flagrag Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 The strange thing is that Bet 365 spend over £75,000 installing all the satellite uplinks at the tracks just for one season. If somebody wanted to provide a streaming service that is one expense and hurdle already completed as that equipment is still in place at all the tracks I have visited recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I watched it but certainly never a Lynn home meeting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) any members on here actually sat at home watching this?I did, but only because it was there... I still attended the matches I was always going to frequent, to watch MY team, but watched many a match with two other teams that I had no affinity with, with a glass of something in the comfort of my armchair... Made a few quid too!!! Shame it isn't on anymore.... Speedway in this country now is pretty much down to the 'die hards'... Let's face it, if we have accepted the 'Barry White' that has masqueraded as a 'professional sport' over the past 20 years or so then quite frankly nothing is going to stop us attending in the future... Having a Speedway meeting on Periscope will for me, not prevent those 'die hards' from attending, nor will it bring in any extra punters having caught a glimpse of the sport.... I would suggest more of a threat to the crowd levels is the recent penchant for calling off meetings several days in advance seemingly on nothing more than someone observing 'Incey Wincey' building her web anti clockwise... Even the 'die hards' may decide to say 'sod it' a lot more regularly if that continues.. Maybe the BSPA should consider sorting that out as a priority rather than spending their time worrying about someone filming a Speedway race from a phone...? Edited April 9, 2016 by mikebv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 To have a "periscope type app" behind a paywall could bring thousands of pounds into club coffers over the course of a season. Charge a fiver to watch a meeting of Say, Wolves v Poole, if advertised, could have 300plus people watching not just from Poole but many other fans from other clubs. The money could be split 50/50 between clubs involved. That 1500 quid on one stream. 300 people should be easily achievable. It doesnt need hi tech for this to work, just a 4g connection and a camera hooked into a link. Very simple to do. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 So has Shovvy received his lifetime ban from all tracks for his persistent rule breaking using periscope? If not - why not? The evidence is there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 So has Shovvy received his lifetime ban from all tracks for his persistent rule breaking using periscope? If not - why not? The evidence is there! Yawn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 So has Shovvy received his lifetime ban from all tracks for his persistent rule breaking using periscope? If not - why not? The evidence is there! has he broadcast since the rule was introduced???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 has he broadcast since the rule was introduced???? The rule was introduced years ago and can be found in every match programme ever printed! It's not new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 The rule was introduced years ago and can be found in every match programme ever printed! It's not new! I'd love to see that one stand up in court. "Your honour, Steve Shovlar broke the rules printed in the programme that you have to pay £3.50 extra for if you want it" "So if he didn't buy a programme he didnt know the rules?" "Correct" "HaHaHaHaHAHAHaHaHaHaHaHa" The rules have to be published at the turnstiles or on the ticket. Or at least a notice that the rules of entry are available on demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 So has Shovvy received his lifetime ban from all tracks for his persistent rule breaking using periscope? If not - why not? The evidence is there! Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I'd love to see that one stand up in court. "Your honour, Steve Shovlar broke the rules printed in the programme that you have to pay £3.50 extra for if you want it" "So if he didn't buy a programme he didnt know the rules?" "Correct" "HaHaHaHaHAHAHaHaHaHaHaHa" The rules have to be published at the turnstiles or on the ticket. Or at least a notice that the rules of entry are available on demand. Correct, any rules have to be published and be available at the time and place the ticket is booked or purchased. Also it would be impossible to have an offenders photo at all other tracks if the offender refused to have their photo taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Nick Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Just had a quick look on Twitter and there is no @skysportsspeedway that I can see. There's boxing, golf, darts, F1, statto and news. So the question is if Sky can't be bothered why aren't the BSPA approaching them for permission to put heats that are not Sky live meetings on social media? Assuming Sky are the actual problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Just had a quick look on Twitter and there is no @skysportsspeedway that I can see. There's boxing, golf, darts, F1, statto and news. So the question is if Sky can't be bothered why aren't the BSPA approaching them for permission to put heats that are not Sky live meetings on social media? Assuming Sky are the actual problem. Not sure if I understood your post right, but if you are saying that there is no Sky Sports Speedway Twitter account: https://twitter.com/SkySpeedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Nick Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Not sure if I understood your post right, but if you are saying that there is no Sky Sports Speedway Twitter account: https://twitter.com/SkySpeedway Looks like I typed the search on Twitter incorrectly. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Looks like I typed the search on Twitter incorrectly. My apologies. Not a problem Pirate Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Nick Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Not a problem Pirate Nick. I've just had another look and I'm actually following them 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I've just had another look and I'm actually following them They are worth following as the info and speedway TV schedule is more up to date than their web page . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Nick Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 They are worth following as the info and speedway TV schedule is more up to date than their web page . I'm still coming to terms with the fact that I'm following something I said didn't exist. It may be time for me to go off to a rocking chair and start dribbling. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen chemistry Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 just a heads up but if any elite team was to drop out at the end of the season then that would give sky a reason to drop speedway as the bspa would of failed to provide an 8 team league assuming of course that no PL team was to move up .... i think there would be 2 years left on the contract after this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Can this ban be legally enforced. Surely the BSPA should be embracing modern technology not trying to fight against it. Edited April 12, 2016 by semion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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