Bspa Chairman - Keith Chapman

[speedibee]

 

 

As a first step I would roll out wifi access points around every speedway stadium which required email address/name/DOB/team to access it.

 

Once that data is captured it can be used to keep contact with that fan and send news, sell tickets and wish them a happy birthday along with some free tickets for them and their friends if under 16.

 

Then I would build an app which could be layered over for every club and within the app rider interviews would be broadcasted directly to it as well as the PA, so effectively a TV is being placed in the hands of every user. Upon entry a code could be printed on the admission ticket which would allow a premium upgrade and live meeting results would be sent to it (replacing the need for a programme) and replays could also be shown on it to bring the best elements of SKY TV to alive meeting. In addition to this think of the all the advertising that could be displayed on the app during the meeting.

 

Taking it one step further all the video content captured around the country over a week could then be put together for a weekly highlights video magazine to keep fans up to date with everything going on around the country!

 

Anyway list goes on with the possibilities and something like this would only cost each Premier and Elite track around £10k each including app development and the equipment needed... shame technology like this wasn't as easily available when I was a promoter otherwise I can guarantee King's Lynn would have led the way with it's development!

 

Anyway good to see some posters are going out to every track, the sport is certainly making a statement with that idea

surely for all this to work ,speedway would need to remove the shackles put on itself by letting Gospeed get control of all the media . as you say speedway needs to move forward to the digital age ,but that is going to be almost impossible if every step is blighted by red tape and Gospeeds greed , until the actual sport shakes off some of the leeches that are bleeding it , Briggs. Gospeed ,and engine tuners ,I can only see the downward spiral continuing

Edited February 16, 2017 by speedibee

[Theboss]

 

surely for all this to work ,speedway would need to remove the shackles put on itself by letting Gospeed get control of all the media . as you say speedway needs to move forward to the digital age ,but that is going to be almost impossible if every step is blighted by red tape and Gospeeds greed , until the actual sport shakes off some of the leeches that are bleeding it , Briggs. Gospeed ,and engine tuners ,I can only see the downward spiral continuing

For this particular project the only negotiating required would be with go-speed and I am sure they could be pursuaded to support it. However not sure if Phillip Rising would as it could potentially have a devastating effect on speedway star sales?

[speedibee]

For this particular project the only negotiating required would be with go-speed and I am sure they could be pursuaded to support it. However not sure if Phillip Rising would as it could potentially have a devastating effect on speedway star sales?

but as far as i can see , Gospeed are happy to live in the sixties provided they are getting paid , anything that is likely to affect their cut .however good it would be for the sport as a whole ,would be blocked by their greed . (the russells are not the sharpest tools) it's unlikely that they would see the benefit in their share of an increased turnover eventually ,and would seek to protect every last bean of their current earnings off the back of speedway. they sre currently the media rights holders to all of british speedway , can yoiu tell me a single thing they have done to increase public awareness or improve on crowd numbers .

[Shale Searcher]

but as far as i can see , Gospeed are happy to live in the sixties provided they are getting paid , anything that is likely to affect their cut .however good it would be for the sport as a whole ,would be blocked by their greed . (the russells are not the sharpest tools) it's unlikely that they would see the benefit in their share of an increased turnover eventually ,and would seek to protect every last bean of their current earnings off the back of speedway. they sre currently the media rights holders to all of british speedway , can yoiu tell me a single thing they have done to increase public awareness or improve on crowd numbers .

 

 

So, the money the BSPA spent on the Gerhard engines, could have funded the whole "live app/news" thingy mentioned by JC above??

 

Would that have been a more appropriate idea to spend the dosh on? I suppose not, as the BSPA wouldn't directly re-coup that money, unless it was loaned to each and every club, but then they might not have ever seen that money again.. or most of it anyway...... Is lending money to Speedway clubs a sound idea?

I doubt it somehow....

Edited February 16, 2017 by Shale Searcher

[speedibee]

 

 

So, the money the BSPA spent on the Gerhard engines, could have funded the whole "live app/news" thingy mentioned by JC above??

 

Would that have been a more appropriate idea to spend the dosh on? I suppose not, as the BSPA wouldn't directly re-coup that money, unless it was loaned to each and every club, but then they might not have ever seen that money again.. or most of it anyway...... Is lending money to Speedway clubs a sound idea?

I doubt it somehow....

Don't see where there is any link in anything between the BSPA funding Gerhards , and the people who do nothing except take money out of speedway Only you knows that , but if it was to become a question of finance rather than red tape and protecting your nice little earner from outside forces , that ball should fall entirely with the media rights side of speedway , not the body who's job is to run the actual sport