wealdstone Posted April 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 The replies received are exactly what I was getting at. People will simply get out of the habit of going. Probably the authorities will react by cutting meetings to 10 heats and increasing admission and programme costs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 (edited) 31 minutes ago, wealdstone said: The replies received are exactly what I was getting at. People will simply get out of the habit of going. Probably the authorities will react by cutting meetings to 10 heats and increasing admission and programme costs Surely that is the ONLY answer 'W'?... Well it appears to be the only 'MO' used for the past 30 or so years. . What's that definition of insanity? "Doing exactly the same thing time and time again and then being amazed you end up with exactly the same result"... You would laugh out loud at the sheer ridiculous way the Sport is ran in Britian if it wasn't so sad... Unfortunately the never fit for purpose constantly changing Operating Model, won't ever deliver even the remotest of chance to be succesful.... Edited April 30, 2018 by mikebv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 18 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: We are in a vicious downward spiral. Part of it comes from Poland, part from BSI and partly through domestic incompetence, some of it just bad luck. For many years life for me living in east London revolved around speedway, not through my commitments in the sport but as a fan. Friday night was speedway night at Hackney and Sunday was the day to see my beloved Rockets at Rye House. The idea of doing other things on Friday nights or Sunday afternoons was just inconceivable. Yes the close season was hell for me. Thankfully both of my 'local' tracks ran full seasons so the close season really was only four and a half months of relative hell. Of course that wasn't enough and the temptation of 'extras' at Reading, Wimbledon, White City and Canterbury, Crayford then later Arena Essex were always there. The core was Friday nights and Sunday afternoons. Now it's a mess. I live in the west country so my closest option for speedway at the weekend nearer than 100 miles away is Stoke. Still the scenery and pace of life is better than Upton Park.... I do have several tracks much closer to home, all running midweek and it seems whenever I'm able to go they're not running! Going back to running full seasons and on the nights that pay is not idle nostalgia, it's a vital necessity. It means running independently of international interests and ideally one large league with a supporting equivalent such as the present National League. One main league avoids doubling-up. Not using riders who have contracts in Poland will also cut out more absences. Instead of doubling-up a much larger league will give overall more bookings for riders than if they were in two British leagues thus removing the need. The key problem, apart from allowing for the fact that further 'names' will have to be lost is that I suspect that the sort seasons are favoured by promotions because they budget for a loss over the year, a budget that will only pay for about 14 meetings. The painfully-thin fixture lists in the CL this year with just 10 home league matches a year is a new low for the professional leagues. It's not those of us wishing to learn from the past who are the dreamers, it's those who think we can keep struggling on as we are blindly hoping that riders and fans will magically return. Whether the sport has the intelligence to make the necessary changes is doubtful though. It'll stagger on. How long can you stagger on your knees by the way? Mind you, for most here as long as their team's winning many who use the BSF won't care - until they find themselves facing a track closure..... I was told the reason the Championship is only once home and away in the league is simply down to the voting power of those clubs who lose money each year opting to not lose quite as much as in previous seasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 18 hours ago, bigcatdiary said: I was told the reason the Championship is only once home and away in the league is simply down to the voting power of those clubs who lose money each year opting to not lose quite as much as in previous seasons. Probably true bcf. The alternative would have been to have double home and away meetings, but that in itself would bring trouble with an unmanageable number of meetings which is proven we can't all fit in with the natural events of call offs due to the weather, and the inability for teams to work together to get cancelled meetings on earlier and beat the deadlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 21 hours ago, bigcatdiary said: I was told the reason the Championship is only once home and away in the league is simply down to the voting power of those clubs who lose money each year opting to not lose quite as much as in previous seasons. That was what Rathbone said. Whilst he said it in joking manner I thought at the time he probably meant it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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