to the fans heads, instead of running to a budget they can afford in a league that is sustainable for them on a race night that brings in their best crowd.