flagrag Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Can’t comment too much on the financial input for work reasons other than to say the Sky Sports deal is still the biggest one that British Speedway has had. If the current younger bunch of promoters had been involved at the end of the Sky deal then it may have still been on the UKs largest sports broadcaster. Next year will be interesting with the Warner Discovery joint venture with BT on Sports in the UK I am hearing a variety of different outcomes on how they will move forward with BT Sport and Eurosport. Personally I can see BT sport being the home of UK based sport plus the CL Football and then Discovery sport will show overseas content from both Eurosport and BTs overseas rights. So it’s possible that UK Speedway could end up back on BT sport in 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 I was always led to believe that Ronnie Russell took a million from the Sky deal for putting it all together but like a lot of things in speedway, who knows what the actual real story is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggin Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Sounds like the usual, how do you make a small profit in speedway? start with a large pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 10 hours ago, flagrag said: Can’t comment too much on the financial input for work reasons other than to say the Sky Sports deal is still the biggest one that British Speedway has had. If the current younger bunch of promoters had been involved at the end of the Sky deal then it may have still been on the UKs largest sports broadcaster. Next year will be interesting with the Warner Discovery joint venture with BT on Sports in the UK I am hearing a variety of different outcomes on how they will move forward with BT Sport and Eurosport. Personally I can see BT sport being the home of UK based sport plus the CL Football and then Discovery sport will show overseas content from both Eurosport and BTs overseas rights. So it’s possible that UK Speedway could end up back on BT sport in 2023 I'd be happy with that ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, The Dog said: I was always led to believe that Ronnie Russell took a million from the Sky deal for putting it all together but like a lot of things in speedway, who knows what the actual real story is Wrong Russell! Edited November 11, 2022 by Skidder1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWatson Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 8 hours ago, The Dog said: I was always led to believe that Ronnie Russell took a million from the Sky deal for putting it all together but like a lot of things in speedway, who knows what the actual real story is 1 minute ago, Skidder1 said: Wrong Russell? Yes, wrong Russell. Terry was the brother with the media contacts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 So Terry Russell, who rumoured to take a million for brokering a tv deal has also suspiciously given up on Blunsdon and is working with Clarke Osborne to find a new home for Swindon. The BSPA should release a statement distancing themselves from this man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 20% of a £5m contract is £1m good earner if you can get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWatson Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Falcon1983 said: 20% of a £5m contract is £1m good earner if you can get it 80% (£4m) of a £5m contract, that wouldn't be on the table without an introduction, is an even better 'earner'. Don't forget, 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 3 hours ago, NeilWatson said: 80% (£4m) of a £5m contract, that wouldn't be on the table without an introduction, is an even better 'earner'. Don't forget, 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.... I agree with you but an individual getting £1m is decent, wish British speedway was still getting this level of investment but spent in the right way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 12:08 PM, Falcon1983 said: There must be some kind of thirst for streaming if clubs are getting say £10k each over the course of a season just from streaming I don't know the numbers only BSN know but I'd have thought they'd get 100 people max per event but then again they offered bundles and packages didn't they Of course some of the fans may be streaming instead of attending, costing a club money. But if bet far more are fans who wouldn't go anyway, due to travel distances or even being based in Australia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 7:11 AM, HGould said: Been told by a fairly reliable source that Leicester have moved UP on understanding they won't get a share of the Discovery TV pot for a few seasons. If true I think that's a bad move by Leicester. I think it's clear the Premiership needed Leicester more than Leicester needed the Premiership! What if Leicester had stood their ground & agreed to the move up as long as they got their fair share? I'm sure the TV companies want more clubs & Wolves certainly do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me wolfie Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 27 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: If true I think that's a bad move by Leicester. I think it's clear the Premiership needed Leicester more than Leicester needed the Premiership! What if Leicester had stood their ground & agreed to the move up as long as they got their fair share? I'm sure the TV companies want more clubs & Wolves certainly do! CVS did say that we would only run next year with a minimum of 7 teams so you’re quite right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 I'd just be interested to know how many people say sign up to BSN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 18 hours ago, szkocjasid said: If true I think that's a bad move by Leicester. I think it's clear the Premiership needed Leicester more than Leicester needed the Premiership! What if Leicester had stood their ground & agreed to the move up as long as they got their fair share? I'm sure the TV companies want more clubs & Wolves certainly do! False rumours. Leicester will take their equal share of the 2023 TV money & then an extra smaller pot will be issued to the teams that make the play off semi final then another payment to the Grand Final teams but I am told these payments are only minimal fee’s of around 2.5k for semi’s & 5k for the final 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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