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20 hours ago, A ORLOV said:

Agreed, do not give a toss about the stands or back straight bog or the bloody awful food for sale.

I’m pretty certain the back straight bogs will be incorporated into the new look stadium Orlovski. 

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20 hours ago, Grachan said:

I hated Premier League at Swindon. On the few occasions I went, the crowds were tiny and they had the most irritating way of putting junior race every 4 races, which totally ruined the flow of the meeting.

Obviously picked wrong meeting team was a team. Characters and time for the fans. Remember Edinburgh being rained off how did the spend there evening. Making a announced trip to the hotel where the fans were staying to mix with the fans . Can't ever see that happening these days.bring back premier league or championship any day of week. 

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1 minute ago, PHILIPRISING said:

IN Speedway Star this week Alun Rossiter says that Doyley (Jason) is still "owned" by Swindon. Is he just some sort of commodity or a human being? Very much doubt that Jason accepts he is "owned" by anybody and nor should he.

Think that just sport lingo. In football, cricket and rugby etc you own the person so think that just ingo. Don't look into that comment to much. 

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9 minutes ago, poolebolton said:

nThink that just sport lingo. In football, cricket and rugby etc you own the person so think that just ingo. Don't look into that comment to much. 

Quite ..you would think that Phil would have had better things to do than  pick up on a minor choice  of words .

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1 hour ago, orion said:

Quite ..you would think that Phil would have had better things to do than  pick up on a minor choice  of words .

BUT it's not ... riders are considered assets who can be loaned or sold. They are not. They have no contract so can do as they please and it is time British speedway broke the mould and accepted the same freedom of movement that occurs in Denmark, Poland and Sweden to name but three.

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6 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said:

BUT it's not ... riders are considered assets who can be loaned or sold. They are not. They have no contract so can do as they please and it is time British speedway broke the mould and accepted the same freedom of movement that occurs in Denmark, Poland and Sweden to name but three.

Can’t be like Poland. Poland is too official. Transfer fees are involved. That used to happen in UK until the sport had no money. Coventry paid £60K for Hans A. Just bring in a squad system so assets can be used to the point where they are valid. 

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3 hours ago, poolebolton said:

Can’t be like Poland. Poland is too official. Transfer fees are involved. That used to happen in UK until the sport had no money. Coventry paid £60K for Hans A. Just bring in a squad system so assets can be used to the point where they are valid. 

ASSETS have no legal basis. A rider without a contract is a free agent. In Poland if a club wants to sign a rider under contract to another track a transfer fee could be involved. But if he has no contract then he can sign for who he wants. 

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2 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said:

ASSETS have no legal basis. A rider without a contract is a free agent. In Poland if a club wants to sign a rider under contract to another track a transfer fee could be involved. But if he has no contract then he can sign for who he wants. 

Another one of those "Speedway Bubble" strange operating model inclusions that are allowed to happen...

No relevance or credibility in the 'real world' but in Speedway (British Speedway), "there is no other way" so everyone runs along with it, and hope, no doubt, that no one will ever question it...

You have a contract with someone and fulfill that contract, when it comes to an end you finish working for them. You can then decide to go and work wherever you want/can...

But not in British Speedway..

What a strange (and often ridiculous) way the Sport in this Country has of running itself across the breadth of its operating model....

Yet it seems to make 'perfect sense' to those who find themselves within "The Bubble"..!...

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11 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said:

IN Speedway Star this week Alun Rossiter says that Doyley (Jason) is still "owned" by Swindon. Is he just some sort of commodity or a human being? Very much doubt that Jason accepts he is "owned" by anybody and nor should he.

It’s an unfortunate choice of word for Rosco to have used but as the current system stands that’s probably how it’s seen.

I do agree, however, that JD is self employed and that technically he has no master and serves which ever teams he pleases. The asset system should be one of the items on the agenda for discussion to bring the ‘ownership’ of riders in to 21st century. The current rules are a nonsense.

All riders should be tied to the governing authority of UK speedway only. Negotiations should be done on an annual or bi-annual basis depending on length of contract offered and the rider returned to the pool at the end of it.

The governing authority would be responsible for ‘transparency’ :rofl: in such matters and clearly defining the contract position. In addition, they should look at all riders currently riding in the world as at today’s date and assigning them a UK average. Either based on an average obtained in the UK previously or if they are new to the UK, an assessed one. These averages should also be published before the start of the season, so everyone is fully aware and also defining their contract position within the UK irrespective of whether they are riding here or not.

Averages written on the back of a packet of Swan Vestas and made known to 3 or 4 people is not acceptable! :nono:

Who would have thought that this would be so bloody difficult...

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9 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said:

BUT it's not ... riders are considered assets who can be loaned or sold. They are not. They have no contract so can do as they please and it is time British speedway broke the mould and accepted the same freedom of movement that occurs in Denmark, Poland and Sweden to name but three.

All that will do is undermine the valuations of the club's currently up for sale. 

With no assets all promoters have to sell are second-hand tractors and worthless BSPA members tickets.

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6 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said:

ASSETS have no legal basis. A rider without a contract is a free agent. In Poland if a club wants to sign a rider under contract to another track a transfer fee could be involved. But if he has no contract then he can sign for who he wants. 

And go to the highest bidder. Scrapping the asset system would result in even higher costs for Clubs.....those Clubs that anyone can see must be struggling financially. It would mean more money out of Clubs and more into the riders.

Speedway in the UK has far bigger issues than the 'asset system'.

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1 hour ago, MARK246 said:

All that will do is undermine the valuations of the club's currently up for sale. 

With no assets all promoters have to sell are second-hand tractors and worthless BSPA members tickets.

Which is why their valuations are ludicrous!  Someone mentioned £500K for Poole - for what?  The rights to promote speedway in that area? It only takes one rider to challenge the asset system for it to be deemed illegal (and therefore no value in club asset terms)

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