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great performance today our four riders gave it everything and more .But that still does not make it right what Ged and holder did now our club my face the consequences. Hope it was worth it Ged. Also what was the paper with jack holders name on it held up by Ged supposed to mean

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Jeremy Corbyn Fan, on 05 Aug 2017 - 9:20 PM, said:

 

Read between the lines of the statement.

 

"Ourselves, Torun and Jack have come to an agreement that suits us all. Torun did initially ask us to release Jack for the rest of 2017, but the rider himself refused that.

"I fully understand that some of our supporters may be disappointed that we are without Jack tomorrow in the Fours, but I ask them all to understand that the deal we've done is beneficial to all parties.

I presume the Peterborough fans will benefit by having free admission to all remaining home meetings, as the promoter has already been paid a substantial sum. Also Ged has given up on the rest of the season, so should all the supporters. It will be interesting to see exactly what the BSPA do, as the rules clearly state that Holder has to have a 28 day ban. Peterborough should also be charged with contempt of the sport. If Holder is banned and it affects Poole, then tough. I can't believe they would not have been involved in any discussions regarding what Holder was going to do, and probably got some of the money being handed out. This sport is dying a slow death with more and more supporters giving up, and less new ones coming along. Something drastic has to happen to reinvigorate it, but who or what can do anything to turn it around.

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I presume the Peterborough fans will benefit by having free admission to all remaining home meetings, as the promoter has already been paid a substantial sum. Also Ged has given up on the rest of the season, so should all the supporters. It will be interesting to see exactly what the BSPA do, as the rules clearly state that Holder has to have a 28 day ban. Peterborough should also be charged with contempt of the sport. If Holder is banned and it affects Poole, then tough. I can't believe they would not have been involved in any discussions regarding what Holder was going to do, and probably got some of the money being handed out. This sport is dying a slow death with more and more supporters giving up, and less new ones coming along. Something drastic has to happen to reinvigorate it, but who or what can do anything to turn it around.

 

Over 3,000 people were at the Showground today and they saw a cracking event.

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Jeremy Corbyn Fan, on 06 Aug 2017 - 10:37 PM, said:

 

Over 3,000 people were at the Showground today and they saw a cracking event.

That was for an event that was well publicised and people knew in advance so had made travel arrangements. The Holder incident was only announced about 24 hours before, so people probably couldn't cancel. My point was if the promoter has already said the season is over, then why should fans still bother to go as the club has already got the money.

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'and we have evidence of the true reason'

 

Buster '30 pieces of silver' Chapman having a go at a promoter who took an 'incentive' (allegedly). That is rich.

 

At least Ged isn't helping in an attempt to shut two clubs down.

 

I don't agree with what Ged has done but Chapman is the last person on Earth who can criticise him for it.

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'and we have evidence of the true reason'

 

Buster '30 pieces of silver' Chapman having a go at a promoter who took an 'incentive' (allegedly). That is rich.

 

At least Ged isn't helping in an attempt to shut two clubs down.

 

I don't agree with what Ged has done but Chapman is the last person on Earth who can criticise him for it.

Chapman HAS to criticise him, he's the boss (makes you wonder how bad the rest are though).

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I presume the Peterborough fans will benefit by having free admission to all remaining home meetings, as the promoter has already been paid a substantial sum. Also Ged has given up on the rest of the season, so should all the supporters. It will be interesting to see exactly what the BSPA do, as the rules clearly state that Holder has to have a 28 day ban. Peterborough should also be charged with contempt of the sport. If Holder is banned and it affects Poole, then tough. I can't believe they would not have been involved in any discussions regarding what Holder was going to do, and probably got some of the money being handed out. This sport is dying a slow death with more and more supporters giving up, and less new ones coming along. Something drastic has to happen to reinvigorate it, but who or what can do anything to turn it around.

 

Sincerely , I do not believe that anyone or anything can turn the sport around. Lots of positive ideas have been put forward by a number of people and few of them , if any, have been taken up by the BSPA. The ideas that they have brought in to "save the sport" or "turn it around" have flopped. e.g. What difference did re-naming the leagues make? Did we get a major sponsor?

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Sincerely , I do not believe that anyone or anything can turn the sport around. Lots of positive ideas have been put forward by a number of people and few of them , if any, have been taken up by the BSPA. The ideas that they have brought in to "save the sport" or "turn it around" have flopped. e.g. What difference did re-naming the leagues make? Did we get a major sponsor?

They blew it to stop the rot in 2010, which is ironic considering who's kicking off now and who's involved.

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Sincerely , I do not believe that anyone or anything can turn the sport around. Lots of positive ideas have been put forward by a number of people and few of them , if any, have been taken up by the BSPA. The ideas that they have brought in to "save the sport" or "turn it around" have flopped. e.g. What difference did re-naming the leagues make? Did we get a major sponsor?

Speedway in its current form will have to collapse for the vested interests of the current crop of promoters to realise that finally the game is up. Only then will a sports entrepreneur look at taking on speedway and making a go of it, a bit like ice hockey did in 2010.

 

A new owner/entrepreneur would have to be just that, where clubs apply to be in its league and are governed by its management rules not just now where its an administration where every man and his dog has their fingers in the pie and can exert influence. Having one point of management makes it much easier to attract a league sponsor.

 

We also need to lose the term 'promoter', a grossly outdated term that largely means nothing other than team owner.

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instead of whining on about peterborough releasing jack holder, mr chapman and the bspa should concentrate on the shambles that is the doubling up and guest rule especially at the leicester - k.lynn meeting where we had 4 or five guests.the meeting made a mockery of the sport and something surely has to be done close season or this sport of ours is likely to be out on its arse big style!!!

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instead of whining on about peterborough releasing jack holder, mr chapman and the bspa should concentrate on the shambles that is the doubling up and guest rule especially at the leicester - k.lynn meeting where we had 4 or five guests.the meeting made a mockery of the sport and something surely has to be done close season or this sport of ours is likely to be out on its arse big style!!!

Yes they should but that doesn't mean that they should ignore the Holder situation.

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