iris123 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Of course,the competition has been snookered by BSI and the FIM now.When it was an international team tournament it was interesting,but obviously got up BSI's nose.Since turning into some strange firms event it has lost a lot of interest and I expect now BSI have moved into the pairs territory there is even less point in the thing.Some speedway fans on the fringe will still lap up anything though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Fogo look as though they'll be missing Piotr Pawlicki due to injury!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Trans mf announced Smolinski Madsen lebedevs just 1 team to go now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Good to have a TV meeting so early in the season. I will enjoy the racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve69 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Generates sponsorship into our sport & TV coverage which can only be a plus-plus in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Always a question mark against those.The British league has never had better coverage on tv than in the last decade,but what has it dome?The state of British speedway has continually dropped over that same period.As for sponsorship,there is also a question mark as to what extent that helps,and to what amount is pumped into the sport.I kind of have the feeling that this sponsorship is on the level that McDonalds sponsored Tobi Kroner or Robert Barth....i.e if you asked at McDonalds HQ about the sponsorship nobody would have a Scooby doo what you were talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 09/03/2018 at 3:55 AM, f-s-p said: And they are putting money in to speedway. For whom? For a private promoter and maybe 18 riders going through the motions in a utterly pointless event? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Humphrey Appleby said: For whom? For a private promoter and maybe 18 riders going through the motions in a utterly pointless event? don't watch it then, easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 09/03/2018 at 2:02 PM, racers and royals said: Trans mf announced Smolinski Madsen lebedevs just 1 team to go now Where can I get the Trans MF merch?? Can just see a large portion of the crowd now, chanting, “tranny muff, tranny muff!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: For whom? For a private promoter and maybe 18 riders going through the motions in a utterly pointless event? Andreas Jonsson and Jacob Thorssel. Over 100k a year has been speculated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 44 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Andreas Jonsson and Jacob Thorssel. Over 100k a year has been speculated. Guess it all depends on what currency that 100k is in But can you honestly see Thorsell or even Jonsson,who is over the hill getting that sort of money in pounds sterling when it has been estimated that the /th/8th best earner(Zmarzlik-Kolodziej) in the Polish league is on about 300k for a season?Some middleweight is getting 30% of that for 3 meetings that are nowhere near as important as Ekstraliga.....who has been doing the speculating is my next question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, iris123 said: Guess it all depends on what currency that 100k is in But can you honestly see Thorsell or even Jonsson,who is over the hill getting that sort of money in pounds sterling when it has been estimated that the /th/8th best earner(Zmarzlik-Kolodziej) in the Polish league is on about 300k for a season?Some middleweight is getting 30% of that for 3 meetings that are nowhere near as important as Ekstraliga.....who has been doing the speculating is my next question Bauhaus was their main sponsor last season, think they had Jonssons bike and kevlars all to themselves. I’m not talking about just sbp here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 And its different being paid money to ride compared to receiving sponsorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Bauhaus was their main sponsor last season, think they had Jonssons bike and kevlars all to themselves. I’m not talking about just sbp here.... Oh ok.Maybe you can understand my confusion then as we were and particularly the post you quoted was most definitely One could almost speculate from your post that there is very little extra sponsorship for this series,it is just a sponsor who is sponsoring these riders anyway.... Edited March 11, 2018 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 8 hours ago, f-s-p said: Andreas Jonsson and Jacob Thorssel. Over 100k a year has been speculated. Where do you obtain that information. Sterling or 100k zloty which would be about 20k uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Speculation, not information. Euros. And honestly, for the very limited information I have over the past decade on rider sponsorship, I’m not that bothered about it. It most certainly can be correct, or even more. My point was that Bauhaus is putting money in to speedway, thats a good thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 18 hours ago, Mark said: don't watch it then, easy. I doubt it'll be shown where I live, even if I wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 8 hours ago, f-s-p said: . My point was that Bauhaus is putting money in to speedway, thats a good thing... I guess it is,but wouldn't it be a really good thing if these companies paid their taxes,as well as paying a couple of speedway riders.Ok,the guy is now brown bread,but the german founder of the company was a billionaire,but payed the same amount of tax as one of the plasterers or carpenters that used his shop.In fact i'd guess AJ probably paid more tax than he did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, iris123 said: I guess it is,but wouldn't it be a really good thing if these companies paid their taxes,as well as paying a couple of speedway riders.Ok,the guy is now brown bread,but the german founder of the company was a billionaire,but payed the same amount of tax as one of the plasterers or carpenters that used his shop.In fact i'd guess AJ probably paid more tax than he did Cant argue with any of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 On 12/03/2018 at 9:52 AM, Humphrey Appleby said: I doubt it'll be shown where I live, even if I wanted to. You're on a different planet. Of that there is no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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