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If that is what is on offer than not worth doing in my opinion. No point having GP riders racing against conference league reserves.

 

Why?

 

It used to happen on a regular basis when the sport had much bigger crowds.

AGREE ... and it's not just the SGP riders themselves but the equipment they possess

 

Again... I don't remember the outcry when Hans Nielsen was lining up against David Haynes or Andy Sumner in 80's/90's.

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Why?

 

It used to happen on a regular basis when the sport had much bigger crowds.

 

Again... I don't remember the outcry when Hans Nielsen was lining up against David Haynes or Andy Sumner in 80's/90's.

Spot on.

 

And teams were a lot less even in the good old days too.

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Does it really matter how BT get their audience figures? If they are happy then that is surely a big plus to start negotiations.

 

Rather than clubs relying on some sort of TV cash pay out they should be concentrating on using TV to get more (and get more out of) corporate sponsorship, which in turn should benefit riders as well as the clubs.

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Does it really matter how BT get their audience figures? If they are happy then that is surely a big plus to start negotiations.

 

Rather than clubs relying on some sort of TV cash pay out they should be concentrating on using TV to get more (and get more out of) corporate sponsorship, which in turn should benefit riders as well as the clubs.

and perhaps try to persuade them to divert their contributions into different directions away from long standing loyal recipients?
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FIGURES for terrestrial TV (BBC, ITV, etc) are calculated by information gathered from a few thousand people whose choice of programmes are regularly monitored. Probably about as reliable as an opinion poll.

 

I think such figures should be taken wih a wee pinch of salt. I mean how many times have we visited folk, or had folk pop round to see us, and the TV is on in the background beacuse no-one has turned over or choose to watch something else whilst folk catch up with gossip, make plans to go out, or choose watch something else like a DVD or a film? So the TV was tuned to a particular channel for, say, the evening news but no-one is actually watching anymore....

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FIGURES for terrestrial TV (BBC, ITV, etc) are calculated by information gathered from a few thousand people whose choice of programmes are regularly monitored. Probably about as reliable as an opinion poll.

 

Viewers watching via Sky or BT boxes, for example, can be calculated far more accurately.

 

For example: if you call Sky with a problem they can tell what you are watching. Cannot do that with terrestrial.

I wonder how many people they've come across who've had problems accessing those channels for the more discerning gentleman
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I've heard the same unfortunately.

 

Deal on the table but nothing agreed and apparently they are a long way off.

 

Still a chance they can sort it though

To early to panic just yet. But without the little TV money they get then clubs could struggle

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without media coverage i think that will be the end in a couple of years with talk of top riders returning a tv deal is a must imo

Only for those who only watch on TV. Any TV deal must see the company pay a substantial amount of money. Don't forget BT paid big bucks for Moto GP, Australian Cricket and £8 million per match for football. They charge viewers to watch. They want speedway because they have no other live evening sport to show during the summer.

No cash ... no deal. It is about bringing money into the sport, not making it easier for those who don't put money into speedway to watch from their armchairs.

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Only for those who only watch on TV. Any TV deal must see the company pay a substantial amount of money. Don't forget BT paid big bucks for Moto GP, Australian Cricket and £8 million per match for football. They charge viewers to watch. They want speedway because they have no other live evening sport to show during the summer.

No cash ... no deal. It is about bringing money into the sport, not making it easier for those who don't put money into speedway to watch from their armchairs.

Domestic speedway has no value and the BSPA are the ones to blame, all the sports you mention are professionally run, marketed sports with large fan bases, British speedway is purely amateur run by amateurs

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