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Absolute farce, not the rules as they were set in stone. But the fact we went ahead and thought they would change the rules, its absolute child play. I'm a football owner, going to spend 1 billion quid, as they will change FFP rules next season, oh wait....

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3 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Fantastic well done for sticking to the set out rules....its about time..and I hope it lasts.   Fantastic for speedway....Maybe in a few years it will become a proper sport once again.

That's nearly as funny as "as we continue to strive for transparency" although we can but hope.

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1 minute ago, Baldyman said:

But it is transparent...for this season no one over 6 allowed to double down unless already have a championship average....What's not transparent about that

You said that you hope it lasts and in a few years. The point is that as a rule they've never been transparent and one decision in isolation still means that they've a long way to go to reach their goal. This was an easy and logical decision although had they thought about it earlier then they could quite have easily changed the rule so as not to have to say "Unfortunately, and regrettably, Scott Nicholls and Edward Kennett – two fine servants of British Speedway – were caught up in this.".

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8 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

But it is transparent...for this season no one over 6 allowed to double down unless already have a championship average....What's not transparent about that

How about if its so important to stop a rider over 6 then why are ALL not blocked regardless of having a Championship average

The irony also is that Scott wouldve ridden more meetings at Championship level guesting than a number of riders who did obtain an established average

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10 minutes ago, Haza said:

So how’s this work they stop Brits from earning a living but Panthers employ 3 Danes in there side - there is no wonder the sports on its knees . 

Thought they were still racing for Rye House in the PL.If they are that hard up they could get an ordinary job to work along side their speedway.

As with most things there are limits,unfortunately those two are over that.

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25 minutes ago, tellboy said:

Thought they were still racing for Rye House in the PL.If they are that hard up they could get an ordinary job to work along side their speedway.

As with most things there are limits,unfortunately those two are over that.

Think your totally missing the point  Aussies and Danes can double up but two Brits can’t - you say they are over the limit so come end of the season form dips average drops and they can then ride in the championship in 2019 how crazy is that ? And if he wanted to Craig Cook can ride in the championship how the hell does that work ? 

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7 minutes ago, Flappy said:

Team building really isn't a strength.

The problem is questions won't be asked by the happy clappers who'll play hard done by and just accept the clubs line on it 

Not to worry we have a plan B according to Carl Johnson  . Now this will be very interesting trying to fill 2 team places with 13.76 left to play with , but no need to panic say's Carl. 

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21 minutes ago, New era Panthers said:

Not to worry we have a plan B according to Carl Johnson  . Now this will be very interesting trying to fill 2 team places with 13.76 left to play with , but no need to panic say's Carl. 

Plan B lol did they have a Plan A?  This isn't just a one off 

Rip the team up and start again 

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1 hour ago, Baldyman said:

But it is transparent...for this season no one over 6 allowed to double down unless already have a championship average....What's not transparent about that

Transparent and completely discriminatory.  In no other line of work would this be accepted.  A GP rider can double up but not a British rider at a much lower level.  They make the rules, regularly revise the rules and I hope this is not left to rest and taken further.

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2 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

As much as its rough on Scott & Eddie i am glad that for once the rules have been stuck to. Should riders/clubs be notified a season in advance of the changes, possibly but whats done is done and all parties can move forward aggrieved or otherwise

But it's a rule that hasn't really done the job it was designed to do. It's only stopped two riders (out of how many?) from doubling up/down. Whilst I don't disagree with the principle, it would have been much more fairer to all, and more effective, if they'd said that if you have a Championship average over 6, then you can ride in EITHER the championship OR the Premiership, but not both.

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1 hour ago, Baldyman said:

But it is transparent...for this season no one over 6 allowed to double down unless already have a championship average....What's not transparent about that

So Nichols and Kennet will need to ride in Premiership in 2018 not giving 100% and make certain their average is below 6 so they can double up in 2019. What a joke ! 

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1 hour ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Transparent and completely discriminatory.  In no other line of work would this be accepted.  A GP rider can double up but not a British rider at a much lower level.  They make the rules, regularly revise the rules and I hope this is not left to rest and taken further.

Since its such a clear case of discrimination...this case will be in court soon.  

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