The White Knight Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 In response to Shale Searchers comments regarding pay to view, while useful there are a lot of 'if's' what speedway needs is definites and stability. As like many fans I don't have that platform nor will I ever subscribe it for a complexity or reasons, financial not being one of them. Taking a pragmatic look at the situation televised events seem to be doing more harm than good. Could I run a viable profitable operation with a few dozen fans and conditional payments from Sky the answer is a firm no. As for the GP a comment at the time was 'who wants to go and watch the Scandinavian World Championships at a clearing in the middle of knowhere'. This competition was formulated by a former Wolverhampton World Champion and while very exciting with excellent racing it has definitely had a detrimental effect on British Speedway. Dead right it has. :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocha Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 It isn't wrong - but you have to cut your costs in some way. The sad fact is that Speedway in Britain today is in a very parlous financial state. There is not a lot of money in the Sport. Top line Riders come at a cost. It is my contention that the cost is too much to bear for some Clubs and will eventually, if persevered with, bankrupt the Sport. I believe that we can probably run British Speedway fine without the top Stars. They take far too much money as it is, from an almost impoverished Sport. As Indianerna in Sweden are finding to their cost: http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/5488/indians-to-decide-elitserien-future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 As Indianerna in Sweden are finding to their cost: http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/5488/indians-to-decide-elitserien-future The club agreed the contracts, obviously their big backers didn't come up with the readies .... these clubs shouldn't be relying on sponsors to pay their riders, it should come out of gate money and a bonus if sponsors are generous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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