bruno Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Must admit BSN for me have been a major plus they've improved week on week and kept fans in touch and even refunded when they couldn't supply what they advertised even though it wasn't there fault. I know some say it keeps fans away from live speedway but I wouldn't have attended any of the meetings they showed anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 3 hours ago, bruno said: I know some say it keeps fans away from live speedway but I wouldn't have attended any of the meetings they showed anyway That's the one thing I've never understood. Why is it that speedway is the ONLY sport (allegedly) hurt by live TV coverage??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 29 minutes ago, chunky said: That's the one thing I've never understood. Why is it that speedway is the ONLY sport (allegedly) hurt by live TV coverage??? Just my personal observations but I had a friend who prefered to stay at home and watch on SKY a match covered at Cowley rather than walk the half mile and pay his entrance fee. Don't know how much a promotion would be paid for potential lost revenue if there were many others who did same? However the bigger picture, or so we were told, was that LIVE speedway would attract major sponsors and raise the sport's profile nationally within the mass media? Didn't happen for whatever the reasons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Just my personal observations but I had a friend who prefered to stay at home and watch on SKY a match covered at Cowley rather than walk the half mile and pay his entrance fee. Don't know how much a promotion would be paid for potential lost revenue if there were many others who did same? However the bigger picture, or so we were told, was that LIVE speedway would attract major sponsors and raise the sport's profile nationally within the mass media? Didn't happen for whatever the reasons... We ALL know that live sport is better than televised, but tv coverage opens sport up to hundreds, thousnads, even millions, of people who otherwise be unable to attend. Therefore, the big problem must be one thing - speedway fans. True, there aren't many left, but that is a pretty damning statement, don't you think? The REASON it didn't happen was because the speedway authorities - and many of the clubs themselves - didn't make it happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 One thing I can add to the thread title is that it does appear that more and more of the "Negative Nancies" on here are finally beginning to realize that the IMPORTANT thing about speedway - the racing - really isn't as bad as they thought. Yes, there will always be duff meetings, sometimes because of the weather, and sometimes because of negligence and/or incompetence, but if people honest, they should admit that modern racing is no worse than it was forty or fity years ago, and in many cases, far better! The problem is the the "spectacle" of speedway has been dimmed by the generic riding styles, the too-busy race suits, the lack of dirt on tracks, the lack of gleaming chrome machinery etc, but the racing itself is more than passable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, chunky said: We ALL know that live sport is better than televised, but tv coverage opens sport up to hundreds, thousnads, even millions, of people who otherwise be unable to attend. Therefore, the big problem must be one thing - speedway fans. True, there aren't many left, but that is a pretty damning statement, don't you think? The REASON it didn't happen was because the speedway authorities - and many of the clubs themselves - didn't make it happen... ...thereby lies the crux. Don't know what the figures given by SKY on numbers who watched the TV coverage but it didn't translate into "neutral" people wishing to go and watch it live in any great numbers. One has to asked the question why was that the case? I remember someone telling me that when they entered their local club where SKY was available and when asked if they could tune into the speedway the response was a massive blank. Edited November 8, 2022 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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