The Pedaler Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Can you please list, what does SVEMO actually pay for the riders that they call for national duty? What does PZM pay? With sportowefakty.pl making most things public anyway you can probably dig this up for us. I can see some point in all this from a federation point of view. IF the federation HAS NO MONEY, and still want to stay active and ride the "Emil" wave, they need to stay global, So they just announce that the clubs will pay for everything. Most riders pay for the international license themselves anyway, and with that comes an international insurance. That can be upgraded if felt necessary. Only problem here is the starting permit for foreign leagues, and if you've been given a Polish license thats not a problem anyway, since PZM will hand it out for you. If SVEMO was a saintly organisation, maybe Freddie Lindgren would still be available for selection. But that's another issue. On the basis that he who wants to call the tune has to pay the piper, if a governing body wants its riders to travel to another country to compete in international competition, then the very least it should do is to make and pay for all the arrangements to do so. That will include flights,travel, accommodation, out of pocket expenses, visas (if necessary) and any other incidental costs. If there are additional entry and insurance costs for an event (I seem to recall Phil Morris mentioning the cost of entering a rider into the Euro u21's or something like that last year) then the governing body should foot that bill too. If the governing body is bankrupt and has no money, then that's a matter for the FIM to deal with. If it can't afford to send a team to the SWC, then the FIM shouldn't invite them in until they can afford it. It's unacceptable in my mind for a governing body to tell a rider that they have to pay for the honour of representing their country...sorry NOT "honour", that should have been "compulsion". Jamaica may not have the richest winter sports governing body, but they paid for their bobsleigh team to represent the country at the Winter Olympics, The same principle should apply to speedway riders representing Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Entry fees are actually forbidden in FIM snd FIM Europe speedway competitions. Its a rule in the rulebook. So Morris was talking anout something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pedaler Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I seem to recall Phil Morris mentioning the cost of entering a rider into the Euro u21's or something like that last year Entry fees are actually forbidden in FIM snd FIM Europe speedway competitions. Its a rule in the rulebook. So Morris was talking anout something else. My memory of what exactly he said is not exact. I don't think he mentioned entry fees, but certainly the cost of getting into the meetings would have included other things and I think that the cost of insurance was mentioned, and maybe the cost to be licensed to compete...or something along those lines, not to mention transport costs. He was making the case for why some British juniors were not entering international competition, when faced with costs involved against the benefits/rewards that they would get from such competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 My memory of what exactly he said is not exact. I don't think he mentioned entry fees, but certainly the cost of getting into the meetings would have included other things and I think that the cost of insurance was mentioned, and maybe the cost to be licensed to compete...or something along those lines, not to mention transport costs. He was making the case for why some British juniors were not entering international competition, when faced with costs involved against the benefits/rewards that they would get from such competitions. I think I've picked this same argument earlier as well. FIM license is about 500 euros for the full season and that includes insurance. Cant remember the exact amount, but thats a ballpark figure. Benefits for entering such competitions... Like U21 euros and worlds... I know many promoters in the UK dont like them, but I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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