Eurosport And The Swedish League Play-offs

[Ghostwalker]

Mickmupp, speedway should be grateful that the sport is being paid to be on tv. Televised meetings also means that the sponsors are getting TV-exsposure which obviously is a good thing.

Imo televised meetings is a must if a professional sport wants to have a future.

[brandonbee48]

Most sports are so much better "live" when you are there than on TV. I've often joked about our sport that we should have 'Smellovision" I remember , many, many, years ago now being taken to my first ice hockey game in Canada and being absolutely amazed at how much faster it was "live" than seeing it on the television. The "swoosh" of the players skates and the noise of the the crowd in the indoor arena. I put my name on the waiting list for a Maple Leafs season ticket that night. ( Never did get the chance to buy one- they were gold then and gold now. The only sport I have been to "live" that I thought "this isn't as good as on tv was when I was taken to the US Open Golf. Golf fans are real fanatics to stand in one spot to watch one part of one hole all day Being TOTALLY dependent on TV (streaming) for my speedway my only wish is that I were Bill Gates and could jet over every day to watch it live. I think we need tv more than tv needs us. Other than in Poland I wouldn't imagine there are great "bidding wars" going on for the rights. Denmark, Sweden and Poland appear to get good attendances to their "tv" meetings. The only one that people seem to stay away from is the UK. However the attendance at Swindon last night (least said the better ) seemed reasonably good from what I could see. Some people won't go "because its on the telly" but without the exposure to potential new attendees it will become even more minority than it is now. As our good friend Ghostwalker says sponsors are also getting exposure ( as my dear old Yorkshire uncle used to say "nobody does owt for nowt") and that has to help revenue income for the teams. In the early 1950's we got 8 -EIGHT! heats of speedway from the Wembley World Final on a Thursday night and that was it.For the year! What promoters need to do is to embrace it, welcome it with open arms and use all the new media outlets available to spread the gospel. I'll continue to do my bit by firing off e-mails to the tv stations here and boring everyone I know by telling them to come over to the house and watch it with me. All the best. Alan.