Trees Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Really, it was all about supporting my team, the racing and the atmosphere for me, never ever took any interest in averages, I guess a 10 year old girl wouldn't haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 It's a shame you found it difficult to find out how the system worked or that the club didn't provide the info - I'm sure that if you had asked someone around you they would have been only too happy to explain - usually a very friendly lot, just like speedway. Obviously I can't say what was on the website when you looked but it's fairly clear and well explained now http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/tables/aviva_premiership_table.php#gCZ0hcjfKJStIlbC.97 I think rugby union has got plenty of more difficult things to explain to casual observers that the match points issue, but that's not for a speedway forum. Where there are parallels though are in what the majority of casual observers need to know or are interested in and whether that is different to regular and committed supporters. As someone who lost his speedway club a number of years ago I probably count as a casual observer at speedway now. I probably go to no more than 5 meetings a year now rather than more than 50 a year in the past and don't follow any particular team. As such I've very little interest in the match points outcome, only worrying about the quality of the racing. Before my club closed I had an involvement in encouraging new supporters via promotions to schools and I can say that people were encouraged to return based on whether they found the racing exciting rather than the result. It was only once they were hooked and had an alliegance that they worried about that. What's that got to do with this thread? We'll I'd say speedway often creates more problems than it solves by tinkering with rules, simplicity and clarity often work best and until the speedway authorities manage to crack how to attract a whole new generation of supporters they can ill afford to confuse or allienate those that they have. Cracking Paragraph. :approve: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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