marko Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 They are Trees but during the peak of summer we hardly have any meetings, hence they have to be all crammed into the final month where it’s often cold and wet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry The Cat Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 8:40 AM, mikebv said: If it had been watched by enough people Sky would have kept it going as the advertisers alone would have been happy for them to continue with it... And if tracks had some kind of covers to increase their chances of running, rather than calling off meetings on 'damp but raceable' ' nights, I am sure Sky would have been more inclined to keep the contract open. As it stood, it cost them a lot of money to take all their kit to a track, set up, and have nothing to broadcast.. Bottom line is UK Speedway had 'the cream of the crop' over here and each top league track got over £100k a year for a long, long time, (literally tens of millions was put into the sport), and when the contract ended UK Speedway wasn't any better at all for all that money they had received... And that is simply rank incompetence... Yes, spot on well said but remember a fair chunk of the money was paid out in commission to the “party” that negotiated the initial contract with Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 2:04 PM, arnieg said: In the case of the BSPL I think we'd be better off starting with small steps. How about a 5 day plan? Or even a five minute plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 10:29 AM, marko said: The sport in this country would be better off with no tv coverage at all, it’s descended into a made for tv sport with the live fan very much second in the thoughts. TV was responsible for the tactical ride and the play offs, gimmicks designed to turn it into something artificially closer, never mind who the better team or rider was. Also the only reason why these meetings now run into October is because of TV, everything should be done and dusted before October. TV was supposed to help the sport, not aid it’s demise. What sport would think it would be better with no tv ? No one cared about the tactical ride and it was much better and fairer than the old ts rule that every figure showed you gave you more false results where was the live tv then ? . ..Nearly every other sports have plays offs including ones that are not on tv they are a massive plus and are part of todays modern sport . Also the sport has always ran to the end of oct and has always had important meetings and cup finals .... so yet again little to do with tv ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 What a shambles this TV contract has been and is turning into. Currently the Peterborough match on Thursday is not being shown and the Belle Vue match is! Even though BV are 10 points up and the tie is effectively over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 17 hours ago, marko said: They are Trees but during the peak of summer we hardly have any meetings, hence they have to be all crammed into the final month where it’s often cold and wet. Lynn did, 5 meetings in July, 7 in August, 3 in September then it was all over Taken these figures from an August prog btw if I'm a meeting or two out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Eurosport even picked the semi final line ups 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Is it conceivable that one or both of the legs of the Final may not be televised if they have to be rearranged? With Eurosport anything is possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 11 hours ago, scoobydoo said: Eurosport even picked the semi final line ups It s like the BBC telling the FA we would like Liverpool V Manchester United and Chelsea v Spurs in the FA cup semi finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Eurosport really fkd up last night tbh no plan b to televise the other meeting in case of a rain off and there was a camera at Sheff! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 11 hours ago, iainb said: What a shambles this TV contract has been and is turning into. Currently the Peterborough match on Thursday is not being shown and the Belle Vue match is! Even though BV are 10 points up and the tie is effectively over We may see both meetings maybe by swaying between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, ArthurRudge said: We may see both meetings maybe by swaying between the two. No chance- main match will be Peterborough v Wolves with 1 camera reports from Belle Vue 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Really? That will suck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasser90 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 hours ago, racers and royals said: No chance- main match will be Peterborough v Wolves with 1 camera reports from Belle Vue The tweet from Peterborough said the re arranged fixture for Thursday won’t be televised. Eurosport are heading to the the belle vue meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Gasser90 said: The tweet from Peterborough said the re arranged fixture for Thursday won’t be televised. Eurosport are heading to the the belle vue meeting In that case the whole world has gone mad !!!! or Peterborough are talking cr*p- and i think it`s the latter Edit now confirmed Peterborough are talking cr*p - unless they refuse to let Eurosport into the stadium Edited October 5, 2021 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS1 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 54 minutes ago, Gasser90 said: The tweet from Peterborough said the re arranged fixture for Thursday won’t be televised. Eurosport are heading to the the belle vue meeting Like they were always scheduled too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 7 hours ago, ArthurRudge said: Eurosport really fkd up last night tbh no plan b to televise the other meeting in case of a rain off and there was a camera at Sheff! I don't know the technical details, but I would guess when Dave Rowe does the report from other track its not live, probably record it and upload it somewhere. Even if was live would be over 4G and not great quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 20 hours ago, Gasser90 said: The tweet from Peterborough said the re arranged fixture for Thursday won’t be televised. Eurosport are heading to the the belle vue meeting Just seen a tweet saying it will be televised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Eurosport said this meeting will the the televised one last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Baldyman said: Eurosport said this meeting will the the televised one last night Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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