Hazzman Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 from speedwayworld.tv EXTRALEAGUE bosses plan to implement a 'wild card' rule into Poland's top league. This means that teams will be entitled to buy a place in the Extraleague. All teams have already agreed on the 'wild card' rule. It will be implemented before next season. But it has yet to be decided how much such a pass to the Extraleague will cost. Besides, money will not be the only condition. Clubs will have to provide documents confirming they are debt-free. It is also almost certain that Polonia Bydgoszcz - the club which occupies last place in the table - will try to buy a 'wild card' in case they are relegated. Polonia have never competed in a lower league What this all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 What this all about? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you have a proper budget, facilities, no debts etc. you can buy yourself a place in Ekstraliga. Cool, in'it? A bit like BEL, I guess. If you have enough money and wanna ride in the best league you can do it. At the moment there are about 3-4 teams in Division 1 that could compete in Ekstraliga if they had just a bit stronger line-ups - Gorzow, Gdansk, Ostrow, Rybnik.. And only the winner of Division 1 is promoted + the second team if they beat the 7th team of Ekstraliga in a race-off. Why not to allow them to buy a wild card and race in Ekstraliga if they can afford this? This way we could have a 10 team Ekstraliga which would be great. And this way Polonia could stay up even if the worst comes.. I really hope we'll fight our place in Ekstraliga at the track, not buying that wild card but if we lose everything, there might be this another solution.. Torun would be laughing at us because of that wild card but who cares actually. Staying in a lower league for some time would kill speedway in Bydgoszcz, I'm afraid. People here are just not used to this as we've been in Ekstraliga since ever (1951).. So, if there might be a possibility to buy a wild card, do it. I think the regulations for this year would remain (1 team out, 1 team in + the race-off) and then, after the season they release two (for example) wild cards and those two clubs which buy it join Ekstraliga. The rumour says it might cost about 500'000 zl (about 90'000 quid), the same as in Polish basketball league where this system have been working for a few years. An average budget of an Ekstraliga club is about 4-5 million zl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzman Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 I see. So they will be a number of these wildcards - let's say 2 and then a relegated Bydgoszcz and a 3rd placed Rynbik buy the wildcards making up a 10 team E-Liga. With, Bydgoszcz and Rynbik joined the E-Liga teams, the promoted team aswell. Correct? So it's basically paving the way for a 10-team E-Liga but having a format which allows relegation and promotion still to take place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) I see. So they will be a number of these wildcards - let's say 2 and then a relegated Bydgoszcz and a 3rd placed Rynbik buy the wildcards making up a 10 team E-Liga. With, Bydgoszcz and Rynbik joined the E-Liga teams, the promoted team aswell. Correct? So it's basically paving the way for a 10-team E-Liga but having a format which allows relegation and promotion still to take place? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Correct Personally I could care less if a team buys a WC or fights its way to e-liga on the track. There are teams like Ostrow who have the financial backing and seem to be well organized but always come up short on the track (losing to Torun and ZG last two years)..and this is a great opportunity for them to finally get their chance. Edited July 13, 2007 by tommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzman Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Correct Personally I could care less if a team buys a WC or fights its way to e-liga on the track. There are teams like Ostrow who have the financial backing and seem to be well organized but always come up short on the track (losing to Torun and ZG last two years)..and this is a great opportunity for them to finally get their chance. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So would you like to see the possibility of maybe a 12 team E-Liga then? Add in Rynbik, Gorzow, Ostrow and Gdansk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 It's been said in one of local newspapers that a big company, which is going to be Ekstraliga's main sponsor since next season, wishes a league built up with 10 teams. That's why they started thinking about the wild cards then and now it's almost certain this rule will be introduced. It's also very likely that having a 10-team Ekstraliga, Division 1 and 2 will be merged and only Polish teams will be allowed to ride in the new Division 1.. What rumours say is that the company is from Bydgoszcz Anyway, this all sounds good to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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