crescent girl Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 19 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: To be fair, it's not known if Lambert is missing for the Poole meeting yet. Denmark have until 4 days prior to name their teams. This comes up time and again. Denmark only has priority when the rider is a Dane, not a Brit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, crescent girl said: This comes up time and again. Denmark only has priority when the rider is a Dane, not a Brit! Wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, crescent girl said: This comes up time and again. Denmark only has priority when the rider is a Dane, not a Brit! Not on a Wednesday apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrac Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Been said a few times so I won't Labour the point but if Britain wants flexible race nights and/or weekend racing then it has to be a semi pro or amateur league(s), as rider availability just isn't there. No bad thing imo as the sport would be more affordable and go back to basics. A kind of hybrid of National League and Championship would work well I think. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 18 hours ago, g13webb said: Only a group of 'Dimwits' would elect a FRN on the night when another country has priority. Whatever the reason the BSPA got it wrong again, another season is blighted by ill thought through ideas. I am genuinely beginning to believe that there is some way that promoters here will benefit from the death of fully professional speedway. Those who own their stadiums might somehow get automatic planning permission and be quids in? Or is it true that they are just a group of dimwits? I will have to go for the dimwits theory for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 5 hours ago, waytogo28 said: Whatever the reason the BSPA got it wrong again, another season is blighted by ill thought through ideas. I am genuinely beginning to believe that there is some way that promoters here will benefit from the death of fully professional speedway. Those who own their stadiums might somehow get automatic planning permission and be quids in? Or is it true that they are just a group of dimwits? I will have to go for the dimwits theory for now. Times have probably changed since I had direct experience but the promoters I encountered tended to be speedway enthusiasts who'd made a fair bit of cash from a small to medium-sized business and either fancied having a go at the speedway off-track power game or wanted to save their tracks from closure after the failure of the previous promotion. Few I encountered could be described as 'dimwits' but they weren't exactly from the business elite. I would even say that most seemed well-meaning although you could scent the odd all-out rogue. Petty rows though seemed to cloud matters when they met at BSPA level. Feuds would then resurface and decisions made to spike a rival rather than in the best interests of the sport. Many would talk reasonably about key decisions, then somehow a totally unreasonable decision would be taken by the BSPA which of course nobody had voted for ;-) So no, not dimwits individually but I suspect that 'power game' really is at the heart of the problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 7 hours ago, waytogo28 said: Whatever the reason the BSPA got it wrong again, another season is blighted by ill thought through ideas. I am genuinely beginning to believe that there is some way that promoters here will benefit from the death of fully professional speedway. Those who own their stadiums might somehow get automatic planning permission and be quids in? Or is it true that they are just a group of dimwits? I will have to go for the dimwits theory for now. "Fully professional speedway" That's been the downfall here in the UK Remember the amalgamation between the National League and the Provincial League in 1965, how successful that was in forming the British League That wonderful first meeting, ex-NL Coventry v ex-PL Cradley Heath, bumper crowd, the forerunner of many such meetings all around the UK Just how many of those 14 riders in that first meeting were "fully professional"? Answer = none So the pay-rates were affordable from the relatively low admission prices, the amalgamated league provided sufficient meetings for all riders to earn some decent money to cover their costs and supplement their "proper jobs", whilst the regular programme and the admission prices kept attendances at good levels - yes, it was semi-pro, and it worked - the big league meant a varied list of visiting teams, unlike today's mini Premiership Guests were few and far between, rider replacement unheard of, doubling up only came along when BL2 arrived and some juniors in that league made it into BL1 teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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