Popular Post Daniel Smith Posted January 31, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I have been pretty vocal on how he neglected his own club last season but changes have been made to fix that. KC always kept saying judge him on 2017 as it's when he gets his hands fully on the job. Credit where it's due, no previous chairman has put so much effort in trying to save clubs even plunging his own money into keeping Leicester alive clearing debts. There will be haters but Keith Chapman absolute deserves praise for his dealings over this closed season 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWP Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmet Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Totally agree ' Endorsed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 ' Endorsed ! Vouched for..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Shouldn't this be in News and Discussions, he isn't just chairman of the Premiership? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 KEITH Chapman is a credit to the sport. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I have been pretty vocal on how he neglected his own club last season but changes have been made to fix that. KC always kept saying judge him on 2017 as it's when he gets his hands fully on the job. Credit where it's due, no previous chairman has put so much effort in trying to save clubs even plunging his own money into keeping Leicester alive clearing debts. There will be haters but Keith Chapman absolute deserves praise for his dealings over this closed season Yes he has done a good job but are you sure it was his money that paid the debts and Not the bspa who paid them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Yes he has done a good job but are you sure it was his money that paid the debts and Not the bspa who paid them ? If you watched the Facebook videos he said it was his own money, nothing to do with the BSPA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 If you watched the Facebook videos he said it was his own money, nothing to do with the BSPA My understanding is that if riders are owed money by clubs the bspa are responsible to pay them and I thought that is what happened at Leicester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomkat12 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Last season having attended the much vaunted opening of the NSS as Belle Vue and the resulting farce i emailed the BSPA among others to express my displeasure. Much to my suprise I got a reply from Buster Chapman who asked for my phone number and rung me up. We spoke for some time and a most interesting conversation. How many others would take that trouble and be so open? Seems a decent bloke with the interest of the sport at heart 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tsunami Posted January 31, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Nice to see so many coming out and congratulating Buster for his sterling efforts to keep 3 major tracks on line and so running in 2017. I don't suppose we will ever find out his total efforts to achieve what he has, but Speedway as a whole owes him a big thank you. Pity folks like the wayward son, and the usual non attending critics of speedway, couldn't bring themselves to acknowledge his efforts. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMungo Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 My understanding is that if riders are owed money by clubs the bspa are responsible to pay them and I thought that is what happened at Leicester. The BSPA don't pay all outstanding monies, they do however pay some. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 My understanding is that if riders are owed money by clubs the bspa are responsible to pay them and I thought that is what happened at Leicester. I would expect the situation to have been resolved during the lease agreement I will pay you £xxxxx for a 15 year lease but £xxxxx will be deducted to pay outstanding debts + the BSPA fine waivered. Hence Bates was only willing to buy the promotion rights when all debts are cleared 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 While Coventry and Leicester fans must see chapman as some sort of messiah after the fantastic work he appears to have done to save those teams, his decision to remove the Belle Vue licence was seen, at least as far as the council was concerned, as someone blundering in without a plan. The Belle Vue promotion had a dim view of Chapman going back well before his comments after the opening night, neither side welcomed Chapman's intervention. To say it completely wrong footed the council is an understatement, they were speaking to the previous promotion and fully expected to reach an agreement, they were and still are desperate to make sure what happened last season is kept well and truly covered up. To that end an offer had already been put forward of compensation which was likely to have been accepted. The fact we still don't have a named promoter or team with only a matter of weeks before the new season starts is testament to Chapman's input in 'saving' Belle Vue.0 Have you a team in waiting ? YES Has there been promoters interested in taking control of BV ? YES Does Buster select the chosen promoter ? NO Is MCC currently making that selection before it can be announced ? YES. Has Buster been available and assisted with the process ? YES. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 it would be nice if buster can get a good back up team behind him well done in your effort this winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Would Belle Vue have been sorted before Christmas had chapman not got involved? YES NO. Because they were trying to get their number 1 choice after Pairman dropped out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Problem with getting good people for a back up team, is they would have to be paid positions, there's not a lot of good will left for speedway.... Anyone who tries to get involved, always seems to have, or be accused of having a WIFM factor, speedway needs to break away from that recourse in my opinion.. Does Buster get paid by the BSPA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 There will always be haters, whingers and those with agendas but Mr Chapman has done some great work this winter and the bottom line is that he has helped to save the EL (Premiership). He isn't perfect and has his faults but over 25 years he has done wonders for our club and is now starting to make his mark with the governing body too. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 The BSPA don't pay all outstanding monies, they do however pay some. I would expect the situation to have been resolved during the lease agreement I will pay you £xxxxx for a 15 year lease but £xxxxx will be deducted to pay outstanding debts + the BSPA fine waivered. Hence Bates was only willing to buy the promotion rights when all debts are cleared The BSPA had a £60k deposit off DH in case the club had cash problems so that would be used towards paying some debts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 The BSPA had a £60k deposit off DH in case the club had cash problems so that would be used towards paying some debts. 50k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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